Sen. Thom Tillis’s (R-NC) midterm advice for his possible successor, Republican nominee Michael Whatley, is to be a little more like him. That is, to know when to disagree with President Donald Trump and appeal to unaffiliated voters who are crucial to the GOP’s efforts to maintain the battleground Senate seat from which the two-term […]
South Africa is firing back at the United States after the State Department imposed new visa restrictions on foreign nationals involved in alleged racial discrimination against the African country’s white minority. South Africa’s foreign ministry maintained the nation’s own sovereignty and accused the U.S. of relying on information from “fringe groups” meant to mischaracterize its […]
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani fulfilled an “aspirational hope” of his since taking office: Adding bidets. When Mamdani moved into Gracie Mansion in January, he was asked if there was anything about the residence he planned to change. “One thing we will change is we will be installing a few bidets,” Mamdani said in […]
A federal appeals court grilled the Trump administration on Wednesday over its bid to overturn a ruling that stopped it from gutting three small federal agencies the administration considered “unnecessary.” In March 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order reducing several agencies, including the Minority Business and Development Agency, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation […]
Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA), who is locked in a competitive race to replace Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) in the Senate, will not attend Vice President JD Vance’s rally in Council Bluffs, Iowa, this Friday. “Ashley has previously scheduled events and will not be in attendance,” a spokeswoman for Hinson told the Washington Examiner on Wednesday. […]
The Trump administration singled out Colombia and Bolivia as some of the worst violators in failing to curb illegal drug production in fiscal 2026, but voiced optimism about a change with their new governments. In a presidential declaration, President Donald Trump put Afghanistan, Bolivia, Burma, and Colombia on its not-so-coveted list of countries that had […]
Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) on Wednesday requested an emergency hearing with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts board before a federal judge to discuss the legality of the center’s immediate closure after a vote the day before. Beatty, an ex officio member of the board, has been the driving force behind several […]
Chairman Kevin Warsh drew a bright line between the Federal Reserve and the White House after the central bank raised interest rates in defiance of President Donald Trump. Warsh, speaking at a press conference in Washington on Wednesday after the rate decision, was asked by the Washington Examiner about whether the decision to proceed with […]
House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA) said “team players” should get top committee spots after Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) bucked Democratic leadership for the second time this month by crossing the aisle on a party-line vote. “The American people know we’re focused on them and that means we need team players who are all in on […]
Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico named Alyssa Edwards as his favorite drag queen. The name refers to Justin Dwayne Lee Johnson, whose stage name is Alyssa Edwards. The drag performer has been outspoken on LGBT issues, especially in support of youth drag shows. Talarico was approached by a man after a campaign event who […]
