It's Still 2025, But The Buzz Is About 2028

The Fox News Rundown

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🗓️ 23 December 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

As 2025 comes to a close, political attention is already shifting to the 2028 presidential race, with early moves from both parties signaling what’s ahead. At Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest, newly named CEO Erika Kirk endorsed Vice President JD Vance. Meanwhile, Democrats, emboldened by some recent electoral wins, are floating familiar names as potential 2028 contenders. Republican strategist and Targeted Victory chief communications officer Matt Gorman joins the Rundown to break down the early jockeying. Gas prices have been falling, with drivers paying about 25 cents less per gallon than when President Trump returned to office. However, electricity bills are rising for many Americans. Senior energy analyst & and FOX Business Network contributor, Phil Flynn, joins the Rundown to forecast what could happen to gas and energy prices in 2026 and how the President’s policies may impact those costs. Plus, commentary by FOX News Senior Medical Analyst, Dr. Marc Siegel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Greg Gerard.
0:01.0	I'm Sandra Smith.
0:02.2	I'm Charles Payne, and this is the Fox News Rundown.
0:08.4	Tuesday, December 23rd, 2025.
0:11.4	I'm Jessica Rosenthal.
0:12.9	It's not even 2026 yet, but 2028 is on the minds of politicians on both sides of the aisle.
0:18.6	Momentum can breed arrogance.
0:20.6	And let's be honest, right? Trump is not on the ballot of the aisle. Momentum can breed arrogance. And let's be honest, right?
0:21.9	Trump is not on the ballot in 2028.
0:25.0	And being the anti-Trump party for the Democrats, papers over a ton of schisms right now.
0:31.6	I'm Dave Anthony.
0:33.2	The cost of filling up has been going down.
0:36.9	Gas prices have dropped, like President Trump
0:39.7	predicted they would when he took office again.
0:42.0	He's been successful, and it's amazing to me, there's so many oil analysts out there
0:46.4	say, well, he's just lucky. He's like the forest scum of oil prices. He just happens to be
0:51.2	at the right place at the right time. And that's absolutely incorrect.
0:55.2	And I'm Dr. Mark Siegel.
0:57.0	I've got the final word on the Fox News rundown.
1:03.6	This past weekend at Turning Point USA's America Fest in Arizona,
1:07.7	the wife of the late Charlie Kirk, Erica Kirk, as the organization's new CEO, made her endorsement for president in 2028.
1:14.7	We are going to get my husband's friend, J.D. Vance, elected for 48 and the most resounding way possible.
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