Under fire since Election Day for lacking a message that can stall President Donald Trump’s agenda, Democratic leaders have apparently blundered anew by seizing on the case of deported alleged MS-13 member Kilmar Abrego Garcia. While Washington Democrats have agreed that the best way to bruise the president is to assail his immigration policies as […]
A man accused of murdering 23 people at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, in a racially motivated attack nearly six years ago is expected to plead guilty to capital murder Monday. Patrick Crusius acknowledged that he targeted Hispanics when he executed one of the largest mass shootings in U.S. history in 2019. El Paso […]
White House officials are defending Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth amid allegations related to the Signal messaging app. “The president absolutely has confidence in Secretary Hegseth,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday. “I spoke to him about it this morning, and he stands strongly behind him.” The New York Times reported Sunday that Hegseth […]
Shipping consolidator DHL announced that it will no longer ship packages valued over $800 to the United States beginning Monday. While all imports less than $800 have always been duty-free, a new rule effective April 5 lowered the threshold for import declarations. Before, packages worth less than $2,500 did not need to be declared. “This […]
China said it would take “countermeasures” against countries that take trade deals with the United States that it deems to be detrimental to its interests. The Trump administration imposed a 145% tariff on China, which countered with a 125% tariff on imports from the U.S. “China firmly opposes any party reaching a deal at the […]
Reps. Robert Garcia (D-CA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ) and Maxine Dexter (D-OR) arrived in El Salvador on Monday. Their trip follows that of Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), who went to El Salvador last week to visit Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran immigrant who was deported from the U.S. The Senator said the “main […]
President Donald Trump shared a short message of remembrance for Pope Francis in the wake of the pope’s death on Easter Monday. “Rest in Peace Pope Francis!” Trump posted on Truth Social. “May God Bless him and all who loved him!” POPE FRANCIS, LEADER OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, DEAD AT 88 The pope died early […]
Following Pope Francis’s death Monday morning, the Vatican will have to elect a new pope for the first time since 2013. The process of electing a pope is ancient and specific. The “Papal Interregnum,” the time period between a pope’s death and the election of a successor, now begins. But before the election can take […]
Editor’s Note: Pope Francis died on Monday April 21, 2025. This story was originally published in the Washington Examiner magazine on February 28, 2025. OBITUARY: POPE FRANCIS, LEADER OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, DEAD AT 88 For approximately 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide, Rome is the axis around which the entire cosmos turns. It is often said […]
Pope Francis died 7:35 a.m. Monday, after significant health battles over recent months, including a bout of bronchitis and bilateral pneumonia in February. Pope Francis was released from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on March 23, after receiving care there for 38 days. He returned to the Vatican, where he attended public events, including the Palm Sunday […]
