Inflation and affordability loom over midterm elections

Inflation and affordability were the top considerations of voters in the 2024 elections and remain so at the end of 2025 — and they could determine the outcome of the 2026 midterm elections. The 2025 off-year elections offered a warning to Republicans, who currently control the White House, House, and Senate. Recent polling indicates that […]

Michele Tafoya’s past Trump criticism resurfaces as Minnesota...

As Republicans work to recruit candidates for Minnesota’s open Senate seat, former NFL sideline reporter Michele Tafoya has drawn fresh scrutiny over her past criticism of President Donald Trump as she weighs a bid. Tafoya, who left sports broadcasting in 2022 to pursue a career in politics and conservative media, has been encouraged by national […]

Border Patrol ‘will go anywhere’ to arrest illegal...

EXCLUSIVE — Border Patrol agents spent much of 2025 enforcing immigration laws inside the United States, far from the nation’s borders with Canada and Mexico. Michael Banks, the Border Patrol’s national chief, told the Washington Examiner that the public can expect to continue seeing an unprecedented level of cooperation between Border Patrol and the Department […]

Are Republicans doomed to suffer an Obama-like personality...

President Donald Trump has dominated Republican Party politics for a decade, but, being term-limited, the big question in 2026 and beyond is who can step out of his huge shadow and assume leadership of the movement. The Democrats have suffered from this particular problem ever since former President Barack Obama left office in 2017. Former […]

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