The March 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be issued to recipients in six days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of each month, but March’s payment will go out on Feb. 27, since March 1 falls on a Sunday this year. When the first of a month […]
Kathryn Ruemmler has spent much of her career behind the scenes at the highest levels of power, serving as former President Barack Obama’s longest-tenured White House counsel before rising to become Goldman Sachs’s top lawyer. Now, newly released Jeffrey Epstein documents and her recent resignation from the bank have thrust her into an unfamiliar spotlight, […]
The Trump administration has escalated its pressure against Cuba’s communist government, curbing oil supplies and threatening tariffs on countries that continue to ship fuel to the island as part of an effort to force regime change. Since the United States captured former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro in January, the Trump administration has turned its focus […]
The nine defendants charged as co-conspirators in the federal church occupation case are rebutting the Justice Department’s claims that their takeover of a Christian parish in Minnesota last month was the culmination of a sprawling conspiracy, and accordingly, requires an extensive review of the evidence against them. On Jan. 18, dozens of activists stormed Cities […]
The Justice Department has fired a lawyer picked to serve as the top federal prosecutor in Virginia, just hours after he was appointed by judges. The panel of federal judges selected defense attorney James Hundley to serve as the interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, replacing Lindsey Halligan, the appointee of President […]
Virginia Democrats passed their proposed congressional map through the full state legislature on Friday as they await a court ruling on whether or not their redistricting move is legal. The Democratic-controlled state House and Senate passed the map this week, as an amendment to the state budget, along party lines, sending it to Gov. Abigail […]
The Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling striking down President Donald Trump’s sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs did not fall on ideological lines, and it split the conservative majority down the middle in a consequential decision for Trump’s economic agenda. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion that found the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not […]
EXCLUSIVE — House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans are opening an investigation and demanding information from DC Water on the failures that led to roughly 243 million gallons of wastewater into the Potomac River, and whether they could have been prevented. In a new letter, first shared with the Washington Examiner, led by Chairman Brett […]
EXCLUSIVE— The Republican National Committee raised $16.4 million in January and has more than $100 million cash on hand, according to figures obtained by the Washington Examiner. The RNC had $101.9 million on hand as of Jan. 31, a record for a midterm year. The committee ended 2025 with $95 million cash on hand and […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha said Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been a “top candidate” for MVP in the Trump administration. Rubio “has been flawless in speeches, interviews,” Concha said Thursday night on Fox News’s Hannity. “It’s such a far cry from 2016 when Rubio was unsteady as a presidential candidate. Now he’s as […]
