Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg conceded that Vice President JD Vance is “very smart” but doubted the vice president’s integrity in a recent podcast appearance. “He’s very intelligent. I think he’s very smooth. I think he’s very capable. That’s why we definitely shouldn’t — I know there’s a temptation to make fun of him, and — but, […]
President Donald Trump rejected a suggestion to expand the cramped White House press briefing room Monday, telling reporters, “I don’t want you to be comfortable.” The exchange came moments after Trump announced sweeping measures to combat violent crime in the district, which include deploying the National Guard and placing the Metropolitan Police Department under federal […]
DC Police Union Chairman Greggory Pemberton laid the blame for the crime in Washington, D.C., on the “radical activists” on the city council. President Donald Trump announced Monday he would be deploying the National Guard to the capital to assist law enforcement in combating crime. These guardsmen will remain in D.C. for at least 30 […]
President Donald Trump’s takeover of the Washington, D.C., police department will temporarily reduce the district’s autonomy. Trump can more easily take over the Metropolitan Police Department than he can suspend the district’s home rule because ending home rule requires congressional action. Home rule is the authority by which district residents can vote for local government […]
The Salvadoran illegal immigrant who murdered Maryland mother Rachel Morin two years ago was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Monday. A Maryland jury convicted Victor Martinez-Hernandez, 24, in less than an hour in April on all charges: first-degree murder, first-degree rape, third-degree sex offense, and kidnapping. The four charges […]
President Donald Trump on Tuesday will extend the 90-day trade truce between the United States and China for another 90 days, as he and Chinese President Xi Jinping hope to prevent an all-out trade war. The new deadline will expire on Nov. 9 at 12:01 a.m., according to CNBC. The Washington Examiner reached out to […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is taking it to President Donald Trump over redistricting, saying Trump should call it off or else. In a letter to the White House, Newsom suggested that the outcome would be the same whether new maps were drawn or not and urged the president not to move forward so everyone could […]
He’s still at it. Former President Joe Biden may no longer be in the White House, but his famous ice cream habit is going strong. Biden, 82, has visited at least three ice cream shops within the last two weeks, one in his native Delaware and two in nearby Maryland. He was spotted at Double […]
Washington Examiner’s Joe Concha said Monday that “performance artist” Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) would have to appeal to voters to remain in Congress next year. Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) is seeking to redistrict Texas in a bid to give Republicans an extra five seats in the House of Representatives, one of which is Crockett’s district […]
The DC Police Union fired back at Ward 6 Councilman Charles Allen after he blasted President Donald Trump’s decision to federalize the Metropolitan Police Department and deploy the National Guard in the district. On Monday, Trump announced that hundreds of National Guard troops would be sent to Washington, D.C., and the MPD would be placed […]
