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Platner supporters’ votes in the ‘trash can’ as Democrats pick his replacement: Guy Benson

Washington Examiner senior columnist Guy Benson said the Democratic Party “nullified” the Maine primary results by selecting Graham Platner’s replacement after he dropped out of the race following allegations of sexual assault.  The Maine Democratic Party announced on Wednesday that it will hold a first-of-its-kind convention to select a candidate to replace Platner, who will […]

Israel stays out of US strikes on Iran — for now

As the United States concluded its third major round of strikes against Iran over as many days, Israel was notably absent. The status of the U.S.-Iran deal is more uncertain than ever, with President Donald Trump declaring it “over” on Wednesday and three major waves of U.S. strikes being met with drone and missile attacks […]

Trump’s desire to sell F-35 jets to Turkey faces pushback in Congress

Congressional lawmakers were hesitant to agree with President Donald Trump‘s assessment that the United States could sell F-35 fighter jets to Turkey while he attended the annual NATO summit in Ankara this week. “It’s a decision we are going to make,” Trump said during a press conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. But stateside, lawmakers, including some […]

Iranians wave banners reading ‘WE WILL KILL TRUMP’ at Ali Khamenei’s funeral

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s funeral on Thursday attracted large crowds of mourners wishing death upon President Donald Trump, after he launched the war that killed the Islamist figure in February. Funeral events reached their culmination this week, as mourners reached the country’s holiest shrine for Khamenei’s burial at the Shrine of Imam Reza in […]

Alleged National Guard shooter hospitalized after refusing to eat food and drink water

Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who allegedly shot two National Guard members last year in Washington, D.C., has been hospitalized after he refused to eat food and sometimes declined to drink water ahead of his trial. The development was revealed by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, who presided over an emergency hearing on Thursday. Mehta said the defendant’s […]

Trump renews calls for third reconciliation bill as Iran ceasefire collapses

President Donald Trump’s push for a third reconciliation bill is taking on new urgency after the collapse of the Iran ceasefire, raising fresh questions about whether congressional Republicans will use the party-line budget process to approve hundreds of billions of dollars in new defense spending before leaving Washington for the August recess. Trump has called […]

Maine Democrats walk a tightrope: Spurn Platner while courting his voters

Maine Democrats eyeing a Senate run following Graham Platner’s withdrawal want nothing to do with any would-be endorsements from him. But they still need his voters. Those vying for the nomination now have the delicate task of shunning the disgraced former candidate accused of rape, which Platner vehemently denies, while not offending his progressive supporters […]

Families contributed nearly $125 million to Trump Accounts in first five days

EXCLUSIVE — Families owning Trump Accounts have been pouring funds into the new investment vehicle, with the program’s launch drawing praise from both sides of the aisle. The program had been generating bipartisan buzz for months after being signed into law as part of President Donald Trump‘s One Big Beautiful Bill Act last July 4. […]

Core Democratic base is in a ‘fanatically anti-Zionist mood’: Guy Benson

Washington Examiner senior columnist Guy Benson argued that the “litmus test” in the Democratic Party has become whether candidates will object to the existence of a Jewish state.  Benson explained on Fox Business’s Varney & Co. on Thursday that simply criticizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu isn’t enough to appease the core base of the […]

Le Pen topping French polls and relieved of ankle monitor, touts ‘winning duo’ with Jordan Bardella

The queen of the right-wing is back on the campaign trail in France, pushing her young protege to the side as she retakes control of the National Rally party ahead of the next presidential election. Marine Le Pen, a fixture of the French right that has tried and failed thrice to clinch the Elysee Palace, […]
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