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For Harris, Trump is the answer

Vice President Kamala Harris is returning to a familiar theme in the closing weeks of the presidential race: making the election about former President Donald Trump. On the heels of her own contentious interview with Fox News’s Bret Baier, Harris was in Wisconsin drawing attention to a Trump town hall instead. “The American people are […]

Saturday Night captures the chaos but not the magic

Jason Reitman’s new film, Saturday Night, dramatizes the behind-the-scenes chaos of the making of the first episode of Saturday Night Live in 1975. The movie, timed to release shortly before the show’s 50th anniversary, is an odd, if entertaining, duck — a bit inside-baseball for SNL fans and a bit of nostalgia for a time […]

Is past prologue? Harris’s histrionic history on border security

What does border czar Kamala Harris’s history suggest about what she would do as president?  In an Oct. 7 interview, 60 Minutes’s Bill Whitaker asked Harris, “Was it a mistake to loosen the immigration policies as much as you did? Was it a mistake to kind of allow that flood to happen in the first […]

Will senators hard-bargain to revive the Senate?

Last month, Sen. George Helmy (D-NJ) gaveled the Senate to order. The clerk then read a communication from Senate President Pro Tempore Patty Murray (D-WA) declaring Helmy authorized to perform the duties of the chairman. Thereafter, the Garden State senator announced to the handful of chamber staff who were the only other occupants of the […]

Desert deciders: Arizona stands at center of 2024 political universe

PHOENIX — From the president down to county offices, Arizona ballots are nearly as long as this state’s record number of 100-degree days this year. The White House race between Vice President Kamala Harris and her Republican rival, former President Donald Trump, leads the ballot. Both candidates and their respective running mates, Gov. Tim Walz […]

Baby steps: Trump and Vance do social issues dance

Former President Donald Trump was campaigning in Nevada, regaling rallygoers with tales of all the revenue raised by his China tariffs during his first term in office, when a baby started crying in the background. Trump interrupted his remarks to address the cries. “And don’t let that baby bother you because it doesn’t bother me,” […]

Down on the farm: Why America’s food producers are hurting

American farmers are not happy. The Ag Economy Barometer is a joint survey by Purdue University and the CME Group that measures the mood of farmers nationwide. It found plummeting confidence as winter approaches. “These were the weakest barometer and future expectations readings since March 2016, when the farm economy was in the throes of […]

Trying to prevent record losses among black voters, Kamala Harris learns Democrats have no more promises left to give

In the final weeks leading up to Election Day, most presidential nominees hope to be comfortably campaigning to the center of undecided and lower-propensity voters. Alas, the Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, is stuck trying to stop record bleeding among her base. Despite promising voters a cornucopia of continued free (read: taxpayer-funded) credits […]

Election 2024: Here are the issues New Hampshire voters care the most about

New Hampshire is known for its independent streak, especially when it comes to elections. Nonetheless, the Granite State has voted blue since 1992 with one exception in 2000. In 2020, President Joe Biden won the state’s four electoral votes by 7% over former President Donald Trump. The Washington Examiner is following the key issues voters […]

Netflix’s Mr. McMahon reviewed: Professional wrestling is unsafe at any age

Watching Mr. McMahon, Netflix’s glossy new “sports entertainment” docuseries, the lapsed fan recalls all manner of wrastlin’ minutiae. Fresh off her best new artist win at the 1985 Grammys, Cyndi Lauper launched a brief second career as a World Wrestling Federation “manager” and mascot. WrestleMania II, a strange and unlovely affair, felt disjointed because it […]
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