The White House Historical Association on Thursday unveiled its 2025 Christmas ornament that highlights the importance of state dinners, the top social events of presidents. The two-sided trinket features the most recognized china patterns used at the dinners, the Reagan and Clinton designs. “The Official 2025 White House Christmas Ornament is made of brass and […]
A Russian American ballerina imprisoned in Russia was returned to the United States in a prisoner exchange organized by the CIA and Russia’s Federal Security Service. Ksenia Karelina, also known as Ksenia Khavana, was arrested while visiting Russia in January 2024 on treason charges. On Thursday, she was exchanged with Arthur Petrov, a dual German […]
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is holding a hearing considering making daylight saving time permanent. The hearing is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. and is titled, “If I Could Turn Back Time: Should We Lock The Clock?” The hearing comes as support for making the policy permanent has grown, with Sens. […]
Department of Justice attorneys told a judge in Virginia on Wednesday evening that they wanted to drop a case they brought against the alleged East Coast leader of a violent transnational gang, rather than move forward with prosecuting him. The move came after top DOJ officials held a large press conference last month alongside Gov. […]
President Donald Trump signed executive orders Wednesday targeting former Department of Homeland Security officials Chris Krebs and Miles Taylor, as well as law firm Susman Godfrey. The orders revoked security clearances for the officials who worked under DHS during Trump’s first term. The president also recommended Attorney General Pam Bondi and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem […]
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) has raised a significant amount of money so far this year, having emerged as a leading voice in the Democratic Party‘s opposition to President Donald Trump‘s second term. The Connecticut senator raised $8 million in the first quarter of 2025, according to Axios, despite not being up for reelection until 2030. […]
Inflation dropped to four-tenths of a percentage point to 2.4% for the year ending in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday morning, a reassuring datapoint amid uncertainty about economic policy. Forecasters expected a drop in the inflation rate of three-tenths of a percentage point, after it fell the month before. The decrease is good news for […]
President Donald Trump will undergo his first physical examination of his second administration on Friday, and questions about cognitive testing hang in the balance. “I am pleased to report that my long scheduled Annual Physical Examination will be done at Walter Reed Army Medical Center on Friday of this week,” the president wrote on Truth […]
Real ID standards are set to go into effect nearly two decades after they were approved by Congress and countless delays in implementation, with the final rush coming as the deadline nears. As the May 7 deadline approaches, efforts to ensure the public is in compliance with the new standards for driver’s licenses and IDs […]
The term New Right has come to define the philosophy of President Donald Trump and, by extension, the modern Republican Party, paving the way for new conservative thought leaders such as Vice President JD Vance. This Washington Examiner series will look at the history of the New Right, the matters that define it, the movement’s major players, […]
