Tag: Elections

This coming Saturday will be the one-year anniversary of President Trump's inauguration. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Michael Barone: Trump’s second year is a tough road ahead

Michael Barone · January 18, 2018 5:03 am

Karen Handel last June won a targeted special election in Georgia's 6th Congressional District, despite the disadvantage of being a Republican tied to a less-than-popular President Trump. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Top Republicans turn to Karen Handel for help navigating Trump

David M. Drucker · January 18, 2018 5:01 am

A loud and influential coalition of grassroots progressives has applied enormous pressure on the party for months to demand a clean Dream Act from Republicans and nothing less. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Beltway Confidential

DACA negotiations reveal consequences of Democrats’ increasingly radical base

Emily Jashinsky · January 18, 2018 4:06 am

Rep. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., told Fox News host Tucker Carlson Wednesday night that debate over immigration reform was risking the lives of U.S. service members. (screenshot)

Martha McSally: Lawmakers are ‘dicking around’ on immigration deal

Al Weaver · January 18, 2018 3:14 am

Democrat Patty Schachtner defeated her Republican opponent Adam Jarchow in the race to replace a state senator who recently resigned after sixteen years to serve as Gov. Scott Walker's agriculture secretary. Schachtner's victory flipped the district from red to blue. (Patty for Senate Campaign via AP)

Beltway Confidential

What happened in Wisconsin last night?

Emily Jashinsky · January 17, 2018 6:43 pm

Dennis Kucinich filed a designation of treasurer form to run for governor in Ohio in 2018. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Former Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich running for Ohio governor

Anna Giaritelli · January 17, 2018 2:05 pm

According to a new poll, 24 percent of registered voters want Oprah Winfrey to jump into the next presidential election, while 59 percent say she should stay out of the political race. (Paul Drinkwater/NBC via AP)

59 percent of voters don’t want Oprah to run in 2020

Anna Giaritelli · January 17, 2018 12:58 pm

Democrats' history on immigration is one of empty rhetoric and base deception. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

You think Democrats want to fix immigration? Dream on!

Washington Examiner · January 17, 2018 5:01 am

The Republican Party is looking for opportunities to roll back what could be a Democratic washouts in the 2018 midterm elections. Governors' races could be the ticket. (iStock)

Can blue state Republican governors survive a blue wave?

Kristen Soltis Anderson · January 17, 2018 4:11 am

President Trump met with White House physician Dr. Ronny Jackson Friday for his first medical check-up as president. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Democrat behind ‘Stable Genius Act’ pleased by Trump’s exam

Kimberly Leonard · January 17, 2018 2:42 am

There are plenty of people to blame for the rise of President Trump. But because he was the most powerful person in the world, Barack Obama (pictured above) deserves special mention. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

One year in: How Obama gave us Trump

Timothy P. Carney · January 17, 2018 1:04 am

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders Tuesday called out congressional Democrats for hypocritical behavior after supporting merit-based immigration five years ago, but not now under President Trump. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

White House slams Democrats’ ‘hypocrisy’ over merit-based immigration

Gabby Morrongiello · January 16, 2018 10:07 pm