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Senate Environment and Public Works Committee member Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. questions Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, during the committee's confirmation hearing for Pruitt. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Bernie Sanders: Democratic Party in need of ‘total transformation’

By Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times

"Our unity is our greatest strength. And frankly, our unity is Donald Trump's greatest nightmare," newly elected Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez proclaimed Saturday in his victory speech. (Associated Press)

Tom Perez, new DNC chairman, promises to mend fractured Democratic party

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Malloy throws support to Perez for national party chairman

Associated Press

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016, to deliver over million petition signatures demanding that President-elect Donald Trump, House Speaker Paul Ryan, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell "keep their hands off the American people's earned Medicare benefits." (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Draft Bernie Sanders movement invites Keith Ellison to join new party push

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, left, and Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, join other Democrats to say they want an investigation into President Donald Trump's relationship with Russia, including when Trump learned that his national security adviser, Michael Flynn, had discussed U.S. sanctions with a Russian diplomat, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

EDITORIAL: Learning the wrong lesson

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

First lady Melania Trump, left, and Akie Abe, wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, tour Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens with park administrator Bonnie White Lemay in Delray Beach, Fla., on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017. (Michael Ares/Palm Beach Post via AP)

Liberal whining by Hollywood celebrities reveals anti-woman bias

By Tammy Bruce

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., followed by Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., arrives for a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

It’s time for Democrats to stop obstructing and for Donald Trump team to get to work

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., speaks at the Jefferson College of Health Sciences at the Carilion Clinic on Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, in Roanoke, Va. (Stephanie Klein-Davis/The Roanoke Times via AP)

EDITORIAL: When the party’s over

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., listens during a forum on the future of the Democratic Party, in Denver in this Dec. 2, 2016, file photo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) ** FILE **

Vincent Tolliver ejected from DNC chair race over criticism of Keith Ellison’s Muslim faith

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Washington Democrats opt for new leader

Associated Press

In this photo taken Jan. 18, 2017, President Barack Obama speaks during his final presidential news conference, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. In his last major act as president, Barack Obama cut short the sentences of 330 federal inmates convicted of drug crimes on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, bringing his bid to correct what hes called a systematic injustice to a climactic close. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) **FILE**

Obama makes last fundraising pitch as president

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Mayor will challenge for state Democratic Party leadership

Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Democratic Party an ashen heap

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Court: DOJ doesn’t have to release Schimel videos

By TODD RICHMOND - Associated Press

State Democratic Party chair to step down after 1 term

Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2016, file photo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addresses a gathering at a public forum in New Providence, N.J. The two-term Republican governor had a rough year in 2016. He quit his presidential race after a disappointing finish in New Hampshire. In New Jersey, he has record-low approval ratings in recent polls and was rebuked by lawmakers when he sought key legislation to let him write a book while in office. He also saw two former members of his former inner circle convicted of felonies in the 2013 George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

New Jersey’s 2016 political hits, misses _ and tossups

By MICHAEL CATALINI - Associated Press

When President Obama was inaugurated in 2009, Democrats held 257 seats in the House. This year, they had 188, a loss of 69 seats — down more than one-fourth of their total from eight years ago. (Associated Press)

Obama takes some blame for staggering Democratic losses

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Activists stand across the street from Trump Tower in New York on Wednesday after Donald Trump's presidential victory. (Associated Press)

Liberal PAC vows to ‘obstruct, delay, and halt’ Donald Trump’s agenda

By Ben Wolfgang and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Sen. Bernard Sanders said the left has an obligation next year: to push the next president in a more progressive direction. (Associated Press)

Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren push Democrats left, marginalize moderates

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times