A group of investors in UnitedHealthcare sued the company, alleging that it misled them after the assassination of its CEO, Brian Thompson. The class action lawsuit, filed in the Southern District of New York, accused the company of not promptly adjusting its 2025 net earnings outlook to factor in the ramifications that Thompson’s death would […]
A Senate oversight hearing of the Department of Homeland Security became heated as Democrats pushed Secretary Kristi Noem to explain why the Trump administration had not followed through with a Supreme Court order to bring illegal immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador. Two lawmakers, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Sen. Chris Van Hollen […]
Cameron Hamilton, the temporary leader of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, was fired less than one day after testifying to Congress that he did not believe it should be shuttered. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed to the Washington Examiner early Thursday afternoon that Hamilton was no longer the head of FEMA, hours after he […]
New data show that 68 of the largest cities in the United States reported an average decline in violent crime in the first quarter of 2025. The Major Cities Chiefs Association, which is comprised of law enforcement executives representing most major metropolitan areas, reported that homicides, rapes, aggravated assaults, and robberies declined in nearly every […]
Bipartisan stablecoin legislation failed to overcome a 60-vote filibuster hurdle in the Senate on Thursday to begin debate on the so-called GENIUS Act that would establish a regulatory framework for digital coins. The failed vote presented a stunning setback for the first-of-its-kind measure after last-minute opposition from a bloc of crypto-friendly Democrats derailed months of talks. The vote failed […]
The American Chemical Society has agreed to replace its racially exclusive ACS Scholars Program following a legal challenge that accused the country’s largest chemistry network of violating federal civil rights laws by excluding white and Asian applicants. The Washington Examiner first reported in March that the nonprofit organization Do No Harm filed a lawsuit on […]
President Donald Trump embraced Robert Prevost’s election as the Catholic Church‘s next pope. Prevost is the first U.S.-born pontiff in history. “Congratulations to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who was just named Pope,” Trump said Thursday on social media. “It is such an honor to realize that he is the first American Pope. What excitement, and […]
During a Thursday appearance on The View, former President Joe Biden and former first lady Jill Biden denounced the recent crop of books alleging a “cover-up” of the former president’s declining mental acuity. In his first live interview with an American outlet since leaving the White House, the former president sought to defend his legacy […]
FBI Director Kash Patel faced pointed questions from Senate appropriators on Thursday during a hearing after he took the unusual position one day prior that he needed a bigger budget than what President Donald Trump had proposed in order to carry out the bureau’s mission. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) said Patel’s request in the […]
A former Israeli hostage captured during Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack slammed the Pulitzer Prize Board for awarding Palestinian writer Mosab Abu Toha the highest journalism award. The former hostage, Emily Damari, called Abu Toha, who won a Pulitzer in the commentary category, “the modern-day equivalent of a Holocaust denier” for questioning whether Hamas captives […]
