Tag: Elections

John Kasich has discussed with advisers if there's "an opening" for him to enter the 2020 race. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

John Kasich hasn’t ruled out challenging Trump in 2020 primary: Report

Caitlin Yilek · February 23, 2018 3:02 pm

Can California Lurch Leftward?

Tony Mecia · February 23, 2018 9:30 am

Former White House strategist Stephen Bannon was one of the headliners of the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Oxon Hill, Md., last year. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

A year after being the toast of CPAC, Steve Bannon is nowhere to be found

Al Weaver, Sarah Bedford · February 23, 2018 5:01 am

During a speech at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference, NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre specifically called out Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., as part of a cadre of leftist Democrats bent on eliminating the Second Amendment. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Elizabeth Warren goes on tweet rager against NRA’s Wayne LaPierre, and fundraises too

Daniel Chaitin · February 23, 2018 3:15 am

Billionaire activist Tom Steyer announced on Twitter Thursday that he would be donating $1 million to an effort to register high schoolers to vote ahead of the 2018 elections. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Tom Steyer pledges $1 million to high school voter registration initiative with gun control groups

Diana Stancy Correll · February 23, 2018 2:48 am

Levi Sanders, Sen. Bernie Sanders' first and only biological child with an ex-girlfriend, was a senior policy strategist on the Vermont independent's bid for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Bernie Sanders’ son wants to run for Congress

Naomi Lim · February 23, 2018 12:09 am

Adam Garrie has been described as "a geopolitical expert with an emphasis on Eurasia." He is also a frequent guest of Russia's state-owned media organization RT. (screenshot)

Beltway Confidential

Adam Garrie, or how Russian propagandists play their game

Tom Rogan · February 22, 2018 10:20 pm

Pennysylvania's Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, center, and Speaker of the House Mike Turzai, right, submitted an emergency request to nation's highest court requesting a block on implementing the new lines drawn by the state court. (AP Photo/Chris Knight, File)

Pennsylvania Republicans threaten impeachment over redrawn electoral map

Salena Zito · February 22, 2018 4:42 pm

State Sen. Leah Vukmir believes the chaos in Madison, Wis., left her uniquely prepared to stand up to Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin in November, and to stand up to the pressures of Washington. (Screenshot via leahvukmir.com)

Beltway Confidential

Senate candidate Leah Vukmir says anti-Scott Walker protests left her battle-hardened, ready for Washington

Emily Jashinsky · February 22, 2018 4:16 pm

Steve Montenegro tells the Washington Examiner he never solicited the toless photo. Less than one week before the special election, the front-runner accuses his opponents of sabotaging his political career with "revenge porn." (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Beltway Confidential

Steve Montenegro, leading congressional candidate to succeed Rep. Trent Franks, accuses opponents of peddling ‘revenge porn’

Philip Wegmann · February 22, 2018 3:25 pm

The Onion may be parody, but its headlines often strike a chord with readers in 21st-century America. (screenshot)

Beltway Confidential

Michael Barone: Don’t take the Onion’s pessimism too seriously

Michael Barone · February 22, 2018 12:00 pm

When Mitt Romney was running as the GOP presidential candidate six years ago, he was mocked by the Left for saying Russia was the country's greatest geopolitical threat. The Left appears to have changed its mind. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Trump’s election finally has liberals taking Putin’s threat seriously

Washington Examiner · February 22, 2018 5:01 am