EXCLUSIVE — The top housing Republican said there is more work that can still be done after Congress passed the most significant bipartisan housing legislation in decades. The Washington Examiner spoke with Rep. Mike Flood (R-NE), the chairman of the Financial Services Committee‘s housing subcommittee, this week and discussed his next steps after the landmark […]
Republicans knew they had a messaging problem on their hands months before the tax bill reached President Donald Trump’s desk. At the president’s request, the legislation was going to be formally named the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a nod to Republicans getting behind what leaders were hailing as a decade’s worth of legislating. The […]
At least nine top-ranked American universities send students to a Cuban school tied to Cuba’s intelligence apparatus to learn about Marxism and other regime-approved topics. Cuba’s University of Havana has built student exchange agreements with seven Ivy League schools and two others ranked among U.S. News and World Report’s top 15 institutions, a Washington Examiner […]
CEUTA, Spain (AP) — At least 18 migrants died trying to reach the Spanish territory of Ceuta after thousands of people breached the frontier with Morocco and poured into the tiny Spanish territory. The border crisis boiled over Thursday and overnight. Spain’s state broadcaster RTVE broadcast images of burned cars on the Moroccan side of […]
The Seattle police chief who oversaw the widely criticized emergency response to a shooting earlier this week has tendered his resignation, Mayor Katie Wilson announced on Thursday. Shon Barnes departed from his leadership position at the Seattle Police Department, four days after a shooting at the three-day Bite of Seattle food festival near the city’s […]
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit handed the Trump administration a loss Thursday on its policy of mandatory detention for illegal immigrants, adding to the deep divide among federal appeals courts on the legality of the policy. A three-judge panel on the 9th Circuit ruled 2-1 to reject the Trump administration’s assertion […]
Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy’s adult son, who allegedly shot his mother at their Virginia home earlier this week, will undergo a competency evaluation to determine whether he can understand the legal proceedings against him. A judge in Loudoun County granted the defense attorney’s motion for a competency evaluation during a Thursday court […]
Emily Moreno, the daughter of Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH), filed a restraining order on Thursday against her ex-husband, Rep. Max Miller (R-OH), alleging he grabbed her lawyer before she told her former spouse to let go of him. The restraining order, filed in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, detailed the alleged encounter between Miller and domestic-relations attorney […]
EXCLUSIVE — Steve Bannon is predicting that President Donald Trump’s increasingly strained relationship with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is headed toward an irreparable break, arguing that a showdown over acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination may be the final straw. Bannon, Trump’s former chief strategist and a close outside ally, told the Washington […]
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) is calling himself the conscience of the Democratic Party for his willingness to support Israel. Fetterman met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week at Blair House in Washington, where the pair emphasized the close partnership between the United States and Israel. “I’m proud to remain the conscience of the […]
