President-elect Donald Trump appointed former Abraham Accords negotiator Adam Boehler as his Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs. Boehler will hold the personal rank of Ambassador in the position. His appointment was announced in a post on Truth Social, alongside a flurry of other appointments. “He has negotiated with some of the toughest people in […]
Hunter Biden could return to testify before Congress next year even after his father, President Joe Biden, pardoned him of federal crimes, according to Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY). It’s unclear whether House Republicans will continue investigations into the Biden family when they continue their majority next Congress, but Comer did not close the door […]
D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb is suing Amazon for allegedly misleading Prime membership holders in two wards to believe they had access to same-day, one-day, and two-day delivery speeds when they didn’t. In 2022, Amazon stopped using its fleet of branded trucks to make deliveries in the D.C. zip codes 20019 and 20020, which are […]
Pete Hegseth will sit for a series of high-stakes meetings at the Capitol on Wednesday as he attempts to resuscitate his flagging nomination for President-elect Donald Trump‘s defense secretary. Hegseth is vowing not to withdraw his name as he faces allegations of sexual misconduct and drunken behavior at work, each of which he denied. He […]
As President-elect Donald Trump is set to reclaim the executive office once again, some Democratic lawmakers are looking to run a different playbook than they did the first go around. Democrats’ tendency to preference seniority in leadership positions, however, could get in the way of that. In recent weeks, there have been a few notable […]
Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) endorsed Sen. Joe Manchin‘s (I-WV) suggestion that President Joe Biden offer President-elect Donald Trump a pardon next. During a CNN interview Tuesday, Clyburn said he would “absolutely” support Biden if he moved to pardon Trump for federal crimes he has been accused of committing. “Yes, I could, absolutely, because the Supreme […]
President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that Peter Navarro will serve in his administration as a senior counselor for trade and manufacturing. Navarro, 75, has been a top Trump ally and served in the first Trump administration in a similar capacity as director of the now-defunct Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy. Navarro spent several months […]
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER The New York Police Department will hold a news conference at 11:30 a.m. at 1 Police Plaza to discuss the details of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s fatal shooting Wednesday morning. The conference will be led by New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch and the Chief […]
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) applauded Democratic colleagues for calling out lies from its leaders. Mace appeared on Fox News’s Fox & Friends on Wednesday in the wake of President Joe Biden pardoning his son, Hunter Biden. The move has divided the Democratic party with some of the president’s allies supporting his decision while other party […]
Brian Thompson, the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, was shot and killed in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday morning. Thompson was shot in the chest just after 6:45 a.m. outside the New York Hilton Midtown, according to the police report obtained by the New York Times. Thompson was then taken to Mount Sinai West in critical condition. […]
