Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that President Donald Trump‘s immediate priority regarding the war with Iran is to lower oil and gas prices, ahead of preventing Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons. The vice president was pressed in an interview with Fox News’s Will Cain to address “frustration” with the “seesaw nature” of the conflict, given the lack […]
The Interior Department on Thursday said vandals were responsible for bubbles filling the National World War II Memorial fountain on the National Mall. An Interior Department spokesperson confirmed to the Washington Examiner that the bubbles were the result of vandalism, and not part of a unique cleaning process as some online users speculated. Photos of […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky‘s confirmation of Ukraine’s crippling Patriot interceptor missile shortage and plea for more has showcased the dire position the country is in as it stares down another harsh winter. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and particularly after Moscow switched to an attritional military model in September 2022, Ukraine’s cities have struggled against […]
The death penalty may fully return to Washington, D.C., if a bill introduced by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) on Thursday becomes law. The legislation intends to bring back capital punishment to the federal district for the “most heinous crimes,” according to Mace’s office. The death penalty would apply to first-degree murder, terrorism, murder of a […]
Attorney General Todd Blanche called for unity at the Justice Department on Thursday, promising in his first address to its workforce to leave the agency “more faithful to its highest ideals than when I found it.” Speaking in the Great Hall at the DOJ headquarters in Washington, Blanche praised career employees and sought to reassure […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha praised a New York gas station for finding an unconventional way to attract customers, calling its promotion offering discounted gas to people willing to dance “impossibly smart.” The Sunoco and Halfmoon Car Wash in Halfmoon, New York, offered customers 20% off gas and selected in-store purchases on July 30 if […]
A petition to strip U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra of his position is gaining steam in Canada after backlash over stances he took that critics say undermined Canadian-U.S. diplomatic relations. The Alberta-based petition to remove Hoekstra, President Donald Trump‘s ambassador to Canada, has gained over 100,000 signatures as of Thursday. Ottawa is expected to submit a […]
Sens. Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined forces, sending a letter to online game platform Roblox alleging that the company has put revenue over children’s safety. Roblox has been under scrutiny in recent history for the game’s alleged enabling of strangers to exploit children and failing to adequately crack down on users sharing […]
A federal judge dismissed the Department of Justice‘s discrimination lawsuit against Harvard University on Tuesday, calling instances of antisemitism at the Ivy League university too “isolated and episodic” to justify the case. U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns, a Clinton appointee, emphasized in a Thursday order that his goal was not to dismiss “any concern arising […]
Democratic Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed of Michigan is endorsed by a pro-Palestinian group with members tied to terrorist fundraising networks. Americans for Justice in Palestine Action endorsed the self-described Muslim candidate ahead of his Aug. 4 primary win and features him on its website saying he is “deeply grateful” for the support. AJP Action […]
