Federal immigration officers have been dispatched to truck weigh stations at select locations nationwide as part of the Trump administration’s effort to find, arrest, and deport illegal immigrants who were given commercial driver’s licenses, according to a senior Trump administration official. White House border czar Tom Homan said federal law enforcement is on-site to identify […]
Maine Democrats have few tools at their disposal to force Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner to exit the race. Platner has until July 13 to withdraw his bid to unseat Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), which would give the state party committee until July 27 to name a replacement. The Maine oyster farmer, who was accused […]
Washington Examiner columnist Guy Benson slammed the Democratic Party’s vetting and recruitment of Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, arguing the fallout from a bombshell report alleging sexual assault has left them badly embarrassed as the situation spirals into a political frenzy. Responding to reports showing the Democratic Party’s working-class base being displaced by affluent, college-educated […]
President Donald Trump misspoke on Wednesday at the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, mixing up the names of foreign leaders and countries. While taking questions after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Trump asked reporters if they had any questions for “President Putin,” but was signaling toward Zelensky, who was sitting beside him. “Do you […]
Welcome to Wednesday’s Washington Secrets. We’ve made it a long one to fill up the emptiness of a day without a World Cup match. Which may be a good thing if you are the Belgian prime minister. … Plus, we have exclusive polling that shows just how bad things are getting for Benjamin Netanyahu. Republican […]
President Donald Trump is making a last-ditch effort to stop his payment of nearly $5.8 million to writer E. Jean Carroll after the Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal of a federal New York civil court verdict finding him liable for sexually abusing and defaming her. In a late Tuesday filing, Trump’s attorneys asked […]
Iranian state media said it was “burning” the U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding, after U.S. strikes on the country and President Donald Trump’s declaration that the ceasefire was “over.” Tasnim News Agency, an outlet that effectively functions as a mouthpiece for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, declared on Wednesday that the MOU was “dead,” blaming the […]
Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) on Wednesday sent a letter to Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) requesting the hospitalized lawmaker provide an update on his health following weeks of speculation with little information released by his office. McConnell, 84, was first hospitalized June 14 and has since remained in a Washington hospital. His office has yet to […]
President Donald Trump suggested he would remove Syria from the State Department’s State Sponsors of Terrorism list during a bilateral press conference with Syrian President Ahmed al Sharaa at the annual NATO summit. “I think I will,” Trump told reporters Wednesday while in Ankara, Turkey. “Why wouldn’t I? He’s done a great job.” “Any problems with […]
Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York weighed in on the mounting scrutiny surrounding Graham Platner, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine. “Platner might think, ‘There’s no way I’m dumping out at least until I try some of these possible pushback techniques.’ Listen, I would not be surprised, you’ve seen this a million […]
