Author: Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner
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Rubio gains ground in 2028 jockeying as Iran war elevates his profile
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s high-profile role in the Trump administration’s response to the Iran war is boosting his standing in the early jockeying for the 2028 Republican presidential nomination — and positioning him as a possible rival to Vice President JD Vance, the early front-runner. Rubio has emerged as one of the most visible…
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The 2026 battleground: Congress’s most vulnerable House and Senate seats
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With control of Congress expected to hinge on a narrow margin in 2026, a small group of House and Senate incumbents is already emerging as the most vulnerable lawmakers of the coming cycle. Both parties are already zeroing in on a limited group of races likely to determine the balance of power. Many of the…
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Democrats made gains with young men in 2025, but holding edge for midterms is no sure thing
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Democrats gained ground with young men in the 2025 off-cycle contests, but turning those gains into a durable midterm edge in 2026 will be difficult for a party still split on major issues. Network exit polls show a pattern across several states: in Virginia, Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger posted her strongest numbers with men aged 18…
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Commerce staff say DOGE ‘five things’ mandate still in force months after other federal departments shelved it
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EXCLUSIVE — Employees across the Department of Commerce and its major bureaus, including the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Census Bureau, are still required to submit monthly “five things” accomplishment emails, even though the rest of the federal workforce no longer has to. According to a copy of an…
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Trump’s reversal on Epstein files puts 2026 battlegrounds on alert
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The House’s decisive vote Tuesday to require the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, after President Donald Trump unexpectedly urged Republicans to support it, has thrust the controversy into the center of the 2026 political stage. Trump had spent weeks dismissing the push for disclosure as a Democratic distraction. But on Sunday night, he abruptly…
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Air travel chaos is far from over
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A swift return to normal operations at U.S. airports remains unlikely. At a news conference in Chicago on Tuesday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said flight operations were beginning to stabilize after a difficult weekend marked by widespread staffing shortages and flight disruptions. “Saturday, Sunday, Monday were very rough travel days, significant cancellations and significant delays,”…
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Trump frames Kirk killing as attack on movement: ‘The bullet was aimed at all of us’
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GLENDALE, Arizona — President Donald Trump used Charlie Kirk’s memorial service to portray the slain conservative activist’s killing as an assault on the entire country and vowed that it would not go unanswered. “The gun was pointed at him, but the bullet was aimed at all of us,” Trump declared, casting the 31-year-old’s assassination as a…
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Trump once championed FAA privatization. Now the idea appears to be off the table
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Once a signature initiative of President Donald Trump’s first term, the push to privatize the U.S. air traffic control system has all but disappeared from his agenda, even as aviation safety concerns mount. In 2017, Trump proposed privatizing the U.S. air traffic control system by transferring it from the Federal Aviation Administration to a nonprofit…
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Michigan Senate primary set to reopen Democratic wounds over Israel
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Israel is poised to take center stage for Democrats once again in Michigan’s high-stakes Senate primary, reviving deep divisions within the party over U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Nowhere are the simmering tensions over the war in Gaza among Democrats more pronounced than in the Wolverine State, where a once-reliable coalition has splintered.…