Washington Examiner Defense Reporter Mike Brest joins Magazine Executive Editor Jim Antle to discuss President-elect Donald Trump‘s controversial Cabinet nominations, including his pick for secretary of defense and his decision to make former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard his director of National Intelligence. Trump has had rocky relationships with generals who served as secretary of defense, […]

After President-elect Donald Trump delivered surprising gains for the GOP in New Jersey and Virginia last week, Republicans are claiming both states as new battleground territories.  Trump swept all seven swing states to win the Electoral College and the popular vote during the 2024 presidential election. However, it wasn’t just the battlegrounds he dominated. Trump […]

President Joe Biden will spend his final days in office traveling the world, doling out money, and basking in legacy building as the only Democrat who defeated President-elect Donald Trump. Biden campaigned hard against Trump both before and after dropping out of the 2024 race. Now, he’s got roughly eight weeks to fulfill the last wishes of his presidency before […]

Anti-abortion advocates are looking to one goal to combat abortion-rights amendments at the state level in the 2026 elections: recruit high-profile Republican officeholders who are willing to spend political capital and risk their own reputations, as did Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL).  During the 2024 elections, anti-abortion advocates successfully defeated measures in three states: Florida, South […]