Kristen Soltis Anderson

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez checks her phone while walking to her next appointment in New York, Wednesday, June 27, 2018. The 28-year-old political newcomer who upset U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley in New York's Democrat primary says she brings an "urgency" to the fight for working families. Now she's headed to Kansas with Sen. Bernie Sanders to campaign for progressives.

Here’s how the enthusiasm gap could make the difference in 2018

Kristen Soltis Anderson · July 3, 2018 9:57 pm

The Rev. Billy Graham preaches at a service in New Orleans Sunday evening March 12, 2006. Graham is preaching for the first time since his service in New York in June.

Four species of Beltway Republicans

Kristen Soltis Anderson · June 20, 2018 6:58 pm

Contestants in the swimsuit portion of the Miss America pageant compete on the first night of preliminary competition in Atlantic City, Tuesday Sept. 6, 2016. Tuesday night is the first of three nights of preliminary competition lasting through Thursday.

Was Miss America’s move a bow to the demands of the Left or a nod to the virtue of modesty?

Kristen Soltis Anderson · June 6, 2018 1:38 pm

The death of polling in the Trump era is grossly exaggerated

Kristen Soltis Anderson · May 23, 2018 4:00 am

Conservatives Have a Millennial Problem

Kristen Soltis Anderson · May 11, 2018 8:00 am

Republican Don Blankenship, who lost in West Virginia's GOP primary in May, is challenging his state's sore loser law and attempting to earn a spot on the ballot in the midterm elections.

Off-brand Donald loses in Trump Country

Kristen Soltis Anderson · May 9, 2018 8:46 am

Don’t trust claims guns will define politics of Generation Z

Kristen Soltis Anderson · April 25, 2018 12:05 pm

‘Silence of the Lambs’ is the ultimate film for the #MeToo Movement

Kristen Soltis Anderson · April 11, 2018 1:49 pm

Women's March demonstrators walk past the White House in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018.

The Democratic base wants Congress to oppose Trump. That may not sell with independents.

Kristen Soltis Anderson · March 28, 2018 1:35 pm

President Donald Trump, right, acknowledges the crowd during a campaign rally with Republican Rick Saccone in Moon Township, Pa.

Republicans can’t rest on their laurels when Trump isn’t on the ballot

Kristen Soltis Anderson · March 14, 2018 1:43 pm

Since the mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla., young Americans have been taking to the streets, state capitols, and Washington, D.C., to protest gun violence and the lack of gun control in the U.S. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Right or wrong, young men and women finding their voice is a beautiful thing

Kristen Soltis Anderson · February 28, 2018 5:01 am

Earlier this week, the Trump administration floated a proposal to change conventional Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits into a program where poor families would instead get "a USDA foods package," a government-assembled, government-sanctioned box of food the government believes you should eat. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Trump’s ‘Blue Apron’ food box idea is terrible for freedom, and probably really popular with the Right

Kristen Soltis Anderson · February 14, 2018 4:44 pm