By: Mairead McArdle – nationalreview.com – November 6, 2018 Republicans solidified their razor-thin Senate majority Tuesday night, knocking off several Democratic senators in traditionally red states. In Indiana, Republican Mike Braun beat Democratic incumbent Senator Joe Donnelly. Republican Kevin Cramer ousted one-term Democratic Senator Heidi Heitkamp. Two unexpectedly difficult races in deep-red states went to Republicans. In Tennessee, Representative Marsha...

By: Gregg Re – foxnews.com – November 7, 2018 From the GOP’s gains in the Senate to Nancy Pelosi’s vindication, here’s a look at some of the newsworthy wins of the 2018 midterm election. The incoming Democratic majority in the House of Representatives has the power to open a slew of investigations into the White House and President Trump when...

By: Tim Alberta – politico.com – November 4, 2018 In March 2017, a little-known Democratic congressman named Beto O’Rourke proposed something unusual to Will Hurd, a Republican colleague from a neighboring district: that they rent a car and embark on a 24-hour, 1,600-mile road trip from San Antonio to Washington. Their live-streamed odyssey wound up attracting blushing news coverage and...

By: Rachel Bade, Carla Marinucci, & Elana Schor – politico.com – November 4, 2018 House Speaker Paul Ryan got President Donald Trump on the phone Sunday for one final plea on behalf of anxious Republicans: Please, please talk up the booming economy in the final hours before Election Day. But Trump, unsurprisingly, had another issue on his mind. He boasted...

By: Al Perrotta – stream.org – November 5, 2018 Good news for Alec Baldwin. He no longer holds the title of most obnoxious act by an SNL star this week. No, sir. The loser and new champ is Pete Davidson. During this weekend’s episode, the Saturday Night Live cast member and the writers decided to mock a wounded war veteran,...

By: David French – nationalreview.com – November 5, 2018 Tens of millions of Americans have mailed in their ballots already. Tomorrow, tens of millions more will go to the polls. I’m not confident how they’ll vote, but I am absolutely certain of one thing: Not one of them will see the name “Donald Trump” on the ballot. Instead, they will...

By: Erin Anderson – empowertexans.com – November 2, 2018 Voters at a polling place in Dallas County are allegedly being told they’re allowed to vote only for Democrats, according to complaints filed with authorities accusing Democrat election workers and others of illegally electioneering and influencing voters. Casey Littlejohn, Republican write-in candidate for Texas House District 109, told Texas Scorecard he...

No longer reluctant to speak out, former President Barack Obama delivered a closing argument for Democrats that seeks a firm check on President Donald Trump’s policies in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Source: Obama, Trump Offer Dueling Final Pitches to Midterm Voters | Newsmax.com

By: George T. Conway III & Neal Katyal – washingtonpost.com – October 30, 2018 Sometimes the Constitution’s text is plain as day and bars what politicians seek to do. That’s the case with President Trump’s proposal to end “birthright citizenship” through an executive order. Such a move would be unconstitutional and would certainly be challenged. And the challengers would undoubtedly...

By: Hans von Spakovsky – dailysignal.com – November 01, 2018 President Donald Trump’s announcement Tuesday that he is preparing an executive order to end birthright citizenship has the left and even some conservatives in an uproar. But the president is correct when he says that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution does not require universal birthright citizenship. An executive order...