Author: Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner

In your district (attorney race) Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris and their respective parties have wildly diverging messages about the levels of crime plaguing, or not, the country. Trump regularly paints the United States as a hellscape with big Democratic-run cities as pockmarks on the face of an otherwise big, beautiful…

In your backyard Whether it’s Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump sitting in the Oval Office next year, there are other races this November that will mean much more to most voters. Republicans are all but ensured to win the Senate, meaning a Harris administration will struggle to push through her most…

Crunch time Vice President Kamala Harris has not had much time to tell voters they should pick her to lead the country instead of returning to former President Donald Trump. While the 2024 presidential election has been happening for more than a year, Harris’s last-minute dethroning of President Joe Biden inserted a July surprise into…

Behind enemy lines Former President Donald Trump has made a point of making frequent media appearances to be a counterbalance to Vice President Kamala Harris’s attempt to run President Joe Biden’s successful 2020 basement campaign. His interviews and press conferences haven’t always been on hostile territory up until this week, but he has been more…

About those documents While it’s not clear who will occupy the White House next year, one certainty is that President Joe Biden will be leaving. Once again, Biden will have to pack up his office and prepare to exit public life, returning to his home in Delaware. However, unlike the last time he stepped off…

Transition time Former President Donald Trump has gotten progressively better at politics since his surprise victory in 2016. When he walked into the White House the first time, the handover from former President Barack Obama was awkward, stilted, and difficult. There was a sense that his upset of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was…

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is being honest with voters. The Republican isn’t winning over Democrats on his run for the state’s open Senate seat the same way he did when he cruised to election and reelection as one of the country’s most popular governors. Democrats in blue states are consistently happy to hand the…

Oct. 7 on campus The vicious terrorist attack by Hamas on Israel a year ago upended the status quo on college campuses in the United States as much as it changed international relationships. Knock-on effects in the partnerships between Israel and the U.S. or how the Israel Defense Forces carry out operations in Gaza and…

Election effects of Oct. 7 The horrific terrorist attack by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, has left deep scars on the world. The most immediate effect of the bloody event that left 1,200 Israelis dead and more than 200 captured and held as hostages was a stark warning about the threat Israel faces as a…

Israel, Hamas, and the world In the year since Hamas launched its deadly surprise terrorist attack, Israel has systematically dismantled much of the organization, along with other Iranian-backed foes in the region. Hamas leadership has been killed or driven underground, and there is no real threat of the terrorist organization launching another Oct. 7 anytime…