Voters have another six weeks before the Iowa caucuses start the Republican primary season, and despite the national polling dominance of former President Donald Trump, two major candidates are heading into the holidays with momentum. While Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has languished in the polls, he has secured the potential game-changing endorsements of Gov. Kim Reynolds (R-IA) and evangelical kingmaker Bob Vander Plaats. Meanwhile, Nikki Haley has soared to second place in New Hampshire and South Carolina while nipping at the Florida governor's heels in the Hawkeye State. Objective observers can admit that although Trump remains the favorite, the primary isn't over until at least the first three states sing.

In a blow to Democratic Party claims that California is the economic engine of the nation and an even bigger blow to the presidential aspirations of Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), the nonpartisan California Legislative Analyst’s Office reported Thursday that not only was California’s government facing a short-term $68 billion budget deficit, but the state appears to be in a recession.

The University of Pennsylvania lost a donation of $100 million and is on the verge of ousting its president in response to her handling of antisemitism on campus. That isn’t enough to solve the problem, but it is a good place to start.

A pregnant woman in Kentucky filed a lawsuit on Friday demanding the right to an abortion, challenging the state’s six-week ban as well as its near total “trigger” ban.  The lawsuit was filed in state court on behalf of an anonymous woman using the pseudonym Jane Doe, who is about eight weeks pregnant and can’t...

New ways of using voter, polling and consumer data make it possible to build a “DNA profile” of a new electorate, based not on partisan leanings but on values and beliefs. 

An appeals court largely upheld a gag order limiting former President Trump’s statements as he faces federal prosecution for seeking to block the transfer of power, broadening his ability to attack special counsel Jack Smith while leaving in place limitations on other parties. The ruling from a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of...