Washington Examiner executive editor Bob Cusack said Republicans need to look ahead and tell voters what they would do in the House and Senate if they keep power. “These are not the headlines that they want: Iran, tariffs,” Cusack said on CNN’s Laura Coates Live on Tuesday. “They want to be talking about the Big Beautiful […]
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An Indiana prosecutor will not pursue criminal charges against the woman whose false child welfare report prompted an investigation into former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and his family. The 50-year-old Alabama woman was staying with family in Marshall County, Indiana, in June when she contacted the Indiana Department of Child Services with allegations about Buttigieg, […]
Global oil prices topped $100 per barrel on Wednesday, with Brent Crude hitting its highest price point since late July, as the United States and Iran exchange airstrikes this week in the Strait of Hormuz. Brent Crude, the marker for worldwide oil prices, rose about 3% on Wednesday morning to reach over $100 per barrel, […]
Stefany Shaheen won the Democratic primary for New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District early Wednesday, narrowly defeating Maura Sullivan and continuing her family’s political legacy in the state. Shaheen, the daughter of retiring Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), won 37.3% of the vote when the Associated Press called the race shortly after midnight. Sullivan, a Marine Corps […]
Three jurors in the Lindsey Clancy trial spoke out for the first time after a judge declared a mistrial, describing the frustration of trying to reach a unanimous verdict with one holdout juror who they said acknowledged having “reasonable doubt.” “He admitted he had reasonable doubt, and I started filling out the forms. I was […]
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has a blunt explanation for one of the Democratic Party’s biggest problems: “We’ve not delivered.” Asked in an exclusive interview with the Washington Examiner about the hardest truth Democrats need to confront, the California governor did not blame President Donald Trump, Republican messaging, or an unfavorable political map. “It’s our […]
President Donald Trump gave over $150,000 in cash to four White House aides, with the payments categorized as “cash gifts for the holidays” in the staffers’ latest financial disclosure forms filed by the Trump administration. Trump paid assistant Natalie Harp, communications adviser Margo Martin, and deputy director of Oval Office operations Chamberlain Harris cash gifts […]
The worst terrorist attack in U.S. history represented one of its greatest leadership challenges, and the decisions made on that day still reverberate 25 years later. President George W. Bush was elected in the contentious 2000 election largely on a domestic-focused platform. The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks were an unexpected test for his new administration, […]
President Donald Trump and the White House are delivering on another promise: To make November’s midterm elections about him. This week’s Republican midterm convention, dubbed “Trumpapalooza,” comes almost a year after White House chief of staff Susie Wiles promised Trump and his political apparatus would put the president “on the ballot” in 2026. The strategy […]
