Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is offering to consider dropping his primary challenge to Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) if the Senate GOP leadership skirts the filibuster to pass the SAVE America Act. Paxton, who narrowly placed second to Cornyn in Tuesday’s GOP primary, said he was a loyalist to President Donald Trump and would do […]
Brian McGinnis, a Green Party candidate for Senate in North Carolina, is now facing multiple assault charges after he interrupted a Senate hearing in an anti-war protest on Wednesday. McGinnis, 44 and a U.S. Marine veteran, is now facing seven charges for his protest: three counts of assault on a police officer, three counts of […]
Kristi Noem was fired by President Donald Trump from her position as homeland security secretary. Trump announced the development on Truth Social, saying she would be replaced by Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK). “I am pleased to announce that the Highly Respected United States Senator from the Great State of Oklahoma, Markwayne Mullin, will become the […]
The “third-party” auditor contracted by Minnesota to investigate the state’s handling of Medicaid fraud in its social services programming has received millions of dollars through the state’s Medicaid agency in recent years, according to a Washington Examiner analysis of Medicaid spending data. Optum, the outside firm assessing Minnesota’s Medicaid system for vulnerabilities, raked in more […]
The MAGA movement is in visible uproar over speculation President Donald Trump could endorse establishment favorite Sen. John Cornyn in the Texas Senate GOP primary runoff over hard-line conservative state Attorney General Ken Paxton. Trump triggered the backlash among the MAGA faithful after posting on Truth Social that he would endorse a candidate in the […]
Washington Examiner investigations editor Sarah Bedford said the FBI engaged in a “pretty serious thing” in its surveillance of President Donald Trump and his 2024 campaign. The FBI obtained phone records belonging to Kash Patel and Susie Wiles when both were private citizens from investigations tied to Trump ahead of the 2024 election. Bedford said […]
House Republican leaders asked Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) to suspend his 2026 reelection campaign on Thursday, less than a day after the scandal-ridden Texas congressman admitted he had an affair with his staffer. “The Ethics Committee has announced an investigation into Congressman Tony Gonzales’s conduct, and we urge them to act expeditiously,” the leadership team […]
President Donald Trump demanded on Thursday that Israel‘s president pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, sharply criticizing President Isaac Herzog and calling him a “disgrace” for refusing to grant clemency as the Israeli leader faces a corruption trial. In an interview with journalist Barak Ravid, Trump said Herzog should issue a pardon immediately so that Netanyahu […]
As the United States and Israel intensify military strikes on Iran, President Donald Trump is weighing whether Kurdish fighters could help open a new front against Tehran. The comments have drawn fresh attention to the Kurds, one of the largest ethnic groups in the world without their own country and a population that has repeatedly […]
Aaron Spencer, who has been accused of fatally shooting a man who sexually assaulted his daughter, has won the Republican nomination to be sheriff of Lonoke County, Arkansas. Spencer received 53.5% of the vote while incumbent John Staley received 26.5% according to election night reporting. Spencer, an army veteran and farmer, allegedly shot and killed […]
