About
With the 2026 midterm elections just weeks away, what political trends are emerging across the country, and what do they say about the direction of American politics? Drawing on more than three decades covering national politics and the conservative movement, the conversation will examine the Trump administration as it approaches the end of its second year, the evolution of the Republican Party, the issues shaping the midterms and what the elections could mean for the remainder of Trump’s second term.
Biography
Ramesh Ponnuru '95 is the editor of National Review, where he has covered national politics and policy for more than 30 years. He is also a columnist for the Washington Post and a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
He has previously been a columnist for Time and for Bloomberg Opinion.
He is the author of a book about the sanctity of life in American politics and a monograph about Japanese industrial policy.
In 2014, Ponnuru contributed to and (with Yuval Levin) edited the book Room to Grow: Conservative Reforms for a Limited Government and a Thriving Middle Class. New York Times columnist David Brooks called the book “the most coherent and compelling policy agenda the American right has produced this century.”
Ponnuru grew up in Kansas City, Kansas, and was graduated from Princeton University. He now lives in the Washington, D.C., area with his wife and children.
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