Bridging the red-blue divide on climate

Heather Reams, the president of Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES), stepped onto the stage at Breckenridge’s Mountain Towns 2030 summit — a room full of progressives accustomed to...

Blue-collar voters could affect GOP

In the 2024 election, Donald Trump mapped an escape route for Republicans from the greatest long-term challenge facing the party. Less than a year later, that path looks much...

Democrats should force a shutdown to save the government

Democrats have to change their ways. Ideally yesterday. The Democratic Party is the pro-government party, simply speaking, and Republicans the antigovernment party. Democrats want to make the government work...

Plot twist: Republicans just got families more money

Abby McCloskey, Tribune News Service Washington is a funny place. I don’t think President Donald Trump was thinking about former President Joe Biden with his One Big Beautiful Bill...

'I’m an American before I am a Republican'

As a self-proclaimed 'Reagan conservative,' Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon proposes a return to normalcy. Amidst a retirement announcement, voting in favour of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and...

Cowardice

The step by Republican Speaker Mike Johnson to shut down possible discussion about the Epstein files by shutting down the House of Representatives smells of desperation. The reason suggested...

Two justices could hand Republicans 'Ginsburg moment'

John Bowden, The Independent Are conservatives headed for their own 'Ginsburg moment'? That could be the outcome of the 2026 midterm elections if Democrats have any say in the...

With love from GOP

The Republican Party’s fiscal hawk era is officially over

There is no constituency for debt reduction, which is a fancy way of saying voters don’t care that the federal balance sheet is roughly $37 trillion in the red...

Republicans challenge Johnson to overhaul 'big beautiful bill'

Conservative Republicans in the US House of Representatives want House Speaker Mike Johnson to make major changes to Medicaid and more spending cuts before they vote for President Donald...