Author: W. James Antle III, Washington Examiner

Jill Biden’s book tour has not been helpful to her husband’s legacy. The former first lady was on ABC’s The View Tuesday, touting View from the East Wing: A Memoir, her account of former President Joe Biden’s single term in the White House, and her husband’s age-related decline came up as it does in most…

The firing of former Attorney General Pam Bondi underscored the challenges of the job under President Donald Trump. If acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, or his eventual replacement, leaves the Justice Department on good terms with Trump, they may well be the first to do so. Jeff Sessions was the first senator to endorse Trump…

Grilling President Donald Trump’s newest Cabinet pick may seem like an inauspicious way for a Republican to begin a national campaign, but Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) increasingly sounds like someone with his eyes on 2028. Paul would likely have had strong words for Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) regardless. Mullin suggested he understood why Paul’s neighbor…

Conservative activists don’t believe Republicans have done enough with their congressional majorities, just months away from those majorities appearing on the ballot in the midterm elections. It has become arguably the top issue in a contentious primary between Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the subtext of broader debates about the…

If President Donald Trump gets to nominate another Supreme Court justice before the midterm elections, he will likely have the 6-3 ruling against his tariffs on his mind. The conservative bloc of the Supreme Court, and his own nominees, were divided on the tariffs decision, which Trump called “disappointing” and “very unfortunate” in his State…

Republicans are starting to have a conversation about the 2028 primaries even though the midterm elections are still more than eight months away. With President Donald Trump term-limited and constitutionally ineligible to run, they are debating whether it would be better for Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio to join forces…

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…