The Byron York Show

Former President Donald Trump does not usually play the national anthem when he appears at rallies around the country. Trump enters the arena to the strains of Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA." He walks around the stage, soaking up his fans' enthusiasm and support, and begins his remarks when the song finishes.

President Joe Biden's job approval rating has fallen to 38% in a new poll from the Associated Press and the National Opinion Research Center — close to his lowest rating ever in that poll. Just last month, Biden's rating was 45%, which was as high as it has been since his rating began a long slide a few months after he took office.

In the RealClearPolitics average of polls, there are 59 polls, going back to January 2021, on the Republican presidential race. In 58 of them, former President Donald Trump was the leading candidate, sometimes by huge margins. There was one poll, from CNN, done between March 8-12, that showed Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) in the lead. The margin was small — DeSantis led Trump by just 2 points — but the...

Some say it will be today, some say tomorrow or Thursday or next week, but whatever the case, it appears an indictment of former President Donald Trump is imminent. It won't come from a local prosecutor in Georgia and focus on Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, as many had expected. It won't come from the Justice Department and concern the classified documents matter or...

It's been two decades since, on March 19, 2003, United States forces invaded Iraq. President George W. Bush ordered the invasion to neutralize what he said was the threat of weapons of mass destruction posed by Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Except, it turned out Saddam did not have WMDs. U.S. forces searched and searched and searched and never found them. In all, 4,586 American service members di...

Recently, Fox News's Tucker Carlson asked all the Republican presidential candidates and possible candidates to answer a series of questions on U.S. policy concerning the war in Ukraine. There were six: 1) Is opposing Russia in Ukraine a vital American national strategic interest? 2) What specifically is our objective in Ukraine, and how will we know when we've achieved it? 3) What is the limit of...

We've now had a few weeks of a multicandidate race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. It's not where it eventually will be — some new candidates will undoubtedly join the race in the coming weeks and months. But there is more frequent polling than there was a few months ago, and it is possible to get an idea of the contours of the race as it stands at this moment.

What's one good clue that President Joe Biden really intends to run for reelection in 2024? He is trying to distance himself from the Democratic Party's soft approach to crime. The president, who in 2020 distanced himself from Democrats who advocated defunding the police, stunned many in his party recently when he announced his opposition to a lenient local law in the District of Columbia that wou...

More than two years ago, during the transition when he was president-elect, Joe Biden mused what might happen if he mishandled immigration policy. If he got it wrong, Biden said, if he too quickly opened up access to the United States after former President Donald Trump's more restrictive policies, we could "end up with 2 million people on our border." That would be a catastrophe.

In the 1960s, there was a professor and business analyst named Laurence J. Peter. He became famous for coming up with something called the Peter Principle . The informal way to describe it was this: In a business hierarchy, an employee does well and is promoted. He does well in his new, higher-level job and is promoted again. He does well in that position and is promoted yet again. Finally, he ris...

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In the 2020 Democratic primaries, there was a lot of discussion about something called the "centrist lane." That referred to the small number of candidates thought to be a little less to the left, a little less progressive, than contenders such as Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.

On Tuesday morning, former President Donald Trump went on the attack, again, against Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL). DeSantis, of course, has not revealed whether he is running for the Republican nomination for president in 2024, but nearly everything he has done in public lately points toward a run. The polls show DeSantis as Trump's only real competition in the race at this point. In a recent Fox News...

As the war in Ukraine begins its second year, a new Fox News poll shows the public divided nearly down the middle over how much and how long the United States should support Ukraine in its war against Russian invaders.

The relationship between Congress and the local government in the District of Columbia is long and complicated. It goes back to the Constitution. The founders created the district specifically as the home of the new federal government. The idea was to create a new seat of government that was not in any state and not beholden to any state and not subject to the control of any state.

John Fetterman was sworn in as a senator from Pennsylvania on Jan. 3. On Feb. 8, after 36 days in office, Fetterman was admitted to George Washington University Hospital in Washington after experiencing symptoms he and those around him feared might indicate a stroke. Tests showed he did not have a stroke, and Fetterman was released after two nights in the hospital. On Feb. 15, after 43 days in off...

Former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC) announced her candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination this morning. Word was she would jump in at an event in Charleston tomorrow, but Haley scooped herself with the release of a 3.5-minute video that constitutes an announcement. The event in Charleston will essentially be a live re-announcement.

There's been a lot of talk among Republicans about the effect a big primary field might have on the 2024 presidential nomination race. The short version is that a big field is thought to benefit former President Donald Trump, who, as in 2016, would not have to win a majority of votes to win — a plurality, and not even a big one, would be enough. On the other hand, a small field, especially a one-o...

Some Republicans have entreated House GOP leaders: Can't we get rid of this guy? Can't we just kick him out? The guy, of course, is Rep. George Santos (R-NY), the freshman who won the election in the 3rd District by lying about virtually everything in his life. His campaign also operated on what appears to be a very shady financial basis.

One of the most commented-upon moments of President Joe Biden's State of the Union address happened when Biden accused some Republicans of wanting Medicare and Social Security to "sunset." In other words, Biden said, those Republicans want Medicare and Social Security, the twin foundations of the safety net for the retired, to go out of existence.

President Joe Biden's State of the Union address Tuesday night is widely expected to double as a kickoff to his 2024 reelection campaign. It's being called a "soft launch" because Biden will not actually announce his candidacy but will instead make it unmistakably clear that he is running.

The Chinese spy balloon matter has become far more serious in recent hours — and it was serious enough to begin with.

The new, Republican-controlled House Judiciary Committee held its first hearing Wednesday. Under Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), the hearing's purpose was to begin what is expected to be a long and detailed investigation of the crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border and the Biden administration policies that brought it about.

Republicans have long said the Hunter Biden laptop scandal is really a Joe Biden story. Now, it looks like the Joe Biden classified documents scandal is also a Hunter Biden story. Two Biden scandals are merging into one.

Columbia, South Carolina — Former President Donald Trump did something unusual here in South Carolina Saturday night. He held a small event, or at least a relatively small event. Trump is known for holding massive rallies, with 8,000, 10,000, 15,000, or even more attending. His appearance in the main lobby of the state Capitol in Columbia was tiny by comparison, with perhaps 500 people in the room...