Results from a recent poll of German voters showed that a significant majority opposes the long-standing “firewall” policy that prohibits major German political parties from working with the right-wing Alternative for Germany, or AfD, party. German polling firm Infratest dipmap, in a survey conducted between Aug. 3-5, found that 59% of eligible voters in the […]
Energy Secretary Chris Wright claimed that oil leaving the Persian Gulf region has hit above pre-war levels despite the conflict with Iran, and that crude oil flowing out of the Strait of Hormuz alone is nearly 9 million barrels per day. The figures, if accurate, would signal that the United States has succeeded in facilitating […]
California Attorney General Rob Bonta accused Paramount Skydance of trying to “blackmail” his office on Tuesday by threatening to leave the state unless he agrees to hold settlement talks in the antitrust case against the company’s merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. Paramount CEO David Ellison reportedly plans to take his business out of California as […]
Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York said South Carolina’s Republican Senate primary is hard to predict, noting President Donald Trump‘s endorsement of Sen. Darline Graham Nordone (R-SC) may not carry the weight it once did. “It’s all happened so quickly after the death of Senator Lindsey Graham, you really haven’t had a long race […]
A new Justice Department opinion could give President Donald Trump a stronger legal basis to shield his communications with private advisers from congressional scrutiny if Democrats regain control of the House in November and win back their ability to lead investigations into the Trump administration. The Office of Legal Counsel quietly posted the 21-page memorandum […]
The Trump administration has awarded a second federal contract to legally represent unaccompanied immigrant children in court to an organization whose former leader was accused in federal court of human trafficking. The Department of Health and Human Services’s Office of Refugee Resettlement announced late last week the award of a $158 million contract to Our […]
Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Mike Lee (R-UT) urged the Pentagon on Monday to make President Donald Trump’s restrictions on stock buybacks for defense contractors permanent. The lawmakers urged War Secretary Pete Hegseth to support their Prioritizing the Warfighter in Defense Contracting Act, which would codify key provisions of Trump’s January executive order, such as tying executive […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha said socialist candidates are increasingly taking control of the Democratic Party’s political coalition, arguing that the party’s establishment is facing a generational shift. Concha weighed in on the Democratic Party and its internal divisions between establishment and progressive wings. He predicted that more major American cities will elect socialist candidates, […]
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he was exploring ways for the federal government to forcibly end New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s pied-a-terre tax, which targets second homes. The president wrote on Truth Social that the tax “is costing New York City and State a fortune in that the money, eventually to be gotten, […]
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has rejected repeated calls to apologize to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi over offensive and disrespectful comments he made on a comedy podcast in early July regarding an exchange at the leaders’ recent meeting. Albanese appeared to gesture in front of his chest while discussing a gift of Japanese melons […]
