As Congress moves closer to ending the record-breaking government shutdown that’s disrupted thousands of flights nationwide, a swift return to normal operations at U.S. airports remains unlikely. The Senate approved a bipartisan deal to end the shutdown on Monday night, sending the measure to the House, which is expected to take it up later this […]
Jim Antle, the magazine executive editor, brings to life the pages of the Washington Examiner magazine in the show Inside Scoop. Each episode features exclusive insight from the article authors and expert analysis. Antle starts off the show discussing the newly elected democratic socialist New York Mayor Zoran Mamdani’s election and its implications for the […]
The House Rules Committee voted to advance the Senate’s funding bill on Tuesday night. The legislation will be voted on by Congress on Wednesday, in hopes of ending the government shutdown, which will be in its 44th day. However, during the procedural voting process, which lasted into early Wednesday morning, Rep. Erin Houchin (R-IN) blasted […]
Several so-called “community peacekeepers” meant to curb violent crime in major Democrat-led cities are facing murder charges. Democratic officials championed the peacekeepers as a progressive alternative to policing, whose criminal backgrounds purportedly helped provide a compassionate, “culturally sensitive” approach. Each of the arrested violence prevention activists had previous encounters with law enforcement, including past murder […]
Virginia Senate President pro tempore Louise Lucas (D), a woman helping lead the charge to redraw the commonwealth’s congressional maps to favor Democrats ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, has used her donors’ cash to: bankroll her family business, fund her daughter’s political career, cut checks to churches who support her party, pay for casino […]
The government shutdown is one step closer to ending after the House Rules Committee advanced the Senate’s short-term funding bill Tuesday night. The panel voted 8-4, along party lines, to pass the measure, teeing up the legislation for a full floor vote on Wednesday. Democrats used the Rules meeting to criticize the Senate deal, which […]
Jack Schlossberg, the only grandson of former President John F. Kennedy, announced he was running for the congressional seat of Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), who is retiring at the end of his term in 2026. Nadler first won election to Congress in 1992. Schlossberg announced his candidacy for Nadler’s seat with a video posted to […]
House members racing to return to Washington ahead of Wednesday’s vote on a measure that would fund the government have taken matters into their own hands to ensure they get back in time. As the government shutdown enters day 43, lawmakers have booked multiple flights, taken a train, driven, or, in the case of Rep. […]
House Republicans signalled their unhappiness with a Senate provision that would allow those affected by Operation Arctic Frost to sue the government. Reps. Tom Cole (R-OK), Chip Roy (R-TX), Austin Scott (R-GA), and Morgan Griffith (R-VA) were among the Republicans who voiced displeasure with the provision in a House Rules Committee hearing. The provision would […]
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) praised President Donald Trump’s teased healthcare plan, comparing its effect to the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. Speaking on Tuesday after Trump said he would pursue his own healthcare reforms, dubbed “Trumpcare,” to replace Obamacare, Burchett gave the concept a positive reception. He suggested that the political affect of the plan […]
