Byron York

Chief Political Correspondent

Byron York is Chief Political Correspondent for the Washington Examiner, a Fox News contributor, author of "The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy."

Flashback 1996: Why ABC shouldn't hire Stephanopoulos

Byron York | May 14, 2015 | 1:16 pm

George Stephanopoulos was one of the most partisan of partisan warriors ever — just look at "The War Room," the documentary from the 1992 Clinton presidential campaign. So it was something... Read More…
After Jeb Bush flap, a look at Hillary's troubled Iraq war history

Byron York | May 14, 2015 | 5:16 pm

In January 2007, shortly after entering the race for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, Hillary Clinton traveled to Iowa, where one of the first questions she faced was about her... Read More…
Jeb Bush's disastrous defense of the Iraq War

Byron York | May 11, 2015 | 5:04 pm

Is it possible that in 2016, more than a decade after the invasion of Iraq, the Republican party's presidential nominee could become bogged down in debating whether the war was the right thing... Read More…

Taking Donald Trump seriously

Byron York | May 10, 2015 | 5:32 pm

In a new Bloomberg-St. Anselm poll of New Hampshire, Donald Trump is running in fifth place in the 2016 Republican presidential field. The real estate developer and reality TV personality is... Read More…
Jeb Bush at Liberty University: Stand up for faith against 'small-minded, intolerant' federal authorities

Byron York | May 9, 2015 | 4:11 pm

While several Republican 2016 candidates courted voters at the South Carolina Freedom Summit Saturday, Jeb Bush took a different path to a similar constituency by speaking at Liberty University... Read More…
How will top 2016 Republicans respond to Hillary Clinton immigration move?

Byron York | May 6, 2015 | 11:06 pm

Hillary Clinton shook up the presidential race in both parties with her declaration that she would not only protect President Obama's unilateral executive actions on immigration but that she... Read More…
GOP better get used to crazy-big 2016 field

Byron York | May 7, 2015 | 6:18 pm

"As long as you've got enough money for gas, you can stay in the race," says one veteran Iowa Republican operative of the sprawling 2016 presidential field. "It's going to take a long time... Read More…
Hillary Clinton goes all in on immigration; pledges to outdo Obama

Byron York | May 5, 2015 | 10:52 pm

Hillary Clinton held a Cinco de Mayo event with illegal immigrants in Nevada Tuesday — "an especially appropriate day for us to be having this conversation" — in which she promised to go... Read More…
Scott Walker: Hillary's 'full embrace of amnesty' unfair to U.S. workers

Byron York | May 6, 2015 | 12:20 pm

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is slamming Hillary Clinton's new approach to immigration as a "full embrace of amnesty." In Nevada Tuesday, Clinton said she would not only protect President Obama's... Read More…
GOP 2016 diversity on display in campaign rollouts

Byron York | May 4, 2015 | 7:41 pm

There could be no greater examples of the diversity of the 2016 Republican presidential field than the dueling announcements of Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina Monday morning. Carson, the only... Read More…