Some Republicans are worried that Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, is proving to be a political albatross for the GOP heading into the 2026 midterm elections. Kushner and his wife, Ivanka Trump, served as advisers to the president during his first term. Both declined to rejoin the administration for Trump’s inauguration last year, though […]

Republican candidates in the most closely watched races this midterm election cycle are split over whether to appear with President Donald Trump on the campaign trail or risk offending the MAGA base by avoiding him altogether. Trump’s approval rating hit a record-low 32% this week, according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll. The GOP is also […]

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s newly-appointed parole board has rapidly released murderers and violent sex offenders, including a child rapist, who were either sentenced to life behind bars or had decades left on their prison sentences. According to a Washington Examiner analysis of Virginia parole decision data, the state’s release rate under Spanberger, a Democrat, is […]

On the third anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks, attitudes toward Israel and Gaza have increasingly divided the Democratic Party and are likely to play an outsize role in the party’s 2028 presidential primary. Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who is weighing a 2028 presidential bid, said this week that America is ready […]