President Donald Trump and his MAGA agenda are not shy when it comes to bending conservative norms. In his second term, states’ rights, once a rallying cry for conservatives, are under pressure. Trump has strong-armed private companies and universities, and is putting pressure on state election authorities. This Washington Examiner series, Upend the Orthodoxy, will […]
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, is pressing FBI Director Kash Patel on his handling of the Epstein files ahead of his appearance before the panel next week. In a letter obtained by the Washington Examiner, Raskin questioned why the FBI has not released an alleged client list maintained […]
Republican lawmakers are upping the pressure on GOP leaders to extend enhanced health insurance subsidies set to expire at year’s end for those with Affordable Care Act coverage, bolstering similar demands from Democrats as part of government funding talks. Outspoken factions in both chambers are doubling down on warnings it would be politically and economically […]
Leaders from around the world mourned the death of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk after he was assassinated at a Utah university Wednesday. A gunman, who is still on the loose, shot and killed Kirk while he was speaking to students at the university. Argentine President Javier Milei called Kirk a “staunch defender” of the West […]
MSNBC has fired analyst Matthew Dowd after he made “insensitive” remarks during the coverage of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk’s assassination Wednesday. Dowd appeared to blame Kirk for the violent action against him. “He’s been one of the most divisive, especially divisive younger figures in this, who is constantly sort of pushing this sort of hate […]
Three former senior FBI officials are suing ranking Trump administration law enforcement officials for what they describe as a political purge ordered by top law enforcement officials under pressure from Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI director Kash Patel. In a lawsuit filed in federal court Wednesday, Brian Driscoll, Steve Jensen, and Spencer Evans allege […]
President Donald Trump suggested that his administration will target “radical-left” groups that funded violence toward Charlie Kirk and other conservative figures, including the president himself. Trump mourned Kirk, who was shot and killed on Wednesday at a Utah university, in an Oval Office address. “Charlie was a patriot to my great fellow Americans. I am […]
In the aftermath of the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, several Democratic power players mourned him and slammed political violence. But unlike in past deadly episodes of gun violence, the leaders were silent on calling for any gun control measures. “I am deeply disturbed by the shooting in Utah,” former Vice President Kamala Harris […]
Conservative commentator Will Cain observed a moment of silence on his Fox News show after a gunman shot and killed Charlie Kirk on Wednesday. He said the communications director at Turning Point USA, a conservative organization that he was the executive director of, asked his team to sit in a moment of silence. “We are […]
Republicans backing President Donald Trump’s emergency takeover of the nation’s capital pushed to make the crime clampdown permanent with new legislation that Democrats slammed as an overreach. The House Oversight Committee marked up a slew of bills on Wednesday related to crime in Washington, on the same day Trump’s DC police takeover expires. The hearing […]
