Don’t let SALT levels bring down the BBB, says Trump
The reaction to President Trump’s meeting with GOP members on Capitol Hill today was decidedly mixed, especially for the so-called…
Can Team Trump’s most MAGA members end Jeffrey Epstein talk?
Few people can claim the mantle of being more identified with the anti-Deep State MAGA movement than Kash Patel and…
Democrats should call for more honesty about Joe Biden’s health
The announcement of former president Joe Biden’s diagnosis for advanced prostate cancer is of course a sad event, as it…
James Comey just needs your attention
Let’s sit down and have a talk about James Comey, America’s tallest teenage girl. Typically the conversation around the nation’s…
The ‘big, beautiful’ bill is Speaker Johnson’s first major test of Trump 2.0
There’s a nickname for House Speaker Mike Johnson shared among some Hill staffers and observers: “Deacon Mike,” a nod to…
Poll: college-educated women end friendships over politics
New polling data shows what you may already suspect: your experience of losing friends since the 2024 election of Donald…
NFL in DC is the ultimate lefty YIMBY-NIMBY showdown
A pair of announcements by the National Football League in collaboration with Washington, DC has local citizens more excited than…
How Christopher Rufo is changing American education
As fire-breathing counter-revolutionaries go, Christopher Rufo seems notably mild-mannered. Perhaps it’s his northern California roots and Pacific Northwest home that…
Whitmer’s smart play for Trump’s voters
“I’m that same woman from Michigan,” Governor Gretchen Whitmer told Fox 2 Detroit Tuesday night, when asked about her changing…
Josh Hawley talks Trump’s first 100 days: pro-life ‘needs to be a priority’
Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri has been one of Donald Trump’s fiercest allies on Capitol Hill. But since his easy…
A mammoth 100 days of Trump’s America First foreign policy
One hundred days into the second Donald Trump presidency, his presence in the Oval Office represents the largest sea change…
Could abortion pills be the sleeper issue for the midterms?
The politics of the abortion issue in the post-Dobbs environment has been dramatically altered, both by the introduction of state-level…
What Pete Hegseth and his warfighters learned about Washington
Back in 2010, there was no more respected warfighter and general beloved by his men than Stanley McChrystal, commander of…
Pete Hegseth’s fight is about more than mere staff personalities
The Washington firing squad is out for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. His department has seen the dramatic departure of three…
El Salvador deportation is just another partisan jump ball, says poll
The barrage of media coverage and political activity surrounding the deportation of an illegal migrant to El Salvador might suggest…
Democrats are doing themselves no favors on El Salvador
The political battle over the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador, where he is imprisoned based on a…
It’s no mystery how Democrats plan to attack Republicans
It’s no mystery how Democrats plan to attack Republicans over the coming year and a half: tie them to Elon…
Of course Jasmine Crockett should run for president
The leadership of the Democratic Party is as open as it has been in generations, with Nancy Pelosi occupying emerita…
The Signal leak isn’t just about Europe – it shows how powerful J.D. Vance is
This is an extract from today’s episode of Spectator TV, with Freddy Gray and Ben Domenech, which you can find…
The Goldberg groupchat ‘glitch’ is a crisis of competence
To be fair, Donald Trump’s team did promise to have the most transparent administration ever – a line I was…
Don’t let gambling scaremongers ruin your March Madness bracket
Today tens of millions of Americans will happily place a billion bets they know they will lose. The tradition of…
Chuck Schumer imperiled from the left and the donor class
The rapid nature of the turn against Chuck Schumer, ostensibly the most powerful Democrat in Washington as Senate Minority Leader,…
How Republicans should capitalize on Chuck Schumer’s weakness
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s failed fiscal gambit last week proved as obvious as it was predictable. Yet Schumer’s flub…
The Democrats’ Trump Derangement Syndrome comes home to roost
The strangest thing happened last night: the Democratic Party, which has built its success in recent years thanks almost entirely…
‘I had two jobs: to run the country and to survive’: an interview with President Trump
From the moment you enter Donald J. Trump’s Oval Office, you are surrounded, not by staff or Secret Service, but…
