David M. Drucker

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Behind Closed Doors talked to Mona Charen of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington about what drove her to speak out against the president at the Conservative Political Action Conference. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Why Mona Charen keeps pushing back against Trump

David M. Drucker · March 8, 2018 2:07 pm

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said the president's plan to hit almost all countries with steel and aluminum tariffs would harm the U.S. economy. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Tom Cotton breaks with Trump on tariffs

David M. Drucker · March 8, 2018 12:15 am

President Trump's recently announced tariffs are proving remarkably unpopular with most Americans. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Republicans cope with Trump unpredictability ahead of midterms

David M. Drucker · March 7, 2018 5:01 am

Something is happening to the dark blue Democratic tsunami that everyone saw coming, and it is happening just as the country heads toward Trump's first midterm election. (Illustration by Al Goodwyn for the Washington Examiner)

Republicans hope tax reform can withstand a midterm Democratic wave

David M. Drucker · March 6, 2018 5:01 am

The resignation of Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., has opened a new battlefield in Mississippi for conservatives near the center and in the far corner of the Republican Party to duke it out. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Thad Cochran’s resignation opens new battlefront for GOP. Tate Reeves top recruit

David M. Drucker · March 6, 2018 2:06 am

American Action Network, the political nonprofit aligned with House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is launching a $1 million television advertising blitz in 24 battleground districts. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Republicans cling to tax cuts as Trump shifts to dark message on trade

David M. Drucker · March 5, 2018 10:00 am

Nearly 2 million illegal immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, known as Dreamers, remain at risk of deportation despite the Supreme Court essentially nullifying President Trump's March 5 deadline to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Immigration deal as unlikely as ever: ‘DACA is probably on ice for a long time’

David M. Drucker · March 2, 2018 5:01 am

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, who was indicted last week, reiterated that the case against him was a sham, and then turned the call over to his lawyers to lay out the flaws in the criminal indictment, which is related to an extramarital affair the governor had with a hairdresser before he was elected in 2016. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Eric Greitens defiant, has lawyers lay out defense during call with donors

David M. Drucker · March 1, 2018 5:38 pm

Suburban voters are pressuring Republican incumbents for legislative action to curtail firearms after a high school shooting massacre in Parkland, Fla., left 17 dead. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

After Parkland, vulnerable suburban Republicans under pressure on guns

David M. Drucker · February 28, 2018 5:01 am

Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., announced in the fall that he wouldn't run again, abruptly canceling re-election plans in the works for several months. After reconsidering his decision in the past few weeks, Corker opted to stick with is original decision. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Bob Corker reaffirms decision to retire from the Senate

David M. Drucker · February 27, 2018 4:00 pm

State Sen. Chris McDaniel, running for Senate in Mississippi, made a public spectacle of the firing of a campaign staffer. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Chris McDaniel signals Senate bid against Roger Wicker

David M. Drucker · February 26, 2018 8:34 pm

Gun rights is a visceral issue for many committed Republicans — the sort who tend show up in congressional primaries in red states and partisan-drawn districts. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

GOP primary season a key obstacle to gun legislation

David M. Drucker · February 25, 2018 1:53 pm