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Budget Committee to weigh fiscal commission to wrangle $40 trillion debt

EXCLUSIVE — House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) said a full committee hearing will be held this month in Texas to discuss a bipartisan fiscal commission, as legislators reckon with the national debt eclipsing $40 trillion. Arrington told the Washington Examiner Tuesday that the hearing, which has not yet been announced, will be held […]

Federal investigators interviewed Letitia James whistleblower who said she ordered staff to target ‘Trump himself’

Federal investigators interviewed a whistleblower from the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) for several hours on Tuesday after he alleged that staff were directed to target President Donald Trump and his associates, according to a source familiar with the interview. Daniel Wiesenfeld, an assistant attorney general now on paid administrative leave, […]

Putin swears there won’t be mass mobilization, accuses Ukraine of ‘state terrorism’

Russian President Vladimir Putin is denying reports that there will be a mass mobilization of troops to replenish manpower on the front lines of Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed for weeks that the Kremlin “plans an additional rapid mobilization of several hundred thousand Russians by the end of the year, plus just as […]

Trump says Iranians won’t rise up because ‘they’re being shot’ and refuses to say if CIA would aid protesters

President Donald Trump does not believe the Iranian public is currently capable of rising up against their government due to overwhelming violence, but he would not say if he would materially assist dissident groups. Speaking from the Oval Office on Wednesday, the president told reporters that it “wouldn’t be appropriate to say” whether U.S. intelligence […]

Judge allows Google to avoid breakup in win against DOJ

A federal judge has allowed Google to keep its digital advertising exchange marketplace, marking another win for the Big Tech giant as it fends off antitrust lawsuits from the federal government. In the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled on Wednesday that Google does not have to sell […]

Salena Zito’s Butler to begin filming this month, revisiting a day of trauma and loss

Washington Examiner columnist Salena Zito will watch her book, Butler: The Untold Story of the Near Assassination of Donald Trump and the Fight for America’s Heartland, make it to the big screen as filming begins later this month.  “It makes sense that it should be a movie just because of how it happened, where it […]

Michigan urges Supreme Court to keep proof-of-citizenship measure off ballot

Michigan officials urged the Supreme Court on Wednesday to reject an emergency effort by an activist group to place a measure on the ballot for an amendment requiring proof of citizenship to vote, ahead of the November elections. The group Americans for Citizen Voting Michigan filed an emergency petition to the Supreme Court earlier this […]

Trump previews trip to Alaska to campaign for Dan Sullivan, ripping into the other Dan Sullivan

President Donald Trump will campaign in ruby-red Alaska to help embattled incumbent Sen. Dan S. Sullivan (R-AK) before November’s midterm elections. Trump told reporters at the White House on Wednesday that he expects to travel to Alaska one month before the Nov. 3 election as Sullivan remains in a statistical tie with Democratic nominee Mary […]

Dolly Parton’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star repaired after alleged vandalism

The Hollywood Walk of Fame star for the late musician Dolly Parton was undergoing repairs this week after someone allegedly vandalized the makeshift memorial site by scratching out her name and stealing flowers. The news came one week after the country and pop music singer’s unexpected death. The 80-year-old figure died of cancer, though the […]

Top Jeffries ally tells Democrats to move past defection drama and focus on November

A top ally of Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said the party should “stay focused on winning the House,” as the Democratic leader weighs repercussions for two centrist Democrats who crossed party lines on Tuesday, which forced a divisive vote condemning socialism. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY), a senior House Democrat with close ties to Jeffries […]
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