Even before his inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump is either, depending on your perspective, projecting power or spreading chaos beyond America’s borders. As I write, the prime minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, is hanging on by a thread following the resignation of his finance minister, Chrystia Freeland. The problem? Trump’s threat of a 25% tariff on […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took home millions of dollars while running for president in 2023, primarily through his work with various law firms and his leadership at a vaccine-skeptic nonprofit organization. Kennedy, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, made roughly $10.7 million in 2023, according to recently amended […]
President-elect Donald Trump appeared before supporters with his hair styled a new way, prompting online commentary on the look. Trump was seemingly fresh off the golf course as he approached a crowd while wearing a Trump-Vance polo shirt and had his hair slicked back. He was at his International Golf Club in Palm Beach, Florida […]
The Senate passed on Wednesday the National Defense Authorization Act, the annual defense bill that authorizes Defense Department policies and funding levels. Approval of the sweeping, must-pass legislation came with little time to spare: The 2024 NDAA expires at year’s end, and this is the Senate’s last working week of the year. The NDAA passed […]
A State Department-housed office that conservatives say funded an unconstitutional “censorship scheme” would receive a one-year extension under a provision in a 1,547-page spending bill to prevent a government shutdown. The bill text, which was released on Tuesday before the House and Senate adjourn for Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Year’s holidays, includes a provision that […]
A group of Senate and House Republicans will speak about the proposed continuing resolution to extend government funding through March 14, 2025, during a press conference Wednesday afternoon. The group, which includes Sens. Rick Scott (R-FL), Mike Lee (R-UT), and Ron Johnson (R-WI), along with Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD), are expected to begin speaking at […]
Retiring Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) gave her final speech on the Senate floor Wednesday morning, urging her fellow lawmakers to preserve the 60-vote threshold more commonly known as the filibuster. “When holding political power, and feeling the hunger and pressure for an immediate partisan win, it is easy to view the legislative filibuster as a weapon of obstruction,” Sinema said […]
President-elect Donald Trump has an affinity for winners, but he has handed out a handful of jobs in his administration to people who have one thing in common: losing Georgia Senate elections. A quartet of former Republican Senate candidates from the Peach State have been nominated to Cabinet-level positions and ambassadorships, as is typical for […]
Lawmakers could get their first pay raise in more than a decade under a provision that was quietly tucked into the three-month continuing resolution that was unveiled Tuesday evening. The House published its 1,500-page spending legislation alongside a multibillion-dollar supplemental just days before the government is set to enter a shutdown and federal funding will […]
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will host a press conference at 2:30 p.m. Federal Reserve officials are expected to announce their third and final interest rate cut of 2024, but investors will likely be more focused on an indication of where markets are headed in the […]
