Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) predicted his fellow Republican lawmakers would unite to pass significant legislation. Burlison appeared on Fox Report with Jon Scott Saturday following Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) winning the House speakership in a single election. Every Republican but one, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) who voted “present,” supported Johnson. The swiftness demonstrated a rare […]
In the spirit of the season, the Washington Examiner has identified 12 issues we believe will shape and influence 2025 and beyond. The incoming Trump administration has made the fight against illegal immigration and the use of tariffs its flagship policy items. The U.S. will also possibly undergo a health revolution, while very real questions […]
A Department of Justice division tasked with protecting basic individual rights is expected to shift its position on key social issues under President-elect Donald Trump and, if confirmed, conservative lawyer Harmeet Dhillon. The DOJ Civil Rights Division is likely to change its approach to diversity, voting, abortion, and transgender topics under Dhillon, who has a […]
On Nov. 5, President-elect Donald Trump became only the second president in U.S. history to win two nonconsecutive terms in office. Thus emerged one of the election’s biggest casualties: President Grover Cleveland, who no longer holds the sole title as the only president to serve two nonconsecutive terms in office. However, the similarities don’t stop […]
House Democrats will face a grueling next year as they become the minority in a GOP trifecta, with all eyes looking to several rising stars within the party to amplify the Democratic agenda and be the face of any pushback against House Republicans and President-elect Donald Trump. Coming off of the 2024 election, Democrats have […]
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley blasted President Joe Biden on Saturday for giving Democratic megadonor George Soros the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. Haley called the move to give the award to Soros “another slap in the face of America” after Biden shockingly pardoned his son Hunter […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz issued a rebuke of Elon Musk Saturday even as he vowed to ignore the tech billionaire’s sharp criticisms of him that have poured out over the past few weeks. In an interview in the left-wing German newspaper Stern, Scholz brushed off the comments from Musk that have included him calling the […]
President-elect Donald Trump is pushing for one reconciliation bill that will include his border, energy, and tax policy priorities, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) told Republicans in a closed-door meeting on Saturday, according to a report. The move sets up a contentious vote as Trump attempts to cram his ambitious agenda into one piece of […]
Former President Jimmy Carter‘s casket emerged from Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia, on Saturday, set to begin his journey to Washington D.C., where he will lie in state. Carter, the longest-lived United States president ever, died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100. Less than a week after his death, his body […]
One-in-five Americans are expected to be impacted by a massive, 1,300-mile wide weather system that will bring major snow storms, treacherous ice, rain, and severe thunderstorms to the midwest and northeast starting Saturday afternoon through Monday. An estimated 62 million people are bracing for the brutal weather that will tear through a dozen states with […]
