The third round of April Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued in three days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born on or after the 21st of a month will receive this payment on April 22. The first round went out on April 8 to those born on or before […]
Conservative privacy hawks delivered a blunt verdict to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) after weeks of wrangling over an extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: no deal. The back-to-back losses suffered by Johnson on the floor early Friday morning were months in the making, as GOP divisions against an extension of […]
A Senate vote this week to block certain arms sales to Israel may have been largely symbolic, but for many Democrats and foreign policy observers, it underscored something more consequential: a shift inside the Democratic Party that is beginning to test the long-standing bipartisan consensus on the Jewish state. More than three dozen Senate Democrats […]
The Minnesota prosecutor who charged a federal immigration agent with felony assault received more than $286,000 in backing from far-left political groups and dark-money nonprofits, according to campaign finance filings reviewed by the Washington Examiner, raising scrutiny as tensions escalate between federal authorities and local officials. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced Thursday that Immigration […]
I have spent years on the ground across the corridors that shape global power — Africa, the Middle East, and Asia — working not just with executives and policymakers, but with the truck drivers, the field operators, and the logistics crews who keep energy flowing to us. I have sat with regional leaders, spoken directly […]
FBI Director Kash Patel has threatened to sue the Atlantic over a recent story detailing alleged concerns in the bureau over his drinking and absences at work. The report, published on Friday, described a pattern of heavy drinking both in Washington, D.C., and Las Vegas, where Patel reportedly spends some of his weekends. Patel’s drinking […]
Vice President JD Vance praised Pope Leo XIV’s recent statement downplaying the tensions between the Vatican and President Donald Trump after a week of back-and-forth sparring. Leo said on Saturday that it is “not my interest at all” to debate Trump over issues like the Iran war, where the two hold sharply differing views. He […]
All construction related to President Donald Trump‘s $400 million ballroom can continue, an appeals court ruled late Friday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit put on hold a ruling from U.S. District Judge Richard Leon that permitted only below-ground construction of the ballroom. Work on the entire project can now continue until […]
EXCLUSIVE — Former Sen. Joe Manchin, the Democrat-turned-independent from West Virginia, wants to see Republicans retain control of the Senate in November “for the simple reason that they have committed to protecting the filibuster.” In a Saturday phone interview with the Washington Examiner, Manchin said that Republicans were “holding the line” despite the withering pressure […]
President Donald Trump has joined a marathon Bible reading event in Washington, D.C., mere days after his feud with Pope Leo XIV sparked widespread backlash. Trump is now a reader for the weeklong “America Reads the Bible” event that will see nearly 500 faith leaders, influencers, government officials, and everyday Americans take turns reading scripture, […]
