Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) isn’t tipping her hand on whether she wants to move up the Senate’s leadership ranks, even as her colleague Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) mounts a run to leapfrog her. Klobuchar, the third-ranking Democrat in the Senate, called it a “mistake” to run for whip, the No. 2 post, so soon after […]
President Donald Trump reignited his feud with pop superstar Taylor Swift during a White House event on Monday honoring the Philadelphia Eagles‘ Super Bowl victory. The Eagles defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 in New Orleans this February, in a game attended by both Trump and Swift, who was there to support her boyfriend, Chiefs […]
Legislation backed by first lady Melania Trump to criminalize revenge pornography is heading to President Donald Trump’s desk for his signature after its House passage Monday night. The TAKE IT DOWN Act passed the House overwhelmingly by a 409-2 vote. It previously passed the Senate unanimously after Melania Trump held a roundtable discussion with Republicans […]
President Donald Trump welcomed the Philadelphia Eagles to the White House months after they won the 2025 Super Bowl. “We’re thrilled to welcome everyone to the White House, a special place — and to celebrate Super Bowl LIX champions, the Philadelphia Eagles,” Trump told a crowd gathered on the South Lawn on Monday. Trump used […]
House Republicans are seeking tens of billions of dollars to carry out the Trump administration’s border security and immigration enforcement priorities, according to newly released funding requests. Funding plans released by the House Judiciary Committee and House Homeland Security Committees on Monday reveal the GOP’s plans to make President Donald Trump’s campaign promises on immigration […]
Two Democratic senators called on the Office of Government Ethics to investigate a dinner President Donald Trump is holding for the biggest investors of his meme coin, $TRUMP. Earlier this month, Trump revealed that he would host a dinner at his private club in Washington, D.C., with the top 220 holders of the meme coin. […]
Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York assessed the challenge that Donald Trump has to deal with on the economy, one of two major factors the president promised to address ahead of the 2024 election. On the eve of Trump’s 100th day in office, York discussed the economy and border security being the top two […]
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) signaled that Republicans could pass withering new sanctions against Russia if peace talks regarding the war in Ukraine stall out. “If needed, we stand ready to help,” Thune told the Washington Examiner as the Trump administration threatens to abandon negotiations with Russia as soon as this week. He predicted […]
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller said he remains confident that President Donald Trump will deport a million illegal immigrants by the end of the year. “The rate of deportation is increasing every single day,” Miller said Monday outside the West Wing of the White House. “Remember, we inherited a system that was […]
Pakistan’s defense minister said an Indian military incursion into his country is “imminent” amid rising tensions between the two nations. In an interview at his Islamabad office, Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif told Reuters that Pakistan was reinforcing its positions on the border in preparation for a direct Indian attack. “We have reinforced our forces […]
