DALLAS — Secretary of State Marco Rubio, one of President Donald Trump’s top deputies, isn’t in Dallas this week during the Republicans‘ high-stakes midterm convention. But Rubio’s absence isn’t leaving him with a blemish on his image. Attendees and Republican candidates told the Washington Examiner that while they would have loved to see the former […]
President Donald Trump reiterated his wish for Republican voters to pretend he is on the ballot for the midterm elections, which he called “one of the most important elections.” Trump closed out the Republican Party’s two-day midterm convention in a rambling speech Thursday night, urging Republicans to “get out and vote” this November. Otherwise, Democrats […]
The second night of the Republican Party’s midterm convention in Dallas undoubtedly belonged to Vice President JD Vance, who was greeted by loud chants of “48” as he paid tribute to Charlie Kirk and excoriated Democrats, in particular Michigan’s Senate hopeful Abdul el Sayed. Beyond Vance’s barnstorming performance, and President Donald Trump’s (very) extended cameo […]
DALLAS – JD Vance delivered the speech of his life on Thursday evening, weaving together the death of Charlie Kirk and the birth of his new son to deliver a powerful personal narrative and a coherent political philosophy. It may be the moment he clinched the Republican nomination for 2028. He spoke movingly of the […]
DALLAS — Vice President JD Vance leaned on his family and the memory of Charlie Kirk to shore up support among young men and independents, the very voters Republicans need to win over before November’s 2026 midterm elections. Polls show voters have soured on the Trump administration amid the six-month-old Iran war, rising gas prices, […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha praised Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s speech at the Republican National Committee midterm convention. “JD Vance, RFK Jr., Democrats don’t have these kinds of diverse voices out there, this kind of star power and that kind of name recognition, for that matter,” Concha said […]
Donald Trump Jr., the first son of President Donald Trump, urged attendees at the Republican midterm convention on Thursday night to honor the late Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk on the one-year anniversary of his assassination. “One year ago today, my good friend Charlie Kirk was cut down by an assassin’s bullet,” Trump Jr. […]
North Carolina Democrats in the state’s House of Representatives cut all ties with one of their candidates running for the state legislature after her past social media posts about violence against Republicans came to light. The state’s House Democratic Caucus said it will no longer support Shelly Headen, who is seeking to unseat Republican state […]
DALLAS — Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) told the Washington Examiner that Vice President JD Vance is the Republican Party‘s “clear front-runner” for president in 2028. “He is a huge leader of the party right now, and he’s done a phenomenal job supporting the president and making the case to the American people that what the […]
One day after casting the 2026 midterm elections as “one of the most important elections of your lives,” President Donald Trump dismissed on Thursday concerns that a Democratic victory would undercut the last two years of his presidency. During an interview with Fox News’s Laura Ingraham, Trump was asked if the 2026 elections were important […]
