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Democrats’ midterm push clouded by infighting over party keeping 2024 autopsy under wraps
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Democrats keep winning at the ballot box as the party works to win back congressional majorities in this year’s midterm elections.
But despite a slew of electoral victories and overperformances in the more than 15 months since President Donald Trump returned to the White House, the party’s image remains well underwater in public opinion polling and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) finds itself badly trailing the rival Republican National Committee in fundraising, a crucial gauge of a party’s strength.
To make matters worse, the DNC is facing continued calls to release its internal autopsy of the party’s sweeping setbacks in the 2024 election, when Democrats lost the presidency and Senate majority and fell short in winning back control of the House.
Among those calling on the DNC to make public their report on what went wrong for the Democrats in 2024 is former Vice President Kamala Harris, the party’s presidential nominee two years ago.
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris, center, speaks with patrons during a stop at Crave restaurant ahead of a South Carolina Democratic Party fundraiser on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, in Greenville, S.C (Meg Kinnard/AP Photo)
Harris, who is mulling making another White House bid in 2028, recently told donors she believes the DNC should make the autopsy public. The news was first reported by NBC News and confirmed by Fox News Digital.
A source with knowledge said that Harris had not discussed the autopsy with DNC Chair Ken Martin, and that the former vice president did not know in advance about Martin’s decision in December to keep the 2024 election postmortem under wraps.
Martin ordered the report soon after he was elected DNC chair early last year.
Democratic Party officials interviewed over 300 Democrats from all 50 states for the report, which Martin promised would examine the party’s mistakes in 2024 and offer a roadmap to victory going forward.
There was controversy surrounding the report as it was being compiled, after reports last summer said the autopsy would skip analyzing whether then-President Joe Biden should have run for re-election in 2024 and would pass on judging key decisions made by Harris and her team, after she replaced Biden as the party’s nominee with just over three months to go until the 2024 election.
Throughout the process, Martin repeatedly pushed back on calling the report an «autopsy,» since he noted that the Democratic Party wasn’t dead. He instead labeled the report an «after-action review.»
But in December, weeks after Democrats scored major victories in the 2025 off-year elections, the party announced it would not be releasing the report.
Martin, in a statement at the time, said releasing the report would be «a distraction» from the party’s «core mission» to win back congressional majorities in the midterms.
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Democratic National Committee chair Ken Martin addresses party members at the DNC summer meeting in Minneapolis, Minn., on Aug. 25, 2025. (Paul Steinhauser – Fox News)
In explaining his decision, Martin wrote, «We completed a comprehensive review of what happened in 2024 and are already putting our learnings into motion. And we’re winning again — even in places that haven’t gone blue in decades. In our conversations with stakeholders from across the Democratic ecosystem, we are aligned on what’s important, and that’s learning from the past and winning the future.»
«Here’s our North Star: does this help us win? If the answer is no, it’s a distraction from the core mission,» he emphasized.
But the DNC chair’s decision was criticized not only by Republicans but also by fellow Democrats.
«They are spiking an autopsy of the election that gave us Trump 2.0. If party leaders won’t take the steps required to rebuild ourselves into a winning coalition, we will take it into our own hands,» former DNC Vice Chair David Hogg warned in a social media post at the time.
Hogg, a gun-control crusader who was elected a DNC vice chair as Martin won election as chair, stepped down from his position last summer after upsetting party leaders for his efforts backing primary challenges against what he called «asleep at the wheel» older, longtime incumbents in safe, blue districts.
Dan Pfeiffer, a former senior advisor to then-President Barack Obama and a co-host of the popular progressive podcast «Pod Save America,» also took to social media to criticize the move.
«This is a very bad decision that reeks of the caution and complacency that brought us to this moment,» Pfeiffer wrote.
His podcast co-host and fellow Obama alum Jon Favreau called the DNC flip-flop «unreal» and «baffling.»
«The DNC’s actual position is that if the public knew more about what Democrats got wrong in the last election, it would hurt the party’s chances in the next election,» Favreau wrote on X. «How does this rebuild trust between the party insiders and grassroots activists and organizers?»
Martin last month made an appearance on «Pod Save America» to push back against the criticism.
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«We’ve been releasing that,» Martin said when asked if the DNC would release a summary of the report. «The reality is we’re not hiding the ball on this. We have been sharing those things out. There’s no smoking gun here.»
Martin noted that «we’ve been providing briefings,» as he pointed to data from the report the DNC shared with Democratic stakeholders.
Harris isn’t the only potential 2028 Democratic presidential contender calling on the DNC to make the full report public.
«Yeah, release the autopsy,» Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey said this past weekend in an interview on NBC’s «Meet the Press» on Sunday. «They should do that,» the senator added as he pointed to the DNC.
But Booker, who ran unsuccessfully for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination won by Biden and who is mulling another run in 2028, said it’s imperative his party doesn’t dwell on the past.
Rotimi Adeoye, a former Democratic operative who is serving as a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, argued in a social media post that «the mistake the DNC made is they could’ve released the report earlier in the spring, whatever’s in it, you get two weeks of bad publicity, then Trump does something stupid and everyone forgets.»
«Now it feels like something’s being hidden, which makes it way more salacious,» he claimed.
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A person familiar with the DNC’s strategy told Fox News Digital because of all the attention on the autopsy, «they are going to be forced to release something.»
The person, who asked to remain anonymous to speak more freely, said the ongoing storyline is a distraction for the DNC with the clock ticking towards the midterms, adding «it’s just not helping to be talking about this.»
The DNC pointed to Martin’s previous comments when contacted by Fox News Digital.
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House passes daylight saving time reform as Trump signals support for ending clock change
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A bipartisan effort to make daylight saving time permanent is one step closer to becoming law after the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the measure on Tuesday.
Lawmakers voted 308-117 to pass the Sunshine Protection Act, which would allow states to voluntarily observe daylight saving time year-round as a growing mass of lawmakers push to extend daylight into the evening hours.
«For decades, we have accepted this ritual of springing forward and falling back, even though it disrupts routines, throws off our sleep and creates unnecessary frustration for families across the country,» Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., said Tuesday, detailing how the clock changes have disrupted her infant son’s sleep schedule.
«Let’s stop asking Americans to reset their clocks every March and November,» she continued. «Let’s provide some certainty and consistency and a little more sunshine at the end of the day.»
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., attends a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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The legislation divided lawmakers in both parties, with members largely from coastal areas, such as Louisiana, Florida and New Jersey, supporting permanent daylight saving time and others from the Midwest and agriculture-heavy states opposing it.
Democrats were nearly evenly split, with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., opposing it. Just 22 Republicans voted in opposition, including Reps. Bryan Steil, R-Wis.; Rick Crawford, R-Ark.; Ryan Zinke, R-Mont.; and Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo.
The measure now heads to the Senate, where its prospects remain uncertain amid skepticism from members of both parties. President Donald Trump, who has long called for ending the twice-a-year clock changes, is expected to sign the bill if it reaches his desk.
The White House urged lawmakers to support the Sunshine Protection Act in an internal memo sent to Hill offices Tuesday, calling it a «popular, common-sense reform.»
Nearly every state follows the practice of setting clocks forward one hour in March to preserve more evening daylight before «falling back» one hour in November.
But nearly 20 states have already approved legislation to make daylight saving time permanent if Congress authorizes the practice. Hawaii and most of Arizona, however, do not observe daylight saving time.
Proponents argued the legislation, authored by Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., was necessary to end disruptions caused by switching clocks, including to children’s routines and road safety, while arguing longer daylight would boost tourism and outdoor recreation.
«More evening sunshine means more time with family and more time to enjoy our local restaurants, shops, and everything Florida has to offer,» Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., wrote on social media. «It’s common sense. Let’s get it done.»
Some lawmakers, however, argue that year-round daylight saving time would delay winter sunrises until after 9 a.m. in some parts of the country, raising safety concerns about darker morning commutes and economic challenges for farmers who would likely have to start work later.
Texas rice farmer LG Raun stands in El Campo, Texas, Jan. 6, 2026. (Mark Felix/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Detractors have also stated that permanent standard time — meaning more light in the mornings — better aligns with circadian rhythms.
«If we’re going to make a permanent change that affects every American, we should follow the science and prioritize Americans’ health, particularly that of the children,» Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pa., who favors permanent standard time, said during debate Monday.
Scanlon also pointed to the nation’s brief experiment with year-round daylight saving time in 1974, which Congress reversed after widespread public backlash.
Tuesday’s vote comes as the semiannual clock change remains widely unpopular with Americans, according to recent polling.
An AP-NORC survey released in December found that just 12% of Americans favor the current daylight saving time system, with nearly half opposed. Another 40% of respondents had no opinion.
The survey also found that more Americans support having daylight saving time year-round compared to standard time by a 14-point margin.
Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pa., argued that permanent daylight saving time would create significant health and safety risks for children, who would likely go to school during darker morning hours. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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The Senate previously passed year-round daylight saving time legislation in 2022, but the measure failed to clear the House.
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Tiene 67 millones de años, conserva el 63% de sus huesos y acaba de romper un récord mundial
Un esqueleto de Tyrannosaurus rex de 67 millones de años hizo historia al convertirse en el fósil de dinosaurio más valioso jamás vendido en una subasta. La casa Sotheby’s confirmó este martes que el ejemplar, conocido como “Gus”, fue adquirido por 50,1 millones de dólares, una cifra que superó ampliamente la estimación inicial de entre 20 y 30 millones.
Con ese monto, el fósil desplazó al estegosaurio “Apex”, que hasta ahora ostentaba el récord tras haber sido vendido en 2024 por casi 45 millones de dólares. También dejó atrás a “Stan”, otro famoso T-Rex que había alcanzado cerca de 32 millones de dólares en 2020.
La puja se desarrolló durante unos diez minutos y enfrentó a siete interesados, tanto de manera presencial como virtual. Finalmente, un comprador cuya identidad permanece en reserva se quedó con la pieza tras una intensa competencia.
En uno de los momentos más llamativos de la subasta, la martillera Phyllis Kao alentó a los oferentes con una frase que despertó sonrisas entre los presentes: “Prueben con un mordisco más grande. Después de todo, es un T-Rex”. Gus fue excavado a lo largo de tres temporadas, de 2021 a 2023, y luego fue sometido a tres años más de trabajo de laboratorio para limpiar y montar los huesos. (Foto: Reuters)
El ejemplar vendido es considerado uno de los más importantes descubiertos en los últimos años. “Gus” mide aproximadamente 3,8 metros de altura y 11,5 metros de largo cuando se encuentra montado en posición erguida, con la cola extendida y una de su patas ligeramente elevada.
Según Sotheby’s, el fósil conserva alrededor del 63% de su estructura ósea original, un porcentaje muy elevado para un dinosaurio de estas características. Entre las piezas preservadas se destacan una mandíbula abierta repleta de grandes dientes, ambos pies con abundantes huesos originales y una fúrcula —conocida popularmente como “hueso de la suerte”—, un elemento anatómico poco frecuente en este tipo de hallazgos.
Tras concretarse la venta, Cassandra Hatton, vicepresidenta de Sotheby’s, destacó: “Gus no solo es un hallazgo excepcional, sino un ejemplar que fue excavado, documentado, preparado y preservado con un nivel extraordinario de excelencia. El mercado responde cuando estos grandes fósiles son tratados de la manera correcta”, afirmó.
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Sin embargo, la operación volvió a poner sobre la mesa una discusión que divide a paleontólogos y coleccionistas privados.
La Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, una organización integrada por investigadores, docentes y estudiantes especializados en fósiles manifestó antes de la subasta que ejemplares de semejante importancia deberían permanecer en instituciones públicas, donde puedan ser estudiados y exhibidos para futuras generaciones.
Kristina Curry Rogers, vicepresidenta de la entidad, sostuvo que el verdadero valor científico de un fósil no termina cuando es extraído del suelo.
“El descubrimiento de un fósil importante es apenas el comienzo de su historia científica. Muchos de los avances más relevantes en paleontología ocurrieron años o incluso décadas después del hallazgo, gracias al desarrollo de nuevas tecnologías que permitieron responder preguntas que antes eran imposibles”, explicó. Con un 63% completo según el recuento óseo, Gus es uno de los fósiles de T. rex más completos jamás encontrados. (Foto: Reuters)
Existen antecedentes de grandes fósiles adquiridos por privados que luego terminaron en museos. El estegosaurio “Apex”, por ejemplo, se encuentra cedido en préstamo de largo plazo al Museo Americano de Historia Natural de Nueva York.
Algo similar ocurrió con “Sue”, el célebre T-Rex vendido por Sotheby’s en 1997, que hoy constituye una de las principales atracciones del Field Museum de Chicago.
Ahora, “Gus” suma un nuevo récord a esa historia: además de ser uno de los T-Rex más completos encontrados hasta el momento, pasó a ser el fósil de dinosaurio más caro adquirido en una subasta, con una venta que volvió a demostrar el enorme interés que despiertan estas piezas únicas en el mercado del coleccionismo y en el mundo de la ciencia.
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