A North Carolina Democrat who prided herself on a “can’t win” attitude last November is making an about-face on her electoral chances — by switching to the Republican Party. Kate Barr, who ran an intentionally hopeless state senate campaign in 2024 to highlight gerrymandering in her state, is switching to the Republican Party to have a better […]
President Donald Trump reiterated his attacks against the filibuster on Saturday, suggesting it was helping Democrats to achieve victories in their fight against his agenda. Trump has shown increasing frustration with the filibuster as the government shutdown drags into the longest to date, leading him to propose getting rid of the procedure altogether. He continued […]
President Donald Trump has nearly completed just his 10th month in office, and already there are signs that he is losing touch with his supporters and Middle America. With a focus on foreign policy instead of America First issues, the continued government shutdown, his stubbornness in refusing to see sustained price increases on everyday groceries, […]
Nearly two decades after it was filmed, a new documentary revisits two of the deadliest battles during the early years of the Iraq War by showing the first-person perspective of the men on the ground. But the film almost never came to be. The Last 600 Meters: The Battles of Najaf and Fallujah was delayed […]
Washington Examiner Chief Political Correspondent Byron York said the most powerful section of the Democratic Party is the progressives, highlighting Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). “Obviously, the most powerful part of the Democratic Party now is the progressive wing, which until a couple of weeks ago was the AOC-Bernie wing; now […]
Incoming New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani‘s landslide victory on Tuesday has emboldened the Democratic Party’s left wing, lending hopes of victory to several socialist congressional candidates hostile to Israel. The failure of the Democratic Party’s old guard to stop President Donald Trump, combined with Israel’s war against Hamas terrorists in Gaza, has opened the […]
One week after national outlets reported that the Justice Department had opened a fraud investigation into the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, the organization announced Friday that it had severed ties with longtime strategist and board member Shalomyah Bowers, citing a “leadership transition.” The move sharpened scrutiny of the organization’s finances and governance just as […]
Former President Joe Biden attacked President Donald Trump in a speech at a gala on Friday, claiming Trump was destroying democracy. Biden had been relatively quiet since leaving the presidency, waiting several months into his rival’s second term to comment on the state of affairs in the country. He continued his venturing back into the […]
When President Donald Trump returned to the White House, critics expressed concerns that his “America First” policies would mean “America Alone” again. He withdrew the United States from the Paris Agreement and the World Health Organization, demanded that NATO allies spend more on their defense, and dismantled the U.S. Agency for International Development. But nine […]
Air traffic controllers say the Federal Aviation Administration’s plan to trim flight schedules by up to 10% during the government shutdown doesn’t go nearly far enough to ease the crushing workload inside the nation’s control centers, and may do little to address what they describe as a growing safety risk. The Washington Examiner spoke with […]
