In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You can find our full list of In Focus pieces here. There are no saviors or happy endings in politics — […]
President Donald Trump lost his cool Friday when pressed on the topic of “affordability,” a top issue that helped fuel Democrats’ across-the-board election wins earlier this week. Trump said earlier in the week that the main drivers of Republican losses were the government shutdown and the fact that he himself was not on the ballot. […]
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani reeled in over half a million dollars in just over a day since launching his transition committee. The committee received $517,947.30 from 7,028 donors, with an average donation of just below $80. Mayor Eric Adams and former Mayor Bill de Blasio took a month to raise $1 million and […]
The “rarest of all” presidential artifacts — a football signed by six presidents — is heading to auction next week, where it is expected to draw intense interest and a possible $15,000 bid. The Wilson NFL football was signed by former Presidents Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and […]
Republican operatives admit they received an “ass kicking” on Tuesday night, and alarm bells are ringing that crucial gains President Donald Trump made in 2024 with key demographics were wiped out. Now, they’re in a race against time to win those voters back for the 2026 midterm elections. Trump’s emphatic win a year ago, in […]
Washington Examiner Chief Political Correspondent Byron York said Republicans run the risk of Democrats being rewarded if they negotiate with them to reopen the government. “The big problem here is Democrats are filibustering the bill that would reopen the government. When Republicans negotiate with them, Republicans raise the prospect of Democrats being rewarded for shutting […]
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) wasted no time clapping back at Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) the morning the Republican launched her bid for governor of New York, calling Stefanik a “sellout” to President Donald Trump. In a video posted one minute after Stefanik’s launch video dropped, Hochul says the Republican congresswoman is Trump’s “top ally” in […]
There are two things that Outkick founder Clay Travis knows better than most: Sports and President Donald Trump. Those two merged when Trump, running for reelection in 2020, sought new audiences to reach, and as a sports fan and former owner of the New Jersey Generals in the short-lived United States Football League, he asked […]
A Montana Democrat lost her election and job after her voicemail of violent threats to Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) was revealed. Haley McKnight, a former store manager of the retail gift shop Sage and Oats Trading Post in Helena, Montana, was running as a Democratic candidate for the Helena City Commission. On Monday, just one […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha praised the Trump administration’s latest efforts to make medications such as Ozempic more affordable, saying it could lead to broad health benefits. “Overall, making America thinner is only good for the workforce in terms of overall health, only good for preventing cardiac issues, only great for people, making them feel […]
