RICHMOND, Virginia — Four years ago, Glenn Youngkin, a political upstart, flipped the Virginia governor’s mansion red for the first time since 2009, foreshadowing Republican gains in the 2022 and 2024 cycles. His running mate at the time, Winsome Earle-Sears, became the state’s first woman lieutenant governor. Four years later, Earle-Sears is betting she can […]
The Obama-appointed federal judge who this week authorized the release of suspected MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia donated money dozens of times to Democrats, spending sizable sums totaling approximately $43,000, according to a Washington Examiner review of campaign finance records. Federal Election Commission filings show that Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr., the United States district […]
EXCLUSIVE – A Pennsylvania Republican has informed the House Ethics Committee of new restraints he has placed on his financial advisers regarding his stock portfolio. In a letter to Ethics Chairman Michael Guest (R-MS), obtained exclusively by the Washington Examiner, Rep. Rob Bresnahan’s (R-PA) lawyer stated that the congressman has placed two guardrails for his advisers to follow while managing his […]
Although President Donald Trump did not sign his sweeping agenda proposal into law until July 4, the White House maintains that the tax, spending, and immigration legislation is already paying policy dividends. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is making the media rounds to boast of what he calls the “capex comeback,” touting benefits derived by the […]
Pop music, like the rest of American society, has reached the exhausted endpoint of the taboo-litigation mania that’s marred the past decade of our national life. Having reckoned with racism, sexism, and a host of other identitarian crimes, and then having decided the reckoning was too embarrassing in its overreach for us to continue or […]
The White House fired back against The View host Joy Behar on Thursday after her comments criticizing President Donald Trump earlier this week. “Joy Behar is an irrelevant loser suffering from a severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome,” said White House spokesman Taylor Rogers. “It’s no surprise that The View’s ratings hit an all-time low […]
Too Much, the 10-episode Netflix series from Lena Dunham, invites a series of unflattering comparisons to the Girls auteur’s earlier work. There’s the shared cast (Dunham, show-stealer Andrew Rannells, Rita Wilson, and beloved character actor Richard Grant all make reappearances); the rapid-fire, zeitgeisty dialogue (Dunham wrote or co-wrote every episode); the messy, socially dysfunctional, yet […]
The night Israel launched its stunning aerial campaign against Iran last month, incredible stories began emerging from Tehran of senior generals and nuclear scientists assassinated in their apartments, attack drones launched by Israel from warehouses inside Iran, explosions at nuclear facilities, and even Mossad agents in Tehran. No matter how outlandish the rumors, they’d almost […]
Ghislaine Maxwell’s legal team expressed optimism after meeting with the Department of Justice on Thursday in an attempt to clear up widespread speculation about her former boyfriend, Jeffrey Epstein. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche sat down with Maxwell for hours in Florida after President Donald Trump instructed Attorney General Pam Bondi’s DOJ to further probe […]
The Federal Communications Commission approved Paramount Global’s merger with Skydance and its subsidiaries on Thursday, after the entertainment company committed to dissolving its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. Paramount Global’s DEI initiatives, particularly at subsidiary CBS News, have drawn scrutiny from the Trump administration over concerns that they favor specific groups and pit them against […]
