(The Center Square) – The Building Industry Association of Washington on Friday filed a lawsuit in Thurston County Superior Court to declare that the Washington State Building Code Council must comply with Initiative 2066, protecting access to natural gas for homes and businesses in the state. Voters narrowly passed I-2066, sponsored by BIAW, in last month’s general election. […]
A group of veterans who played key roles in the private evacuation of thousands of Americans from Afghanistan in 2021 spoke out in defense of Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump‘s defense secretary pick. Hegseth’s nomination has come under heavy scrutiny, putting into question the viability of him passing the Senate. Several leading veterans have come […]
Vice President-elect J.D. Vance is leading the charge to send a challenge to campaign finance limits to the Supreme Court. The co-plaintiffs in the case are Vance, the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee, and former Ohio Republican Rep. Steve Chabot, according to a petition made public Friday. The filing argues that […]
President-elect Donald Trump said he has not received any promises from senators that his nominee for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, will be confirmed in an interview with NBC. “No, no,” Trump said when Meet the Press‘s Kristen Welker asked if Senators had given him assurances. The interview is the first network interview post-election and […]
President-elect Donald Trump called for nonintervention in Syria, blaming the escalating situation on former President Barack Obama. In his first public statement on the recent anti-government offensive in Syria, Trump voiced his preference for neutrality in the conflict, while suggesting that the ousting of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could be good for Russia and Syria. […]
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol survived an impeachment vote after apologizing for declaring martial law. After Yoon’s bungled declaration of martial law, opposition lawmakers were quick to schedule a vote for his impeachment. Many analysts believed that Yoon would resign before the vote took place. Instead, his anticipated speech offered an apology and pledge […]
Two California kindergarten students are in critical condition after being shot at school on Wednesday by a man motivated by “America’s involvement” in what he characterized as “genocide and oppression of Palestinians.” Glenn Litton, 56, set out to commit “child execution[s]” at Feather River School of Seventh-Day Adventists as a “countermeasure in necessitated response” to […]
This week’s White House Report Card finds the nation entering an awkward period where the sitting president is becoming irrelevant, and the incoming president is prematurely taking charge. Take Saturday’s celebration of the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris as an example. It’s not President Joe Biden that is the headliner for America […]
Congressional Republicans are at odds over how to pass President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda, with a spat over taxes consuming the final weeks before he takes office. Congress is weighing competing priorities as Republicans prepare to assume unified control of Washington in January. Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) wants a quick win on energy […]
Washington Examiner Economics Reporter Zach Halaschak joins Magazine Executive Editor Jim Antle to discuss Bitcoin’s latest moves, President-elect Donald Trump’s economic team, tariffs, and the surprising absence of Robert Lighthizer in the new administration.
