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GOP election loss

Huge GOP election losses spur debates about populist economics

Zach Halaschak · November 13, 2026 7:05 am

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Three-quarters of House members seeking statewide office lost

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The candidate-quality problem behind the Republican rout

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Losin’ Texas: Why the Lone Star State turned blue

President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele speaks during a press conference after signing a memorandum of understanding with Spanish company Grupo Cox in San Salvador. Under the agreement, Grupo Cox will invest $2.9 billion in the country's water and energy sectors, an investment Bukele said is part of the government's goal of making El Salvador "the fastest-growing economy in Latin America." (Photo by Camilo Freedman / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)

In Haiti, Bukele cracks down where UN failed

"We have to face the fact that countries are going to lose jobs to robotics," Mark Cuban wrote in a December blog post. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)

Donald Trump and Mark Cuban see promise in job-killing robots

Daniel Chaitin January 9, 2017 5:01 am

The best way to respond to Russian hacking is by exposing the vast wealth of Putin and his Kremlin mafia. (Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin Press Service, Sputnik, via AP)

Embarrass Putin for hacking Democrats

Washington Examiner Staff January 9, 2017 5:01 am

Donald Trump's subsequent refusal to acknowledge the Russian role in election-related cyber attacks has put him at odds with hawkish GOP voices in the Senate, including Sens. Lindsey Graham and John McCain.

For Trump on the Hill, success as an outsider requires insider tactics

Sarah Bedford January 9, 2017 5:01 am

Since September 2015, the labor force has swelled by nearly 3 million, and the participation rate has ticked up by 0.3 percentage points despite the thousands of boomers retiring every day. (M. Spencer Green/AP Images)

Trump could preside over years of falling unemployment rates

Joseph Lawler January 9, 2017 5:01 am

President-elect Donald Trump has promised roughly $1 trillion in infrastructure spending while also promising a tax cut estimated to cost $4.4 trillion to $5.9 trillion. That leaves a lot of legislative work to be done.

Congress prepares infrastructure action under Trump

Kyle Feldscher January 9, 2017 5:01 am

Taylor Jordan works on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, which is focused on Environmental Protection Agency and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration policy issues. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Congressional staffer profile: For Taylor Jordan, slashing EPA regs is music to his ears

John Siciliano January 9, 2017 5:01 am

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., promised a series of cyber-focused hearings this Congress, including the first last week that largely focused on Russian hacking of the U.S. election. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sequester battle is the biggest business item for new Senate Armed Services Committee

Jacqueline Klimas January 9, 2017 5:01 am

Right-to-work laws prohibit contracts between unions and management that force all workers to join the union or at least pay it a regular fee. Workers have no choice: They pay or are fired. (Russell Lissau/Daily Herald via AP)

Right-to-work laws pick up steam nationwide

Sean Higgins January 9, 2017 5:01 am

Democrats planning stall tactics for Trump’s Cabinet picks this week

Susan Ferrechio January 9, 2017 5:01 am

Kellyanne Conway unplugged

Salena Zito January 9, 2017 5:01 am

Every American president who's dealt with Vladimir Putin began by seeking better relations. (Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Why you can’t reason with Putin

Dan Hannan January 9, 2017 5:01 am

The purpose of the REAL ID Act of 2005 is to protect the security of U.S. citizens by stopping the "fraudulent issuance and use of driver's licenses and identification cards," according to a statement by Secretary Jeh C. Johnson of the Department of Homeland Security.

POLICY ROUNDUP

Washington Examiner, Joana Suleiman January 9, 2017 5:01 am