Idaho Democratic Party News and Articles

Families across Idaho know something isn’t adding up. They’re working hard, but the bills keep getting heavier. Groceries cost more. Rents and home prices are skyrocketing. Child care eats a bigger share of every paycheck. Schools need levies to maintain the basics, and rural hospitals are stretched to their limits. People feel squeezed, and the Republican supermajority keeps making things worse. Over the past decade, GOP lawmakers have rewritten [...]

From the grocery store to the gas pump, a new report from the U.S. Senate Joint Economic Committee found that Idaho families have lost $864 in purchasing power since Donald Trump took office. In addition to skyrocketing groceries and rent, the cost of energy bills in Idaho has increased by 13.1%. Meanwhile, Donald Trump is building a gilded ballroom, hosting Great Gatsby parties, and pocketing billions of dollars for [...]

After months of Democrats demanding a vote, the House of Representatives finally voted on the release of the Epstein files. Pressure mounted after Democrats on the House Oversight Committee delivered on their promise and released never-before-seen emails from Jeffrey Epstein. They revealed that Trump “spent hours at [Epstein’s] house” with one of Epstein’s victims and that Trump “of course,” “knew about the girls.”The emails suggest that Trump was lying [...]

There’s something deeply wrong in our politics where the powerful protect predators over children. The latest release of emails between convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his convicted accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell makes that truth unavoidable. They show new details about Trump’s long relationship with Epstein and the cover-up carried out by his White House, Justice Department, and allies in Congress. For years, Trump denied knowing anything about Epstein’s trafficking [...]

Today, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released never-before-seen emails between convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his convicted accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell in which Epstein wrote that Donald Trump — the “dog that hasn’t barked” — “spent hours at my house” with one of Epstein’s victims and “of course,” “knew about the girls.” The newly released emails suggest Trump was lying when he denied knowing about Epstein’s heinous crimes [...]

ADA COUNTY Boise Booch (520 N Curtis Rd, Boise) Monday & Thursday from 5 to 9 p.m., Friday from 3 to 9 p.m., Saturday from 2 to 8 p.m., and Sunday from 2 to 6 p.m. Boise First United Church of Christ (2201 Woodlawn Ave, Boise) Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Meridian Food Bank (133 W Broadway Ave, Meridian) Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday between [...]

As President Donald Trump blocks food assistance for nearly 131,000 hungry Idahoans, the Idaho Democratic Party is stepping up with a statewide food drive to help fill the gap and feed Idahoans left behind by Republican indifference. Democratic attorneys general fought back early on. After two lawsuits were successfully brought against the administration, including one from Democratic AGs, a federal judge originally ruled that Trump must use contingency funds [...]

Idaho Democratic Party Chair Lauren Necochea released the following statement on the U.S. Senate’s shutdown vote: “Throughout the shutdown, Democrats have fought to keep government working for the people it serves, not the wealthy few who can buy influence. Meanwhile, Republicans sought to deepen the hardship faced by working families, hoping to pressure Democrats into accepting a deal that eased some pain but failed to fix the damage [...]

Elections are moments of truth. They reveal what voters value and what they’re ready to leave behind. At this moment, voters are rejecting the chaos, corruption, and cruelty that define Trump’s Republican Party and choosing leaders who put people and real solutions first. In Virginia, Democrats flipped over a dozen Republican districts and retook the governor’s office by focusing on stability and lower costs. In New Jersey, Democrats won [...]