Michelle Obama's name keeps surfacing on the wish list of some Democrats as an alternative to President Biden in 2024, an aberration that conservatives say is partly driven by fear among liberals and the media that probes of Hunter Biden will turn up more damaging information about the Biden family's finances before the election.

Whether he is preparing to jump in the 2024 election or is waiting for 2028, one thing is clear: Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is desperately trying to salvage his future presidential chances.

JOHN EASTMAN'S DISASTROUSLY BAD IDEA. Claremont Institute legal scholar John Eastman will be arraigned next week on nine felony counts related to his efforts to reverse the results of the 2020 election, charges that were brought by the Democratic district attorney of Fulton County, Georgia, Fani Willis. Eastman is one of the minds behind the scheme that, had it been enacted on Jan. 6, 2021, called for then-Vice President Mike Pence, presiding over the congressional certification of Electoral College results, to send the votes of key states including Arizona and Georgia back to the states for more debate and investigation, thus denying Joe Biden a victory in the Electoral College that was already settled and certified.

The MAGA faction of the House Republican Conference is once again threatening to disrupt the basic functioning of government to push an unpopular agenda. Last spring, they brought the nation to the brink of default. Now, the House Freedom Caucus is refusing to keep the government from shutting down in September unless a set of extreme...

While Biden has been talking about new CHIPS factories, lower prescription drug prices and an economy back on track, McCarthy faces calls from the MAGA elements in his caucus to shut down the government and impeach Joe Biden.

The D.C. Appeals Court ruled Friday that former President Trump can be deposed in suits against the FBI brought by former agents Peter Strzok and Lisa Page. The Department of Justice appealed a ruling from a lower court in July, which came to the same conclusion.  Strzok is suing the bureau for wrongful termination and...

Uvalde, Texas, Mayor Don McLaughlin has accused District Attorney Christina Mitchell of covering up evidence related to the Robb Elementary School shooting in 2022 that led to the deaths of 19 students and two teachers.  “I believe that Christina Mitchell, the District Attorney for the 38th Judicial District has been involved in a cover-up regarding...

Anti-abortion activists are looking to highways as a new battleground in their efforts to prevent people from accessing abortions. A central Texas town attempted to make it illegal for people to travel on certain roads through their jurisdiction for the purpose of receiving an abortion, a novel strategy that may prove the future for anti-abortion...

White House officials and Democratic lawmakers spent weeks celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act, a legislative package that has been dubbed the most ambitious climate legislation of all time. While that is technically correct — it’s a low bar to meet — the political and practical benefits of the law are hard...

Alaska’s state Board of Education voted Thursday to approve a proposal to ban transgender girls from competing on girls’ high school sports teams, advancing one of Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s policy priorities that was thwarted by the state Legislature earlier this year. The proposal, which board members argued during a special meeting Thursday is necessary to...