Jim Antle, the magazine executive editor, brings to life the pages of the Washington Examiner magazine in the show Inside Scoop. Each episode features exclusive insight from the article authors and expert analysis.

In this episode, Antle analyzes Vice President JD Vance’s chances at clinching the Republican presidential nomination in 2028. Despite real strengths cementing his early position, crowning Vance as the heir to MAGA this far out is premature. President Donald Trump himself believes the race is wide open.

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“You look at Marco, you look at JD Vance, who’s fantastic,” Trump told Kristen Welker on Meet the Press. “You look at — I could name 10, 15, 20 people right now just sitting here.”

Antle sits down with Sean Durns, a senior research analyst for the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis. They discuss the U.S. attack on Iran and how the Islamic Republic has become a regime undone by its own overarching ambitions.

Our in-depth report features an article by Joshua Spivak on how senators are making a beeline for open governorships. Three senators are ready to bolt from Capitol Hill and run for governor in the 2026 election cycle, the most since 1797.

Patricia Crouse, a practitioner in residence of public administration and political science at the University of New Haven, believes the trend of senators transitioning to governors is due to frustration with Congress’s ineffectiveness.

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“Congress has been relatively ineffective for many years, under both Democratic and Republican presidents,” Crouse said. “I think, for some, it just has to do with thinking they can accomplish more as a governor, which they probably can, than being in the Senate or the House.”

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