Iranian leaders not only “intend” to rebuild their conventional military forces, but they are open to “the possibility” of trying to obtain a nuclear weapon, according to the Pentagon’s newly released National Defense Strategy. The Pentagon’s assessment of the Iranian regime comes more than six months after the U.S. military carried out Operation Midnight Hammer, […]
SANTA BARBARA, California — The Republican National Committee’s winter meeting in Santa Barbara this week was held as both a rallying cry and a reset — a chance for party leaders and delegates to regroup, sharpen their message, and chart a strategy to blunt Democratic momentum and address voter frustration ahead of the midterm elections. RNC […]
The U.S. Senate will be postponing its Monday vote to Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in anticipation of this weekend’s winter storm set to hammer the East Coast. The winter storm approaching Washington, D.C., is expected to dump 9 to 12 inches of snow on the DMV and freeze Senate doors on Monday. Senate leadership announced […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha said media coverage misrepresented and exaggerated the Greenland deal’s insignificance, ignoring publicly available information. At the start of Fox News’s Evening Edit Thursday segment, host Elizabeth MacDonald showed various clips of media outlets predicting the United States possibly invading Greenland. She later asked Concha for his thoughts, specifically wondering why […]
A Minnesota federal magistrate judge’s refusal to approve criminal charges against former CNN broadcaster Don Lemon has drawn scrutiny amid questions about the judge’s potential conflict of interest, as the Justice Department says it will continue pursuing the people who targeted a Christian church in St. Paul “to the ends of the Earth.” U.S. Magistrate Judge Douglas Micko declined […]
SANTA BARBARA, California —The Republican National Committee on Friday took its first formal step toward a midterm convention, underscoring the high-stakes battle for control of Congress. The RNC unanimously approved a rule change during its winter meeting in Santa Barbara that would allow the party to hold a convention during a midterm election year. A large […]
Former New York Rep. Chris Collins on Friday launched a comeback bid for another seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, this time in Florida. The former Niagara-area representative who served in Congress from 2013 to 2019 was the first congressman to endorse President Donald Trump‘s 2016 campaign. If elected in Florida’s 19th Congressional District, […]
Washington Examiner economics columnist Tiana Lowe Doescher said President Donald Trump got “everything” he wanted in Greenland, but she hopes it was a reminder to the White House that the president’s action will affect interest rates. “Trump got everything he wanted [from a diplomatic perspective],” Doescher said on Fox Business’s Mornings With Maria Bartiromo on […]
In January 2025, the prevailing thought in Washington was that President Donald Trump‘s push to broker a deal to keep TikTok operating in the United States was nothing more than a pipe dream. The president himself had explored banning the app during his first term, citing the national security threat posed by data sharing conducted […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs is facing its first-ever net workforce loss, with more than 40,000 employees leaving in fiscal 2025, nearly 90% of them healthcare workers, a Democratic watchdog report warns. The report, released by Democratic staff on the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, finds the staffing decline has left an estimated 1.2 million veterans […]
