Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photo: Getty Images Democratic Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon has been a highly visible opponent of the Trump agenda. He was a central antagonist to Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr. at their confirmation hearings. He has repeatedly highlighted the chaotic fallout from the president’s attempted federal spending freeze. A longtime advocate for privacy…
Photo: Christopher Pike/Bloomberg/Getty Images When Joe Biden’s top political aides started setting up his campaign early last year, Jim Messina was one of their first calls. Messina, who managed Barack Obama’s re-election campaign, had plenty of thoughts on building a machine to get a second term for an unpopular president with a bad economy. For…
Photo: John Lamparski/Getty Images When Kamala Harris took over Joe Biden’s ailing campaign this summer, she went looking for help. Donald Trump had a commanding lead in the polls, threatening to make competitive Democratic strongholds like Virginia, and she had barely 100 days to turn the race around. The vice president needed a senior operative…