Conor Beck was a contributor to The Weekly Standard in 2016, where he covered political news during the presidential election cycle. His reporting spanned campaign trail developments, congressional policy debates, and political commentary from both major and minor party figures.
Green party presidential candidate Jill Stein has selected a running mate who has called the United States a "corrupt, degenerate, white supremacist monstrosity" and says American democracy is a "lie."
Hillary Clinton and the Democratic party platform quietly implied last week that the Citizens United Supreme Court decision will remain the law of the land for the distant future, if not forever.
Lost in last week's news flurry was that Virginia governor and fervent Hillary Clinton supporter Terry McAuliffe reportedly backtracked on his controversial statements regarding Clinton's support—or lack thereof—for the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal. He made more comments at a…
President Obama brazenly overplayed Hillary Clinton's experience in his 2016 DNC speech Wednesday night.
Hillary Clinton held a campaign rally in Virginia Thursday with a possible vice-presidential pick, senator Tim Kaine. The presumptive Democratic nominee for president also made a strained joke about the faddish video game Pokémon Go.
The House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that aims to prevent the federal government from discriminating against healthcare providers that do not provide abortions.
Bernie Sanders and other prominent liberals are taking a stance against established science to warn Americans of food ominously called "Genetically Modified Organisms."
Governor Terry McAuliffe of Virginia decried having to "veto a so-called 'religious freedom' bill. It's such an oxymoron," on WTOP radio Wednesday.
For six years congressional Republicans have been making the case that Obamacare had to be repealed. On Wednesday, House speaker Paul Ryan revealed what he dubbed a "better way" for America on health-care policy. It's also a policy proposal Republicans in the House hope to run on in 2016.
Congress is fighting over shoes.
Madeleine Albright is dear to the Clinton family, having served as secretary of state under President Bill Clinton during his second term and being one of Hillary Clinton's loudest and most active surrogates.