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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

Robert Burkett is legislative assistant for Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Profile: Legislative assistant worked with at-risk youths, but wanted to solve the root of the problem

Joseph Lawler September 26, 2016 4:01 am

President Obama has lunch with Affordable Care Act letter writers at Engine Company No 3 in Milwaukee on March 3. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Meet the people who aren’t getting subsidies to help with Obamacare costs

Paige Winfield Cunningham September 26, 2016 4:01 am

Migrants from Syria arrive at a refugee camp from Pyrgos village, in Paphos district, to Kokkinotrimithia outside the capital Nicosia, Cyprus, on Sept. 7. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Obama pushes refugee plan, but his own FBI chief’s words are coming back to haunt him

Susan Crabtree September 26, 2016 4:01 am

"If you're from Florida, you read regularly about banks that have closed," said Florida congressman Bill Posey. "You'll see, 'They have $750 million in assets, $450 million in liabilities.'" (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Republican lawmaker is leading the fight to get the feds out of local banks

Rudy Takala September 26, 2016 4:01 am

Rep. Blake Farenthold has developed a reputation for leading on tech issues since joining Congress, especially on the side of privacy advocates. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Rep. Farenthold: ‘Nothing sticks to Clinton’

Rudy Takala September 26, 2016 4:01 am

More than a third of AFL-CIO members in key states still intend to vote for the GOP candidate even after the campaign illustrated the gulf between the leadership of the nation's largest labor federation and its members. (Bloomberg)

Union leaders struggle to turn members against Trump

Sean Higgins September 26, 2016 4:01 am

One of the most notorious earmarks was the $223 million "bridge to nowhere" earmark that lawmakers first tried to pass in a federal funding bill in 2005.

Earmarks could be on their way back in Congress

Susan Ferrechio September 26, 2016 4:01 am

Polarization could get way worse next year

Washington Examiner Staff September 26, 2016 4:01 am

With Hillary Clinton's flip-flop, we've already seen how shallow Democrats' devotion is to this little-understood idea crucial to our prosperity. (AP Photo)

Don’t go wobbly on trade, GOP

Washington Examiner September 26, 2016 4:01 am

Which way will Election Day tip Washington?

W. James Antle III September 26, 2016 4:01 am

POLICY ROUNDUP

Washington Examiner, Joana Suleiman September 26, 2016 4:01 am

"I think one of the things we have to admit is that we have a problem internal to the homeland and it's no longer just sort of quote/unquote 'over there,'" says Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Michael Flynn: The terror threat is no longer ‘over there’

Jamie McIntyre September 26, 2016 4:01 am