The Washington Post fired a longtime staff member and columnist after she posted a fake Charlie Kirk quote and other inflammatory rhetoric just hours after the conservative activist’s assassination. On Monday, columnist Karen Attiah revealed that she had been fired by the Washington Post the week before. In a Substack post, she claimed she was […]
Official communications from the government of Taiwan continue to use coded language regarding the island’s relationship with mainland China, but Taiwanese leaders are far less ambiguous behind closed doors. The Washington Examiner traveled to Taipei, Taiwan, to speak with members of the island’s government about their increased push for independence, as well as conservative opposition […]
President Donald Trump is supportive of designating antifa a domestic terrorist organization as he and his aides consider how to respond to an increase in political violence, a concern pushed into the spotlight after last week’s assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. “It’s something I would do, yeah,” Trump told reporters on Monday at the […]
A new poll found that more people think Charlie Kirk’s assassin was a Republican than a Democrat, a perception fueled in part by the spread of misinformation. A survey conducted by YouGov on Sunday, four days after the conservative activist’s assassination, found that, based on the available information, 24% of U.S. adults believed a Republican […]
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) filed a resolution on Monday to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and strip her of committee assignments for her remarks about Charlie Kirk, the late conservative activist. Omar has faced backlash for comments she made last week. She called Republicans criticizing violence from the Left “disgusting” and blasted Kirk for remarks […]
Sen. Adam Schiff‘s (D-CA) office released an oversight report alleging the Trump administration has misused thousands of taxpayer dollars on Trump-related banners on federal buildings in Washington. Schiff’s report says the Agriculture, Health and Human Services, and Labor departments were each contracted to construct and display massive posters with portraits of President Donald Trump or […]
President Donald Trump announced the deployment of officers from a wide array of federal law enforcement agencies to Memphis, Tennessee, at the request of Gov. Bill Lee (R-TN) to crack down on crime in what was the most dangerous city in the United States last year. Speaking at the White House on Monday, Trump said […]
The mayor of Colorado Springs, the current but not long-term base for U.S. Space Command, is already looking for more aerospace opportunities just weeks after President Donald Trump announced the military would be moving the command’s headquarters to Huntsville, Alabama. The debate over where Space Command’s permanent headquarters should be located dates back to Trump’s […]
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier issued guidance to police and prosecutors on Monday, advising them that the state’s law prohibiting open carry is no longer enforceable. Uthmeier’s memorandum to law enforcement comes after an appeals court ruled last week that Florida’s decadeslong ban on open carry violates the Constitution, citing as part of its basis […]
The Secret Service, already under scrutiny, will face a massive test of how to protect President Donald Trump, high-level administration officials, and Republican lawmakers at conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s funeral on Sunday. The memorial service is open to the public and will be held at the giant State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, a large […]