Danielle Bernstein

Rand Paul

Rand Paul: Fauci, Trump, and the Senate’s Most Persistent Dissenter

Rand Paul has spent 16 years in the Senate saying no. He has opposed spending bills from both parties, pushed back on wars, and spent years pursuing Anthony Fauci over the origins of COVID-19.   In 2026 he is doing it from a more powerful seat. He chairs the Senate Homeland Security Committee. He has […]

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Nancy Mace

What Happened to Nancy Mace? Her Governor Race, the Epstein Files, and What Comes Next

Few Republicans have drawn more national attention over the past six years than Nancy Mace. She was the first woman to graduate from The Citadel’s Corps of Cadets. She flipped a congressional seat in 2020, survived a Trump-backed primary challenge in 2022, and built one of the largest media profiles in the House.   In

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Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz 2028: Presidential Ambitions, the Supreme Court, and the Fight With JD Vance

The 2028 Republican primary has not officially started. Ted Cruz is already in a public fight over it.   In the first week of October 2026, Vice President JD Vance said it was obvious the Texas senator is running for president. Cruz answered that Vance sounded insecure. It was an unusually open exchange between two

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Riley Gaines

Riley Gaines: The NCAA Lawsuit, Her Advocacy, and What Comes Next

Four years ago, Riley Gaines was a college swimmer finishing her career at the University of Kentucky. Today she is one of the most recognized conservative activists in the country, a podcast host, and the lead plaintiff in a closely watched lawsuit against the NCAA.   That lawsuit suffered a major setback at the end

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Brooke Rollins

Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture: Who She Is, What She’s Doing, and What She Told Breaking Battlegrounds

When Brooke Rollins joined Breaking Battlegrounds in November 2024, she was running a Washington think tank. Three months later, she was running the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a department of nearly 100,000 employees whose decisions reach every farm, ranch, and grocery store in America.   In fall 2026, her focus is on the issues that

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Byron Donalds vs. David Jolly: Florida Governor Race 2026

Byron Donalds for Florida Governor: His Race Against David Jolly, His Family, and His Record

Byron Donalds went from a Brooklyn childhood to the Florida House to Congress in under a decade. Now he is one election away from leading the nation’s third-largest state.   On August 18, 2026, the Southwest Florida congressman won the Republican nomination for governor. He beat a crowded field that included Governor Ron DeSantis’s own

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Marsha Blackburn for Governor

Marsha Blackburn for Governor: The Race, KOSA, and What Happens to Her Senate Seat

Marsha Blackburn has spent more than two decades in Washington, first in the House and then as Tennessee’s first female U.S. Senator. Now she wants to come home and run the state.   On August 6, 2026, she won the Republican nomination for governor of Tennessee. If she wins in November, she will make history

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Asa Hutchinson

Asa Hutchinson: From the Nation’s Youngest U.S. Attorney to Governor to 2024 Candidate

Asa Hutchinson has held more kinds of federal and state office than almost anyone in modern Republican politics. He has been a U.S. attorney, a congressman, head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, a founding official of the Department of Homeland Security, and a two-term governor of Arkansas.   In 2024 he ran for president as

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