As U.S. oil production booms, President Biden finds himself on a tightrope between courting moderate voters and maintaining enthusiasm among progressives. Domestic oil production is projected to hit record highs this year. That fact could be used to parry Republican attacks on the administration’s energy agenda as Biden seeks reelection, but putting too much emphasis on...
All eyes are turning to the Hawkeye State on Monday as it holds the first early nominating contest in the Republican presidential primary. Former President Trump is anticipated to handily win Iowa, though Republicans will be watching to see how well Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley perform — and whether it offers either...
Republican senators expect former President Trump to win the Iowa caucuses by a large margin, giving him plenty of momentum to take the New Hampshire primary and cruise to the presidential nomination. GOP lawmakers, including those who support Trump and those who want the party to find another standard-bearer in 2024, view Trump as the...
DES MOINES, Iowa — It’s finally decision day in Iowa. The big question is whether the voters of the Hawkeye State can deliver a major surprise, confounding all the polls and prognostications. The big wildcard is the weather, with snow blanketing the state and temperatures in Des Moines forecast to range from a low of...
Schools across the U.S. are trying to grapple with declining literacy rates, which were contributed to by the pandemic. Georgia is considering hiring literacy coaches to train teachers.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken knew he was entering a hornets nest when, last week, he stopped off in Ankara to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Erdogan has been a problematic partner at the best of times: He plays Washington and Moscow off each other for profit and sells Ukraine drones while helping Russia evade sanctions […]
California just became the first state to offer taxpayer-funded healthcare to all illegal immigrants. As of Jan. 1, every adult in California, regardless of age or legal status, can apply for Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program. Democrats claim the law is about human rights. But taxpayer dollars are finite — something California should understand as it grapples with a budget deficit that […]
This week witnessed Ecuador’s descent into violent chaos, bringing the Andean nation of 18 million to the edge of civil war. Although the once-tranquil country has seen rising violence, including the assassination of a presidential candidate last summer, events unfolding in the new year reveal that Ecuador is in danger of state collapse and capture […]
The Biden campaign raised more than $97 million in the fourth quarter of 2023, and has $117 million cash-on-hand— the “highest total of any Democratic candidate in history" at this point in a presidential election cycle.