Consider this. When I defeated Rep. Al Baldus in 1980 to represent Wisconsin’s 3rd District in Congress, we were better friends at the end of our campaign than before. Why? Because we talked about the issues rather than personal attacks on each other. Today, that era of friendly, issue-based elections feels like a thing of...

Republican presidential candidate and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is slated to speak at a conservative conference in Atlanta on Saturday morning. Christie will speak at The Gathering, an annual event hosted by conservative talk radio host Erick Erickson where several other Republican presidential candidates are also appearing. His appearance comes after a recent Emerson...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and conservative entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy are tied for second place in the Republican presidential field in a new poll. An Emerson College poll showed DeSantis and Ramaswamy tied at 10 percent each, trailing former President Trump, who leads with 56 percent. DeSantis kept his position in second place from previous...

Media companies across the board are jacking up the price of their streaming services in what some have dubbed “streamflation” as they look to turn a profit on streaming after years of losses. Disney announced last week that it plans to increase prices for the ad-free versions of Disney+ and Hulu by at least 20...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is heading into next week’s pivotal GOP primary debate with a target on his back. While still regarded as the most competitive GOP alternative to former President Trump, DeSantis has seen his numbers slip in some polls while other candidates, like businessman Vivek Ramaswamy and former New Jersey Gov. Chris...

Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said on MSNBC that former President Donald Trump "should serve time" if convicted in his 2020 election case.

Arizona was a reliably red state for decades, but Democrats have enjoyed success in statewide contests the past three election cycles. The state is now a key battleground

We should welcome the efforts by the Economic Community of West African States to take the lead in resolving the crisis in Niger. It is positive that the political bloc is taking ownership of the region's political and economic future.

Some surviving members of the Little Rock Nine are pushing back against the Arkansas Department of Education’s decision to drop the Advanced Placement (AP) African American studies course from its schools.  Earlier this week, the department said the course would not count for credit toward high school graduation, claiming it is still in a pilot stage and...

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy suggested Friday if elected in 2024, he would run the government like tech billionaire Elon Musk runs the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. “What [Musk] did at Twitter is a good example of what I want to do to the administrative state,” Ramaswamy said in an interview...