Former New York Rep. Chris Collins on Friday launched a comeback bid for another seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, this time in Florida. The former Niagara-area representative who served in Congress from 2013 to 2019 was the first congressman to endorse President Donald Trump‘s 2016 campaign. If elected in Florida’s 19th Congressional District, […]
Washington Examiner economics columnist Tiana Lowe Doescher said President Donald Trump got “everything” he wanted in Greenland, but she hopes it was a reminder to the White House that the president’s action will affect interest rates. “Trump got everything he wanted [from a diplomatic perspective],” Doescher said on Fox Business’s Mornings With Maria Bartiromo on […]
In January 2025, the prevailing thought in Washington was that President Donald Trump‘s push to broker a deal to keep TikTok operating in the United States was nothing more than a pipe dream. The president himself had explored banning the app during his first term, citing the national security threat posed by data sharing conducted […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs is facing its first-ever net workforce loss, with more than 40,000 employees leaving in fiscal 2025, nearly 90% of them healthcare workers, a Democratic watchdog report warns. The report, released by Democratic staff on the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, finds the staffing decline has left an estimated 1.2 million veterans […]
A federal judge issued a sweeping ruling Thursday entitling noncitizen students who have sued the Trump administration to a court hearing if their immigration status is changed. The Trump administration has faced several hurdles from district courts in pursuing parts of its deportation agenda, including revoking the visas of pro-Palestinian students who have engaged in […]
Federal prosecutors on Friday arrested a California charity director charged with wire fraud after he allegedly siphoned millions of dollars meant to combat homelessness in Los Angeles to bankroll his lavish personal life. Alexander Soofer, 42, was arrested on a federal criminal complaint accusing him of fraudulently obtaining more than $23 million in taxpayer funds […]
U.S. intelligence officials are on high alert for terrorist acts that may be planned to upend celebrations planned to mark the country’s semiquincentennial this year. At the start of 2026, the National Counterterrorism Center circulated a memo to staff, warning that “lone actors” inspired by al Qaeda and the Islamic State Group pose a possible […]
Vice President JD Vance told anti-abortion activists Friday that the Trump administration was on their side, while acknowledging there were disagreements over how to use the “political system to advance life.” Vance told the crowd at the 53rd annual March for Life rally about several anti-abortion policies the Trump administration has championed, but he understood some thought […]
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) is threatening to “shut down” the House over an election bill Senate Republicans have yet to vote on, presenting Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) with yet another headache caused by his own party. Luna, who has repeatedly used Republicans’ narrow House majority to extract concessions from leadership, announced on X Friday that she […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha criticized Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, saying Newsom’s international profile-building comes at the expense of governing a struggling state. “He just seems to have no interest in presenting any sort of plan or worldview when he becomes president, he’s just a professional […]
