Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) nearly capped a tumultuous final year in office with another loss. When the prolific fundraiser announced he was leaving Congress after…
HONOLULU — Before passengers boarded the plane from Everett, Washington’s Paine Field Airport bound for Oahu in late December, one gate attendant cautioned over the PA against…
Nominees for Senate-confirmed government positions often prepare for hearings by undertaking “murder board” sessions, with White House aides playing lawmakers asking tough and adversarial questions. There’s no…
Don’t tell Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) he is an underdog as the Iowa caucuses approach. He rang in the new year rallying Republicans in the state to…
After a century-long explosion to become the biggest economy and population in the union, California has begun a piecemeal but precipitous decline. Despite the nation’s overall population…
ARLINGTON, Virginia — The Army has removed the Confederate Memorial at the nation’s most prominent military cemetery, capping a Defense Department effort to rid its property of…
Entering 2024, President Joe Biden faces headwinds he never envisioned. Economic indicators remain robust. But the ill effects of nearly two years of inflationary pressures persist. Higher…
Lawmakers have returned to Capitol Hill with the House and Senate facing a lengthy to-do list of must-pass spending bills and a short time frame to complete…
DES MOINES, Iowa — For former President Donald Trump, a commanding win in Iowa will underscore his dominance in the 2024 Republican primary as he hopes to…
Imagine two pieces of paper. On one appear foreign policy realism, administrative-state rollbacks, and the possibility that Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas might retire…
