The Dobbs decision which overturned Roe v. Wade has left Republican candidates trying to navigate their position on abortion. In this episode of Morning Wire, Daily Wire culture reporter Megan Basham examines how the fall of Roe is impacting the Republican presidential race, and how candidates and presumed candidates are handling the pitfalls and potential o ... Show More
Sep 14
Evening Wire: JD Vance Joins AI Regulation Debate & Trump Weighs In On Clancy Pardon | 9.14.26
JD Vance, AI Executives, and the Chinese spy chief are at odds over further tech regulation, a new Charlie Kirk statue is vandalized, and President Trump weighs in on the Lindsay Clancy case. Get the facts first with Evening Wire. - - - Ep. 3090 - - - Wake up with new Morning Wir ... Show More
9m 32s
Nov 2023
GOP Presidential Hopefuls Are Trying To Thread The Needle On Abortion
For decades, abortion has been a motivating force for the Republican base. But in a post-Roe, world, it's become a political liability in general elections. That leaves 2024 presidential hopefuls attempting a balancing act: how to appeal to primary base voters that oppose abortio ... Show More
16m 10s
Jun 2023
The New Terms of Abortion Politics
The Dobbs decision upended political calculations on both sides of the abortion debate. Democrats used the issue as evidence of Republican extremism, and it cost the G.O.P. seats in the 2022 midterms.Now, with a presidential primary looming, abortion activists have an opportunity ... Show More
53m 23s
Jun 2024
What Republicans Lost When They Won on Roe
For decades, the mainstream Republican position on abortion rights was clear: Overturn Roe v. Wade and send the issue back to the states.But since June 2022, when the Supreme Court’s conservative majority did exactly that, Republicans have faced a question that few seemed to cons ... Show More
48m 29s
Sep 2022
Could a National Abortion Ban Save Republicans?
<p>With the midterm elections a few weeks away, Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, forwarded a plan to save his party from the growing backlash over abortion.</p><p>But the proposal — a federal ban on almost all terminations after 15 weeks — has served mostly t ... Show More
21m 52s