Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) is chiming back into the redistricting debate this week after his push to redraw the maps in the state’s last legislative session landed with a thud. Maryland’s Democratic leadership has been split over redistricting this past year, as state Senate President Bill Ferguson refused to take up the issue in the […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s former chief of staff was jailed Thursday on money laundering and fraud charges tied to a luxury real estate development near Kyiv. Andriy Yermak served as head of the Office of the President of Ukraine from 2020 until his resignation in November 2025 amid a widening corruption scandal. During his tenure, […]
Michael Banks, the national chief of the Border Patrol, announced in a letter to employees Thursday that he will retire from his post. His resignation comes after a Washington Examiner investigation into unethical behavior as a federal agent, according to three sources familiar with the matter. “After over 37 years in public service to the […]
Cuban officials said Wednesday that the island has completely run out of fuel needed to keep much of it running, blaming a monthslong U.S. sanctions campaign that has sharply restricted fuel imports and pushed the country deeper into an already severe energy crisis. Energy Minister Vicente de la O Levy said that the country has […]
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ordered that the Trump administration cannot penalize U.N. official Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories, who has accused Israel of war crimes and human rights abuses in Gaza. In July 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Treasury Department announced that the […]
A federal jury in Florida has convicted the founder of a healthcare software company for defrauding Medicare and other federal healthcare benefit programs out of more than $1 billion. HealthSplash CEO Brett Blackman, 42, of Kansas, was found guilty on Wednesday for his role in operating a platform that generated fictitious doctors’ notes and prescriptions […]
Allegiant Air and Sun Country Airlines officially closed their merger on Wednesday, less than two weeks after Spirit Airlines unexpectedly collapsed. The $1.5 billion cash-and-stock deal, which includes debt, allows the two smaller regional airlines to fill the void left by the now-defunct budget carrier. Allegiant is based in Las Vegas, and Sun Country is […]
Pope Leo XIV on Thursday expressed concern over the increasing use of artificial intelligence in warfare, arguing that the technology sets up a moral dilemma for humanity. The pontiff’s warning came during a speech at Rome’s La Sapienza University, in which he called for expanded oversight over AI being developed and used in the military […]
EXCLUSIVE — Republicans will head to the White House on Thursday afternoon for another classified briefing with the Secret Service as the Trump administration intensifies its push to salvage a controversial $1 billion security funding request facing growing Republican skepticism on Capitol Hill. A source familiar with the meeting told the Washington Examiner that lawmakers […]
President Donald Trump, Miami Dade College, and Florida officials are facing a lawsuit alleging that the donation of public land for the proposed Trump Presidential Library violates the Constitution. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of a Miami nonprofit group, residents, and a Miami Dade College student, argued that the Constitution bars states from providing financial […]
