The accession of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei in early March completed a decades-long process, solidifying the transformation of the Islamic Republic of Iran from a theocracy into a de facto military dictatorship. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was founded as a sort of praetorian guard, intended to be only a few thousand strong, meant to safeguard […]
Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) said that Operation Epic Fury had “for sure degraded” Iranian nuclear capabilities, as Bill Maher pressed her on the Iran war on Friday. “I can say very openly, as a national security person, we have for sure degraded their nuclear capabilities, for sure degraded their ballistic missile capabilities — important things […]
The Yemeni Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for an airstrike launched at Israel, denoting their entry into the Iran war following weeks of holding out on attacks. Yahya Saree, a military spokesman for the Houthis, confirmed the attack in a televised address on Saturday, saying the ballistic missile launch was part of their “immediate intervention in […]
The April 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be issued to recipients in four days. SSI payments are typically issued to beneficiaries on the first day of each month. Beneficiaries are people with limited income who are either blind, aged 65 or older, or have another qualifying disability. The amount beneficiaries […]
Controversial school policies hiding students’ gender transitions from parents remains a ripe issue the Supreme Court should take up, activists argue, despite the justices already handing parents a win in an emergency docket case on the matter earlier this month. The Supreme Court’s emergency docket ruling in Mirabelli v. Bonta gave temporary relief to parents […]
EXCLUSIVE — The Trump administration has shut down three social media accounts that recently retired Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino renamed to his personal title and had refused to return despite them being federal property, the Washington Examiner has learned. Facebook, Instagram, and X accounts that had a combined audience of 850,000 people, belonging to the Border […]
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was praised for landing a series of blue-chip battleground Senate recruits for the midterm elections, but those same candidates are avoiding whether they’d support the Senate minority leader staying at the helm of the Democratic caucus. In the four states Democrats see as key to retaking the majority — Alaska, Maine, […]
Millions of dollars in cash, including large sums believed to be funding foreign terrorists, continue to fly out of the Minneapolis airport annually, according to lawmakers investigating the money funneling schemes. Republican Minnesota state Rep. Kristin Robbins, chairwoman of the House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee, told the Washington Examiner that these cash-smuggling […]
Three House Democrats broke with Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) on Friday, handing Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) a key win on a short-term plan to reopen the Department of Homeland Security amid a weeks-long shutdown fight over immigration enforcement. Reps. Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Don Davis (D-NC), and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) voted with 209 House […]
At least ten U.S. service members were injured in an Iranian attack on Prince Sultan air base in Saudi Arabia on Friday, according to reports. Two of the troops were seriously injured as well, the Associated Press reported on Friday night. Multiple U.S. and Arab officials said that a building on the base was struck […]
