Democrats Score Major National Victories, Energizing Missouri Party Ahead of Midterms

Republicans scramble for health care plan, as Democrats eye midterm battle

(CNN) — Republicans in Washington successfully defused the 43-day government shutdown without surrendering to Democrats’ demands to spend billions more to offset spiking health insurance costs.

Democrats score major national victories, energizing Missouri party ahead of midterms

While the midterm elections are still nearly a year away, a series of major Democratic victories in Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Georgia have energized party members in Missouri and across the country. “Donald Trump has spent his time in office gutting Medicaid, taking away health care and food assistance, and making everything more expensive with reckless tariffs — all while giving further tax breaks to billionaires and the biggest co…

Keeping Score: Democrats Dominate Key Elections; Federal Government Reopens After 43 Days; ICE Targets Childcare Centers

In every issue of Ms., we track research on our progress in the fight for equality, catalogue can’t-miss quotes from feminist voices and keep tabs on the feminist movement’s many milestones. We’re Keeping Score online, too—in this biweekly roundup. This week: —Democratic candidates won elections across the country. —At Crooked Con last week, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) laid out her priorities for when Democrats regain power in Congress: "We’v…