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(FOX NEWS) -- Voters found Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris to be "abrasive and condescending" at various points throughout Wednesday's debate with Vice President Mike Pence, pollster Frank Luntz told the Fox News reaction panel. "The complaint about Kamala Harris was that she was abrasive and condescending," said Luntz, who monitored the reactions of…

(FOX NEWS) -- Vice President Mike Pence hammered Sen. Kamala Harris Wednesday night over whether Democrats would pack the Supreme Court should they not “get their way,” and should Judge Amy Coney Barrett be confirmed to the high court before Election Day. During the vice presidential debate, Pence said that the “American people really deserve…

(WASHINGTON EXAMINER) -- Sen. Kamala Harris incorrectly stated how much President Trump paid in taxes in total in 2016 and 2017 during the vice presidential debate on Wednesday. The California Democrat said that Trump only paid $750 in taxes, a figure that comes from a New York Times report in September. However, the number referred…

(WASHINGTON EXAMINER) -- President Trump declared he will not be participating in next week's presidential debate given that it is now set to be a virtual event. Trump said the change, which was announced less than an hour before his phone interview Thursday morning on Fox Business, is "not acceptable to us." The Commission on…

(WASHINGTON EXAMINER) – The vice presidential debate was much calmer and more conventional than the first meeting of the major party presidential nominees, but Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence nevertheless differed mightily on the issues, launched sharp attacks at each, and, particularly in the case of Pence, stepped on each other's allotted time.…

(WASHINGTON EXAMINER) – Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris traded blows about the Trump administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic. Debate moderator Susan Page began the vice presidential debate in Salt Lake City by asking Harris how a Biden administration would have handled the virus differently from the Trump administration.…

[Editor's note: This story originally was published by Real Clear Politics.] By Susan Crabtree Real Clear Politics LOS ANGELES -- It’s an all too familiar refrain to Californians. Federal officials are investigating whether a failure of a power company’s equipment sparked the Bobcat Fire, the largest in Los Angeles County history. The fire has raged…

[Editor's note: This story originally was published by Real Clear Energy.] By Daniel Turner Real Clear Energy In a previous life as a tour guide in the Eternal City of Rome, I would explain Raphael’s famous “Athens School” in the eponymous rooms and former papal apartments inside the Vatican. There the two most consequential philosophers…

In an nine-minute video from his nationallly syndicated radio show, Hugh Hewitt makes the case for re-electing Donald Trump and for voting Republican, listing the many accomplishments that are ignored in daily news coverage. The question, he said, is whether or not we are worse off today than we were four years ago. He cites…

[Editor's note: This story originally was published by Real Clear Politics.] By Wayne Avrashow Real Clear Politics In a year filled with October surprises, we may have one more. As a political novelist, I’m on the lookout for stories with conflict, drama, and unexpected plot twists. Here’s one stimulating possibility: the Phoenix-like rise of Donald…

Two members of ISIS who are former British citizens have been charged for the deaths of Americans Kayla Jean Mueller, James Wright Foley, Steven Joel Sotloff and Peter Edward Kassig. Alexanda Amon Kotey, 36, and El Shafee Elsheikh, 32, are scheduled to appear in court in Alexandria, Virginia, this week on charges they were ISIS…

Now that President Trump has returned to the White House after a very brief bout of COVID-19, the left is predictably unhinged. The left's reactions are exactly what we would expect them to be when a lone individual, the most hated man in their universe no less, single-handedly destroyed their narrative that to contract COVID-19…

If public policy is based on "the science" regarding wearing masks to slow the spread of COVID-19, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is making it harder for the residents of his beleaguered state to figure exactly what the science is. "Going out to eat with members of your household this weekend? Don't forget to keep your…

Just a few weeks after the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and we've had a lovely object lesson illustrating the difference in character between those on the political left and, well, everybody else. Despite standing in stark opposition to everything Ginsburg stood for, numerous politicos and pundits articulated gracious and even glowing…

"I am proud of the fact that we will – knock on wood – leave this administration without significant scandal," said Barack Obama near the end of his second term. Until very recently at least, he had former CIA Director John Brennan to thank for that. Like "Pulp Fiction's" Winston Wolf, John Brennan's job –…

When President Trump walked across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House to inspect the damages from riots at the historic St. John's Episcopal Church in June 2020, he was photographed holding a Bible. The mainstream media could not stop mocking his choice to hold onto that Bible. But why did Trump hold up the Bible,…