EXCLUSIVE — Former Vice President Mike Pence offered a pointed assessment of Republicans’ midterm losses, arguing the party’s embrace of President Donald Trump’s populist agenda, from tariffs to its approach to foreign policy, helped drive voters away. In a video interview with the Washington Examiner’s Peter Laffin, Pence said Republicans should view the election not […]
A federal grand jury added a new terrorism charge against Cole Tomas Allen, the man accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner earlier this year. Allen, a 31-year-old California resident, was indicted in May on four charges, including attempting to kill the president at the April 25 […]
European leaders are in a squabble over who will represent them in peace talks to end the Russian invasion of Ukraine, even though the Kremlin has not yet affirmed that it will allow them to sit in on the negotiations. Presidential envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha bashed Democrats for criticizing former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s affair with an alleged Chinese spy, while largely remaining silent when former Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) faced similar scrutiny but continued serving in Congress. Concha highlighted how many people with a “D next to their name” have statements condemning Swalwell. “It’s […]
Israeli government agents are set to testify under pseudonyms in an unusual federal case against a suspected Gaza terrorist captured in Louisiana. Two Israeli Security Agency officials and one “potential” Israeli military witness may keep their aliases while taking the stand against Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub al Muhtadi, an alleged participant in Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, […]
DENVER — House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’s (D-NY) appearance at a Democratic conference was disrupted by protests demanding he consider progressive priorities as he prepares to become the next speaker of the House. While Jeffries was onstage alongside moderator Jessica Tarlov for a panel discussion, protesters began shouting, “When is it time for a Green […]
Alaska’s Senate race remains uncalled more than a week after Election Day, with former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola leading Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) by 5,800 votes as election officials continue counting absentee ballots and prepare for a ranked choice tabulation. According to the Associated Press, 88% of the vote had been counted as of the […]
Sen.-elect Scott Colom (D-MS) is set to become the fourth Senate Democrat who has an identical twin outside the upper chamber of Congress. The other three are Sens. Patty Murray (D-WA), Brian Schatz (D-HI), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ). Colom’s brother, Andrew, helped plot the script for the viral “pick another protein” campaign ad that mocked […]
Sen.-elect Scott Colom (D-MS) this week downplayed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) influence in his Mississippi race, as the upper chamber’s top Democrat faces growing turmoil within his ranks. Colom’s win against Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) was arguably the biggest surprise of the midterm elections. Last week, the New York Times interviewed Schumer for […]
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said Thursday evening that Alexander Hamilton was right to call the judiciary the “least dangerous” branch of government, arguing that its limited power leaves it especially vulnerable to Congress and the president. “We are the least dangerous branch, which is not to say that the federal judiciary cannot be dangerous […]
