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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Tuesday had to clarify that President Biden would serve out a full second term if he’s reelected after she initially suggested he had not yet decided whether he would do so. Jean-Pierre held a press briefing hours after Biden officially launched his reelection campaign. The press secretary, who routinely declines to weigh in on questions related to campaigning because of the Hatch Act, largely did not engage with any inquiries about the president’s 2024 bid or his decision to announce it Tuesday.

Politics aside, if you study the data trends, the 13 “Keys to the White House, ” created by analyst and historian Allan J. Lichtman, have demonstrated an uncanny knack for calling U.S. presidential elections. There have been a few hiccups, where it called Al Gore over George W. Bush in 2000, with Gore winning the popular vote and Bush winning the Electoral College. When a reverse phenomenon occurred in 2016, it correctly called Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton in 2016, with Trump winning the Electoral College and Clinton winning the popular vote. The key’s predictions now focus solely on the...

Outlining his plans for a third presidential term, President Donald Trump unveiled the details of his “National Greatness Agenda” after announcing his 2024 bid this week.First and foremost, President Trump made sure to affirm that his campaign will be driven by the interests of the American people. “This will be our campaign, all together, because the only force strong enough to beat the massive corruption we are up against is you, the American people,” he said, per RSBN. BREAKING: President Donald J. Trump, the 45th President of the United States, announces his candidacy for re-election as president in 2024. pic.twitter.com/R7zBQmhLtk—...

Former President Donald Trump is weighing when to announce a 2024 presidential campaign.Speaking with New York Magazine, Trump indicated he has already made a decision to launch a 2024 campaign but has not determined when to make his announcement. Trump signaled he is weighing an announcement either before or after the midterm elections in November.“Well, in my own mind, I’ve already made that decision, so nothing factors in anymore,” Trump said about running in 2024. “In my own mind, I’ve already made that decision,” he doubled down. “I would say my big decision will be whether I go before or...

Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays So far, Trump’s second term has been a huge success. He has several major SCOTUS victories, looks better than ever compared to Biden, and the Jan6 theater just went full Jussie. You can’t win harder than that. 4:21 PM · Jun 28, 2022

President Biden on Monday joked about serving two terms — despite his tanking approval ratings — when an owner of the visiting champion Milwaukee Bucks basketball team suggested players would like to visit for eight years in a row. “I think that’s a good idea!” said Biden as he flashed a knowing smile and pointed approvingly toward the NBA team’s co-owner Marc Lasry. Lasry, a billionaire hedge fund manager, had flattered the president with the notion as he spoke on the White House driveway in celebration of his team’s NBA championship. “Hopefully we’ll come back here next year, sir, and...

Heavenly Father we do not always understand your ways but trust always that you will see us through. We ask that all we do is for your glory alone. Please bless Pres Trump. He has boldly stood before the world and proclaimed your word, even now after this election was stolen. Give him wisdom, strength. Protect him physically, spiritually and emotionally. Be his rock in these times of chaos. We ask you to crush the attacks of the enemy. Stop the wicked as only you can do. Expose the plots, schemes and plans for evil. Let there be justice. If...

The anti-Trump group made up of former point men for losing GOP candidates and their Tokyo Rose at The Washington Post is predicting a second term for President Trump. It’s an astonishing prediction from the group. Despite their latest ad depicting President Trump as evil despot Fidel Castro and showing grisly political assassinations in an ad directed at Cuban-Americans in Florida, in another ad “The Lincoln Project” predicts a Trump win next week.In the ad, a mom tiptoes into her young son’s bedroom to wake him and give him the election results. “Who won?” asks the sleepy child.“Trump. Trump won,”...

The latest report from the Census Bureau on income and poverty shows that President Trump’s pro-growth economic agenda brought the pre-pandemic economy to soaring new heights. Not only did we see significant decreases in poverty, but median household income rose to a historic high in 2019 before states instituted sweeping lockdowns that put millions of people out of work and on to the government's payroll.That meant more families with the financial freedom to put their kids through school, pay off the new car, and spring for a memorable vacation. That meant fewer families living paycheck to paycheck. Such incredible economic...

Over the past four years President Trump has established himself as a man of his word – promises made, promises kept. And that’s especially true among Evangelical Christians. President Trump has been more of a friend to people of faith than any other president dating back to President Reagan.He is without a doubt the most pro-life president in American history. He has nominated constitutionalists to the federal courts. And he is also a rock-solid defender of the Second Amendment.Promises made, promises kept.So you can imagine the consternation among social conservatives and Evangelical Christians when the Trump campaign erased those significant...

The Trump campaign released on Sunday its second-term agenda, a set of policy priorities that will stand in place of a traditional Republican platform and offer a distinctly different vision than the 2020 Democratic platform released last week. The Republican National Committee unanimously voted to forgo a party platform, according to a resolution released by the committee Sunday night. Instead, the Republican Party will back President Donald Trump’s conservative “America-first” agenda and will go without adopting a new party platform until the 2024 convention. The decision comes as the Republican National Committee “significantly scaled back” the size of this year’s...

Ahead of the 2020 RNC convention, which will take place digitally and in Charlotte, North Carolina, President Trump has released his agenda for a second term in the White House.  Take a look below, courtesy of the Trump campaign:  President Trump: Fighting for You!JOBS·Create 10 Million New Jobs in 10 Months·Create 1 Million New Small Businesses·Cut Taxes to Boost Take-Home Pay and Keep Jobs in America·Enact Fair Trade Deals that Protect American Jobs·"Made in America" Tax Credits·Expand Opportunity Zones·Continue Deregulatory Agenda for Energy IndependenceERADICATE COVID-19·Develop a Vaccine by The End Of 2020·Return to Normal in 2021·Make All Critical Medicines and...

On a trip to Ohio this week, President Trump laid out six priorities for his second term, aiming to restore the high-powered economy that his administration created only to see devastated by the Chinese coronavirus and ensuing lockdowns. Together, these promises show a laser focus on defeating the virus and creating jobs and opportunity for all Americans.Trump has been criticized as of late by the corporate media for spending too much time attacking his opponent Joe Biden and not enough time outlining what his goals are for the next four years. This detailed plan should put such concerns to bed...

During his interview with Sean Hannity on Thursday night, President Donald Trump laid out his second-term agenda. He championed many important issues, like school choice, VA accountability and choice, defending the Second Amendment, and continuing his work of restoring the federal judiciary. First, the president mentioned he would lead the U.S. to “defeat the invisible enemy,” the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, “and we’re well on our way.” Trump noted that the “mortality rate is ten-fold down.” “We’re going to rebuild the economy, we’re going to bring back jobs from all of these foreign lands that have stolen our jobs on horrible...

Former Vice President Joe Biden demurred when asked if he would only commit to serving one term in office if he’s elected president. “No I won’t commit one way or another,” Biden said. “Let’s win this election then see where we are. Let’s see what happens.” Biden’s age has become an issue in the Democratic primary, and some Democrats have whispered about whether he should commit to only serving one term in an effort to putting questions about his age behind him. At Thursday night’s debate, Politico reporter Tim Alberta read a quote from former President Obama, who said this...

On March 4, 1825, the fifth president of the United States, James Monroe, a fighter in the Revolutionary War and the last president who was a founding father, departed the White House, retiring happily to Oak Hill, Virginia, and the life of a country gentleman. Monroe had completed his second term as president. His predecessor, James Madison, had also completed two terms, as had Thomas Jefferson before him. It was probably quite conceivable to these men, their contemporaries in the political class, and the electorate, that, perhaps in their lifetime, another three occupants of the White House would succeed each...

Tuesday at Cornell University’s Institute of Politics & Global Affairs Tuesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Democrats could not “accept a second term for Donald Trump.” Pelosi said, “We have to make sure — this will sound political but we have to make sure that the Constitution wins the next presidential election. We can’t be worrying about well, how long is this going to take? Well, that will take as long as it does. And we will press the case so that in the court of public opinion people will know what is right. But we cannot accept a...

I've never seen the show American Horror Story...but apparently every season is a new story contained within just that season. Rumor has it the theme for next season is all set...

President Obama has a chance to craft a second-term legacy on climate change even as the rest of his agenda runs aground in Congress. Gun control legislation is dead; immigration reform is on life support; and reaching a fiscal deal with Republicans appears to be a long shot.

The second terms of the latest three presidents have not been successful. Bill Clinton was impeached after his infamous lie to Americans, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman." George W. Bush was blamed for the postwar violence in Iraq. Barack Obama's scandals -- with his accompanying "limited hangout" denials -- are ruining his second term: the growing IRS messes, the Associated Press monitoring, the NSA embarrassments, the Benghazi killings, the Syria bluster and backdown, and, of course, the Obamacare fiasco and the misleading statements about it. What are other common denominators of this collective tenure of our...