Author: W. James Antle III, Washington Examiner

The midterm elections will give Vice President JD Vance an opportunity to build up political capital by campaigning for Republican candidates across the country, with the possibility of spending it later. President Donald Trump has already indicated he will be hitting the campaign trail in an effort to protect the GOP’s fragile congressional majorities, returning…

Wednesday’s stronger-than-expected job report could be a sign of the economic renaissance President Donald Trump promised, possibly in time to save Republican congressional majorities in November. But such a dramatic political comeback would require an equally significant turnaround in public perceptions of the economy — and that is where skepticism abounds. On the same day…

President Donald Trump is moving toward a reset on his signature issue after a pair of fatal shootings involving federal immigration officials in Minneapolis. The question is whether Trump can successfully de-escalate without abandoning his commitment to deport illegal immigrants in the face of protests against those efforts. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has become a…

A new poll suggests that the coalition that returned President Donald Trump to the White House after a four-year hiatus may be eroding. These numbers come as Republicans seek to defend their narrow congressional majorities in November’s midterm elections, when replicating Trump’s 2024 support levels from low-propensity voters was always going to be a challenge.…

President Donald Trump’s attention to foreign affairs may be contributing to public perceptions that he isn’t focused enough on the U.S. economy. Polls have shown anemic support for Trump’s military operations, even though they have been reasonably successful and led to few American casualties.  Trump’s calls to annex Greenland have proven unpopular. The prospect of…

Washington insiders keep straining to see daylight between Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, only for the two of them to maintain a united front. Vance and Rubio met together at the White House with Denmark’s foreign minister on Wednesday for a “frank but also constructive” conversation on the contentious topic…

Vice President JD Vance made a rare appearance at the podium during Thursday’s White House press briefing to mount a passionate defense of Immigration and Customs Enforcement amid growing anti-ICE protests after an officer was involved in a fatal shooting in Minneapolis. “I’m not happy that this woman lost her life,” Vance said of Renee…

Former Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to hit the campaign trail next year, boosting down-ballot Democrats as she eyes another run for the party’s presidential nomination in 2028. If Harris decides a third time will be the charm, she will have a lot more than 107 days — the length of her stay on…

President Donald Trump has belatedly recognized the threat the lingering aftershocks of inflation pose to his second term and Republican congressional majorities, but it won’t be easy to wrest control of the affordability narrative back from the Democrats. Trump devoted a pre-Christmas prime-time address from the White House to the most important issue of next…