Author: Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner

The “iron law” of midterm congressional elections that the president’s party loses seats and control, if it has it, is about to be busted in 2026. A handful of new reports are suggesting that Republicans could retain control of the House and Senate and even add seats in the election. What’s more, a GOP win…

Gun lobbyists are expressing dismay with a compromise on silencers included in the fast-tracked budget bill and the GOP’s slow-walking of another demand to stop the taxing and registration of commonly owned AR-15 style pistols. On Monday, the House Ways and Means Committee released its plan, and while it stripped a $200 tax on the…

A polling standard that sizes up how Americans feel about the overall direction of the country has reached its highest level ever in two new surveys, the latest indication that voters are happy with President Donald Trump‘s actions so far. Polls shared with Secrets from Cygnal and Rasmussen Reports show that the “right track” rating…

Reporters have rarely been fans of faith in politics, and often decry the Republican Party’s cozy relationship with religious Americans, such as evangelical Christians. But give them a pope willing to criticize President Donald Trump, well, that’s a different story. Now that Pope Leo XIV has replaced Trump critic Pope Francis, there is an eagerness…

The media are losing their friends just as they lost viewership and readership as they stepped up bias, according to a new survey of news consumers. Younger voters, older people, Hispanics, Republicans, independents, and even Democrats cited pro-Democratic bias in agreeing that they just can’t hate the media enough. The latest Rasmussen Reports survey shared…

Another busy week for President Donald Trump is continuing into the weekend with the opening of trade and tariff negotiations in Geneva between Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng. While considered just an ice-breaker, Washington and Wall Street are hoping that it will lead to a restructuring of the trading terms…

President Donald Trump’s approval ratings are paralleling those of former President Barack Obama’s at the start of his second term, and the Republican’s policies are even more popular than he is, giving him room to grow his poll numbers. At least three newly released surveys show that the president maintains a better approval rating than…

Unable to land a blow on President Donald Trump, Democrats instead have turned to attacking his right-hand man, Elon Musk, with a desperate cry to “Lock him up!” As Musk wraps up three months of cutting waste with his Department of Government Efficiency team, more than seven in 10 Democrats are eager for a way…

A new bipartisan caucus focused on preserving public lands was announced on Capitol Hill Wednesday with a goal of fencing off millions of acres from a GOP-backed sell-off or overdevelopment. The “Public Lands Caucus” was created with the worthy hope of letting the public continue to hunt, fish, and romp freely on government lands. But…

Eager to pull itself out of the battle over transgender sports, USA Fencing plans to tell a House Oversight Committee and Government Reform panel on Wednesday that it would immediately ban biological men from women’s events if Congress demands it. Less than two months after suspending a women’s fencer for refusing to battle a transgender…