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Trump vice presidential short list: Pros and cons of nine hopefuls

Former President Donald Trump’s weekend donor retreat is being billed as a vice presidential audition as the presumptive 2024 Republican nominee weighs his running mate options. Trump has suggested in interviews he will be making a decision “closer to Wisconsin time,” meaning the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee this July. While former Vice President Mike […]

The Debrief with David Mark: Trial doesn’t hurt Trump in the polls

Washington Examiner Magazine Managing Editor David Mark joins Magazine Executive Editor Jim Antle to discuss why the New York trial is not affecting former President Donald Trump in the polls, how the trials constrain his schedule, and what the impact will be in the 2024 campaign ahead.

Cuellar indictment could hand edge to Texas Republican challengers in May runoff

The indictment of Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) places the vulnerable Democrat in an even tighter predicament as he seeks reelection this fall, potentially giving an advantage to his Republican challenger in November. The Justice Department announced a 28-count indictment against the Texas congressman and his wife on Friday, accusing Cuellar of allegedly accepting nearly $600,000 […]

Jim Jordan predicts crime will hobble Biden in November: ‘Still a big issue’

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) sees urban crime as dangerous to President Joe Biden’s reelection prospects as homicide and theft continue to plague America’s largest cities. House Republicans have spent months highlighting the crisis at the southern border. Stubbornly low approval ratings on the economy have also weighed down the president. But Jordan, the chairman of […]

Democrat David Trone’s loans to own Senate campaign surpass $54 million

Rep. David Trone (D-MD) has lent over $54 million to his Maryland Senate campaign, Federal Election Commission filings show. The filings, which cover through April 24, are a window into how Trone, a wealthy businessman who founded and co-owns the retail company Total Wine & More, is hoping that his fortune will earn him a […]

Kent State to mark anniversary of campus shooting amid backdrop of unrest

As Kent State University prepares to commemorate the 54th anniversary of the shooting of anti-Vietnam War protesters on its campus, universities are struggling with how to respond to present-day pro-Palestinian agitators protesting the Israel-Hamas war. The May 4, 1970, crackdown on anti-war protesters by the Ohio National Guard weighs heavily on the minds of school […]

Dean Phillips becomes first Democrat to call on Henry Cuellar to resign

Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) became the first Democrat to call for fellow Rep. Henry Cuellar’s (D-TX) resignation on Friday following the Texas congressman’s indictment by the Department of Justice. “While the bar for Federal indictment is high, trust in our government is low,” Phillips said. “That’s why office holders and candidates under indictment should resign […]

Columbia president: Hamilton Hall occupation was a ‘violent act’ that ‘crossed a new line’

Columbia University President Minouche Shafik admitted on Friday that protesters who illegally occupied Hamilton Hall “crossed a new line.” Days after New York Police Department officers cleared the hall, Shafik addressed the chaos that has unfolded on her campus in a video on Friday. She described the past two weeks as being “among the most […]

Austin City Council at odds with Texas AG over transgender protections

The Austin City Council passed a resolution ensuring that transgender people may receive gender reassignment therapy and providing protections for healthcare providers as well.  The resolution comes just days after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration over its changes to Title IX, which expanded sex-based discrimination in the federal […]

Trump slams Jack Smith for ‘jumbled’ Mar-a-Lago documents court says are out of order

Former President Donald Trump mocked special counsel Jack Smith for “mishandling” the classified documents seized from Mar-a-Lago. Trump reacted to Smith’s recent filing in the election subversion case against him in which the prosecutor admitted that “there are some boxes where the order of items within that box is not the same as in the associated scans.” In a post on […]
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