Former special counsel Jack Smith has requested a public hearing before the House and Senate Judiciary Committees on his investigations into President Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents and involvement in January 6. Smith’s request follows an Oct. 14 letter from House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) in which Jordan demanded Smith schedule a […]
Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner is looking to steer his campaign past controversies over an old tattoo and Reddit posts. Platner’s campaign is undergoing damage control, making key staffing changes, including hiring a campaign manager with ties to former President Barack Obama’s presidential bid, sending nondisclosure agreements to employees, and bringing in a compliance […]
The Trump administration is preparing to deploy the National Guard to Portland while waiting for three different federal courts to make decisions over the previous deployment of troops to three Democrat-run cities. In the Democrat-run states to which President Donald Trump has deployed troops, state governments have filed lawsuits alleging that the federalization and deployment of the […]
A food program that supports millions of low-income Americans could soon be affected by the shutdown as lawmakers blame one another for the Washington gridlock that is putting benefits at risk. Millions of Americans’ benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are set to lapse on Nov. 1, with at least 25 states having announced they will […]
Illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing endangers fisheries across the globe that contribute to economic growth, food systems, and ecosystems, and the Trump administration is trying to crack down on violations in the Gulf. The Washington Examiner traveled to the South Padre Island and Air Station Corpus Christi to ride along with the Coast Guard during […]
President Donald Trump is embarking on his first trip to Asia during his second administration, facing headwinds on the home front and from abroad. Trump departs on Friday for Malaysia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations leaders summit before traveling to Japan on Monday for trade talks with new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to […]
NORFOLK, VA — New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) is scheduled to appear Friday morning in a Virginia federal courtroom for her arraignment on mortgage fraud charges. James, 67, will be arraigned at 11 a.m. EST at the Walter E. Hoffman U.S. Courthouse in Norfolk, where she will enter a plea to a two-count indictment accusing […]
Customs and Border Protection is the government agency charged with overseeing all ports of entry in the United States. On a typical day, the last full fiscal year available (2024), CBP processed: Underlying those numbers are countless stories. When the CBP held a media availability at Blaine, Washington’s commercial truck crossing in June, it was […]
As the country heads into November and the end of daylight saving time, the federal government remains shut down, with no signs of when it will reopen. The 35-day shutdown in 2018-2019 was partial. Congress had passed, and President Donald Trump, in his first term, signed several appropriations bills. This one is similar to 2013, […]
The September 1977 to August 1981 entry on Kevin Hermening’s LinkedIn profile dramatically downplays an event during his early-career military service. “Sergeant, United States Marine Corps,” it reads. “Okinawa, Japan/Tehran, Iran/Milwaukee, WI.” Left out of that middle location is the 444 days Hermening spent in captivity, held by Iranian revolutionaries. The then-20-year-old Hermening was among […]
