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Rep. Paul Ryan (Wis.) moved closer to the House speakership Tuesday, telling fellow Republicans that he would consider taking the job if he could be assured that the caucus would unite behind him. Ryan faced his colleagues — and his political future — at a private evening meeting of House Republicans in the Capitol basement. He said he would be…

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following article is adapted from one that ran in the November 2, 2015, issue of National Review. Hillary Clinton has glaring weaknesses as a candidate. The historical odds are against her goal: getting a third term in the White House for one party. The Democrats should nonetheless be considered the likely winners if they nominate her. Clinton…

Despite scaling down campaign activities for his book tour, Ben Carson again made headlines this weekend for a series of controversial comments concerning Osama bin Laden and who bears responsibility for the attacks on 9/11. Speaking on ABC’s “This Week” Sunday, Carson gave Donald Trump a pass on his remarks suggesting George W. Bush bears some of the blame for…

Donald Trump said Tuesday that he and fellow GOP presidential contender Ben Carson have hit a chord with voters, but it’s still way too early to say if there will be a Trump/Carson ticket in next year’s general election. “We have a very good relationship, and we’re not as different as people think,” Trump told CNN’s “New Day” program. “There’s…

The city of Atlanta made “dangerous” admissions in a court hearing today, argued the lawyer for the former Atlanta fire chief who was terminated from his job after controversy related to a religious book he authored that included his views on homosexuality. “[The city] actually argued that you’re entitled to have beliefs and opinions, but you have to keep them…

At Issue: The violation of the religious liberty rights of school administrators Case Status: Ongoing Case Summary Bremerton High School in Washington State has ordered football Coach Joe Kennedy to stop his seven-year practice of speaking a personal prayer at the 50-yard line after every game. While Bremerton High School claims it is attempting to avoid any liability that could…

It had to be Denmark, didn’t it? If you are the sort of person who has better things to do — which is to say, a fully functioning adult who is not professionally obliged to follow these things — then you probably missed the exchange between Mrs. Clinton and Senator Sanders at last night’s debate, when she lectured him that…

The invective against Dr. Ben Carson coming from the Left is extraordinary even for the Left. Now that Carson, one of the preeminent brain surgeons in America, has become viable candidate for president, the Left has labeled him everything awful it can come up with. One left-wing columnist, Charles Blow of the New York Times, even disparaged Carson’s intelligence. But…

When Hillary Clinton takes the stage at the first Democratic primary debate in Las Vegas Tuesday night, it won’t be the coronation her campaign hoped for earlier this year. With her claim to the throne undermined by a slow-burning e-mail scandal, the proper line of succession is in doubt and the pretenders are sharpening their swords. Whether those swords will…

Since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Heller v. D.C. (2008) that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to bear arms and then ruled in McDonald v. Chicago (2010) that this right also restricts state and local governments, the high court has opted not to hear cases that might further define gun rights. This has been a little surprising,…

A group of hard-line conservative U.S. Republicans would “look favorably” on Paul Ryan if he ran to be speaker of the House of Representatives, the group’s leader said on Sunday. The approximately 40-member House Freedom Caucus is at the center of turmoil within the Republican Party over who will be the party’s effective leader in the House ahead of the…