THE COMING WAR OVER HUNTER BIDEN. Republican lawmakers will take control of the House of Representatives on Jan. 3. That means that, among many other things, they will take control of the House’s investigative committees and subcommittees. GOP leaders…
Author: Byron York, DC Examiner
Trump’s Losing Senate Record
TRUMP’S LOSING SENATE RECORD. With Republican Herschel Walker’s loss in the Georgia Senate runoff, the 2022 midterm elections are finally over. The GOP actually took a step backward in the Senate, from the 50 seats the party controls now to 49 in the …
Political Forecast Predicts a Rough Couple of Years
FORECAST: TWO HARD YEARS. You know those people who tell you a devastating recession, or maybe a depression, is on the way or that this or that investment is guaranteed to skyrocket or collapse in the next few months? The ones who confidently predict …
Trump Gets Played in Mar-a-Lago Dinner
TRUMP GETS PLAYED. What is sure to be one of the weirder moments of the 2024 presidential campaign has just taken place before the campaign is even fully underway.
In Quest To Get Trump, Secrecy Strikes Again
IN QUEST TO GET TRUMP, SECRECY STRIKES AGAIN. Think back five years to the frenzy of news reporting and commentary over what was called Trump-Russia
The Democrats’ Oil Folly
THE DEMOCRATS’ OIL FOLLY. President Joe Biden has just announced his plan to release even more oil, 15 million barrels, from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve. That is the last portion of the 180 million barrels he authorized for release in Mar…
Martha’s Vineyard Freakout: Ignoring Biden’s Border Crisis
MARTHA’S VINEYARD FREAKOUT: IGNORING THE REAL PROBLEM. Much of the nation’s political and commentary class had a near-nervous breakdown when 48 Venezuelans who had crossed illegally into the United States arrived at Martha’s Vineyard Airport, not far …
The Dam Breaks: Key Dems Run Away From Biden ’24
THE DAM BREAKS, AND KEY DEMS RUN AWAY FROM BIDEN ’24. You’ve seen the polls showing that large majorities of Democratic voters want the party to pick a new nominee for president in 2024, bypassing incumbent President Joe Biden. Now we’re seeing the li…
Yes, Liz Cheney Is Toast
IS LIZ CHENEY TOAST? A new poll in the Casper Star-Tribune shows Republican and Jan. 6 committee star Rep. Liz Cheney losing big to challenger Harriet Hageman in the Wyoming House GOP primary. The survey has Hageman’s support at 52% and Cheney’s at 30…
Sounding the Alarm Over Joe Biden
SOUNDING THE ALARM OVER JOE BIDEN. President Joe Biden’s reelection prospects have seemed doubtful for months now. Many voters think the nation’s oldest president ever – he turns 80 in November – is too old for the job and is certainly too old for a s…