Politics

CPAC straw poll: JD Vance leads 2028 race

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Vice President JD Vance is the leading contender for the 2028 GOP presidential nomination, according to attendees of the 2026 Conservative Political Action Conference.

Trump's Choose Your Own Adventure War

President Donald Trump has repeatedly said the Iran war won’t last forever and is basically won, but has been less consistent about whether operations are about to wrap up or intensify.

Democrats can’t quit their clean-energy-only agenda

Wisely sensing a political opening with gasoline prices up by more than $1 per gallon since the start of the Iran war, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) outlined an energy agenda that Democrats would pursue in 2027 should they win the congressional elections this November. Unfortunately, his speech revealed Democrats to have learned nothing from their 2024 defeat. They are still peddling an agenda limited to costly, inefficient, but supposedly clean energy that drives prices higher.

Rand Paul says he's '50-50' on running for president in 2028

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said he’s “thinking about” launching a 2028 bid to be the next president.

Ukraine Views Iran War as Extension of Its War Against Russia. Trump Disagrees.

Ukraine views the U.S. war in Iran as an extension of its war against Russia, even though President Donald Trump and his administration do not seem to agree.

Kermit Gosnell, post-birth abortionist

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