Byron York is chief political correspondent for The Washington Examiner, a Fox News contributor, author of The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy. He lives in Washington, D.C. Get all of Byron York's columns emailed to your inbox each week -- free! -- with The Washington Examiner's free Byron York newsletter.
By Byron York | 06/05/13 08:15 AM
Sen. Marco Rubio, the leading Republican behind the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform bill, says he will not vote for the legislation he helped write and has staked his political future on, unless substantial changes are made before final Senate consideration. Speaking with radio...
By Byron York | 06/03/13 06:55 PM
"I knew I was elected for one reason, to reduce crime," recalls Rudy Giuliani of his 1993 election as mayor of New York. "If I didn't reduce crime, I was going to be thrown out of office. If I did, I would probably succeed." He succeeded, spectacularly. In recent years, after two terms as...
By Byron York | 06/01/13 07:25 AM
In a previous post, I wrote that even as the public learns details of what happened in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attack on the American facility in Benghazi, the story of what the U.S. military did, and did not, do to aid Americans under attack remains classified. Key...
By Byron York | 05/30/13 07:25 PM
When Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker visited Iowa recently to speak at a well-attended Republican dinner, only one national political reporter (NBC's Alex Moe) showed up. That just proves you don't need national press attention to make a strong start in the 2016 Republican presidential race....
By Byron York | 05/29/13 06:05 PM
What, exactly, is Ted Cruz’s position on comprehensive immigration reform? There’s no doubt the outspoken and still very new Texas senator opposes the Gang of Eight proposal. From that, some Democrats and commentators on the left have concluded that Cruz is determined to block any...
By Byron York | 05/29/13 02:00 PM
There was some buzz a few days ago when Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez, a member of the bipartisan Gang of Eight immigration reform group, said reformers did not “currently” have the 60 votes required to overcome a filibuster and move the bill to a final up-or-down vote in the Senate. It’s...
By Byron York | 05/29/13 12:10 AM
The White House has released emails on the misleading talking points created after the September 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. facility in Benghazi. Top officials have testified before Congress. More are coming, some under subpoena. All that activity means the public knows more than ever —...
By Byron York | 05/27/13 04:55 PM
In November 2007 I traveled around western Iowa with Sen. John McCain as he tried to claw his way back into the 2008 Republican presidential primary race. McCain's campaign had famously melted down a few months earlier, sending him plunging in the polls. Things didn't look good. As we rode in...
By Byron York | 05/23/13 06:30 PM
If there were an organized opposition to comprehensive immigration reform -- and there really isn't, compared to the political/business/activist/lobbying complex in favor of it -- the opposition would pound daily on the key weakness at the heart of the Senate Gang of Eight bill. That weakness is...
By Byron York | 05/22/13 11:35 PM
Republican Rep. Bob Goodlatte, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, will be one of the most important men on Capitol Hill in the fight to pass comprehensive immigration reform. With the Gang of Eight bill looking more and more likely to make it through the Senate in short order, Goodlatte...
By Paul Bedard | 06/17/13
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By Paul Bedard | 06/19/13
Today, speaking at the Brandenburg Gate, President Obama paid appropriate tribute to the brave East Germans who rebelled 60 years ago against Communist dictatorship:
Read More...The Boston Marathon bombings highlighted, once again, the challenges of assimilating Muslim youth. And while the onus of accountability ought not rest exclusively on Muslim Americans, it...
Read More...The Obama administration announced on Tuesday that it was moving forward with its attempt to negotiate with the Taliban, which has opened a long-awaited political office in Doha, Qatar. The...
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