EXCLUSIVE — Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) pushed back against left-wing critics of his middle-class tax cut plan, arguing that targeted tax cuts for working-class families are a priority and that other elements of his plan would raise revenues to pay for social programs. Van Hollen, cited as a potential 2028 presidential contender, spoke to the Washington Examiner about his tax plan […]

Few things keep me up at night more than our catastrophic dependence on China for the critical minerals that power our military, our economy, and our way of life. We are not talking about a minor supply chain inconvenience. We are talking about a strategic vulnerability that Beijing is actively exploiting and Washington has been […]

It used to be that Indiana state Sen. Greg Walker was the one poaching big game inside the GOP.  In 2006, he bagged the biggest “RINO” possible, taking out the long-serving state Senate leader, Bob Garton. Walker toured the state Senate district centered on Columbus, Indiana, in a refurbished orange 1970 Slant-6 Plymouth Valiant, encouraging […]

The last time former Rep. and South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford went up against President Donald Trump, it didn’t end well for him. By June 2018, the House member had become one of congressional Republicans’ most vocal critics of Trump, during the president’s first nonconsecutive term. Sanford had for months lambasted Trump from the right […]