Capitol crop The House and Senate are out, but the Capitol was buzzing last week as lawmakers returned to town and next year’s newcomers joined the festivities. There was a flurry of activity last week, with President-elect Donald Trump filling out his Cabinet and advisers list, House and Senate members picking up new assignments, and […]
As they continue to reel from President-elect Donald Trump‘s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris, dejected Democrats have not mustered up the same resistance to Trump’s second term as eight years ago. Trump secured 312 Electoral College votes in his comeback win to the White House, besting his 306 votes in 2016 when he stunned […]
U.S. presidents have for decades dutifully trotted out before Thanksgiving to hold an obligatory turkey pardoning ceremony on the White House grounds. The presidential practice of granting clemency to a choice selection of lucky turkeys just before millions of citizens feast is now an established American tradition. But then how did it all begin? Here’s […]
The 2024 election cycle has ended, with Republicans holding control of all three branches of government. The Washington Examiner interviewed over two dozen new members as they prepare to take office in January. Part 1 of Capitol’s new crop will introduce the new members of the 119th Congress. Capitol Hill will be awash with fresh […]
The national average price for a gallon of regular gas dropped to a new yearly low on Monday, with a cost of $3.056, according to AAA. This was a decrease from a week ago when a gallon of regular gas was $3.071. Gas prices have been gradually decreasing since the summer. Monday’s price is the […]
Washington Examiner White House reporter Christian Datoc joins magazine executive editor Jim Antle to break down President Joe Biden‘s handling of the press, his defense of Ukraine policy, late victories with Israel, and the looming challenge of student loan forgiveness as the end of his term nears.
To Media Matters for America and the American Independent Foundation, two progressive groups formed by the conservative journalist-turned-Democratic operative David Brock, the scourge of so-called right-wing “dark money” is a stain on democracy. Media Matters once declared, in a blog post on its website that Brock promoted, that the press ignores “the GOP’s dark money […]
Worldwide geopolitical tensions are at critical levels and there is a genuine possibility of a world war in the not-so-distant future. These are the sentiments of Donald Tusk, Poland’s prime minister, after the recent developments in the Russia-Ukraine war. In recent weeks, the war has escalated on several fronts. First, after strengthening an alliance between […]
The leaders of Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign are starting to acknowledge that the fundamentals of the 2024 race for the White House favored President-elect Donald Trump all along. Joy and hope were no match for dissatisfaction with the economy, the direction of the country, and incumbent parties across the globe, dooming the Democrats earlier […]
Venezuela’s opposition party continues to resist President Nicolas Maduro after the fallout from the country’s controversial presidential elections in July. Maria Corina Machado, the leader of the opposition political party in Venezuela, called for “enormous” demonstrations against Maduro to be held on Dec. 1 throughout the country. According to reports, Machado revealed her plans for […]
