Virginia’s races for governor and attorney general, newly jarred by a turbulent debate and a texting scandal, have suddenly changed three weeks before Election Day, giving new hope to Republicans. After sitting in a holding pattern for months, Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears has cut Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger’s lead in half, and Attorney […]
President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that Dan Scavino, his longtime aide, will be leading the White House Presidential Personnel Office in addition to remaining one of six deputy chiefs of staff. Scavino will be replacing Sergio Gor, who was recently confirmed by the Senate as the new ambassador to India. Trump said Gor “did […]
Saturday Night Live’s season premiere included a cold open skit centered on Attorney General Pam Bondi’s hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee that at times was combative. Actress and comedian Amy Poehler hosted the comedy sketch show Saturday for the third time since she left the role as a cast member. Poehler impersonated Bondi in […]
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan said Sunday it killed 58 Pakistani soldiers in overnight border operations, in response to what it called repeated violations of its territory and airspace. Pakistan’s army gave far lower casualty figures, saying 23 troops were killed. Earlier in the week, Afghan authorities accused Pakistan of bombing the capital, Kabul, and […]
President Donald Trump’s family is cashing in on the presidential spotlight with less pushback than in the past. During Trump’s first administration, first daughter Ivanka, for example, was criticized for her brand endorsements, including a social media post about Goya beans. Ethics experts at the time complained that she, as a presidential adviser and federal […]
Conservatives on Capitol Hill are in store for painful calculations over more spending to extend expiring Obamacare subsidies, a contentious subject that GOP leaders begrudgingly concede they’ll ultimately need to address to pass long-term government funding. It’s a tough pill to swallow for fiscal hawks, who described it to the Washington Examiner as hypocritical of […]
Some GOP Capitol Hill staffers remain wary of House Speaker Mike Johnson‘s (R-LA) decision to keep the lower chamber in recess for a third week despite the government shutdown. House Republican leadership has repeatedly pushed the notion that the “House did its job” in passing its short-term Republican-backed deal to fund the government through Nov. […]
Military personnel are set to miss their first paycheck as the government shutdown continues, raising concerns among House Republicans that it could hurt mission readiness with no solution in sight. Veteran lawmakers have begun sending warning signals about the military’s ability to perform if servicemembers are spending time worrying about not receiving a paycheck come […]
A corporation with deep ties to the Chinese Communist Party and a history of industrial espionage produces hardware used for sensitive medical research funded by the National Institutes of Health, a Washington Examiner review has found. United Imaging is a multinational medical technology company based in Shanghai that has conducted research alongside the Chinese military […]
Middle East special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner traveled to both Gaza and Israel on Saturday, a trip that comes just before the highly anticipated hostage release that is a key part of President Donald Trump‘s peace deal to end the war. Trump brokered a ceasefire in the war between Hamas and Israel earlier […]
