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Past articles by Jon:

Mike Pence seems to know where he's going

Former Vice President Mike Pence does not seem to lack clarity about or determination about running for president in 2024, even though he insisted to Yahoo News in a lengthy interview that he has “made no decision” about doing so. → Read More

How the House GOP fell to pieces

The current troubles in the House Republican Party stem from years of discord within its ranks. For over a decade, the GOP has been hobbled by a faction that sees getting nothing as better than something, if it cannot get everything it wants. Sometimes, this faction has actually wanted nothing. → Read More

Republican Gov. Brian Kemp beats Stacey Abrams in Georgia

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp won a second term Tuesday, defeating Democrat Stacey Abrams and capping a momentous few years in which he faced down an aggressive challenge from former President Donald Trump. → Read More

A Christian author says 'Christian nationalism' is out of step with the historic faith

Christian nationalism views its quest for political power as part of a divinely inspired mission. Yet in reality, Christian nationalists are adrift from the faith’s historic teachings and practice on several significant counts, argue scholars such as James K.A. Smith. → Read More

After years of fighting Roe, conservatives celebrate but have an eye to the future

After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision establishing a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion, the response among anti-abortion advocates was a mixture of jubilation and a forward-looking resolve. → Read More

Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, sends abortion back to the states

Roe has fallen, and the fight over abortion in America will now rage on into a new and possibly even more polarizing and divisive chapter. → Read More

Cheney and Pence take the fight to Trump, from Georgia to Wyoming

The battle for the Republican Party is entering a new phase, and Rep. Liz Cheney sounded the first shot of it on Sunday evening, saying, “We face a threat we have never faced before: a former president attempting to unravel our constitutional republic.” → Read More

What the Republican primaries are telling us about Trump's influence in the GOP

The past three weeks of Republican primary elections have presented a muddled picture of former President Donald Trump’s influence over the GOP, leaving open the question of how strong his grip on the party really is. → Read More

Madison Cawthorn loses his seat in Congress after a turbulent two years in office

Cawthorn, the youngest member of Congress, lost his seat in a Republican primary contest → Read More

Trump-backed candidate loses in Nebraska in possible preview of setbacks to come

Donald Trump’s pick for governor of Nebraska was defeated in Tuesday’s Republican primary there, but in a showdown between two congressional candidates in West Virginia, the former president’s choice won handily. → Read More

The evangelical world remains confusing to many because it is 'invisible' to them, author says

Kristin Kobes Du Mez in her book, "Jesus and John Wayne," makes the case that American culture, not the Bible, has shaped the beliefs of many American evangelicals. → Read More

Georgia Gov. Kemp looks as if he's crushing a Trump-backed GOP primary challenge

With just weeks to go until the May 24 primary, a second straight poll in Georgia has found Gov. Brian Kemp crushing former Sen. David Perdue in the Republican contest. → Read More

Investigations turn up the heat on Hunter Biden

Further proof emerged this week of a financial relationship between President Biden’s son Hunter, the president’s brother James and a Chinese company with reportedly close ties to that country’s ruling Communist Party. → Read More

Biden's national security team earns praise for handling of Ukraine crisis — for now

So far, the Biden administration has won praise for its handling of the crisis in Ukraine. As of December, the president and his team began sharing U.S. intelligence with the world that accurately predicted Vladimir Putin’s actions, including Moscow's attempts to create a pretext for war. → Read More

How Democrats botched the fight over voting

Democratic activists and grassroots supporters are deflated by the failure to pass voting legislation, even as crucial work is ongoing to prepare for and prevent a potential assault on democracy. → Read More

Breyer's retirement preempts more Supreme Court hardball from McConnell

Democratic activists may regard Mitch McConnell as a bogeyman of their nightmares, but there is little the Republican Senate minority leader can do to stop President Biden from nominating the next Supreme Court justice. → Read More

Trump aides feared he would make Capitol riot worse with initial videos, Jan. 6 committee says

A letter from the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection shed new light on the frenzied scene at the White House as supporters of then-President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol. → Read More

Does Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 documentary hold up under scrutiny?

For the last several months, Tucker Carlson has been arguing that the effort to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s election victory, which culminated in the Jan. 6 insurrection, was “a setup,” a trap set for ordinary patriots by shadowy forces in the government. → Read More

Trump aide Steve Bannon appears in federal court after surrendering to authorities

Steve Bannon appeared in federal court Monday after surrendering to federal law enforcement earlier in the day. The former Trump strategist was indicted Friday for contempt of Congress after refusing to appear and share information about the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. → Read More

Republican Glenn Youngkin wins Virginia governor's race

Glenn Youngkin decisively won the election Tuesday night, a massive victory for the GOP after more than a decade of political losses in the state, and an indication of significant discontent with President Biden and momentum for the Republican Party nationwide ahead of next year’s midterms. → Read More