Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha predicted what Vice President JD Vance will discuss during a White House press briefing on Thursday. “Iran’s inflation rate is up 100% right now, it’s up 400% on some food items,” Concha said on Fox News’s Fox and Friends First on Thursday morning, ahead of the vice president’s appearance. The […]
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said he would consider a rule change to allow sneakers in the speaker’s lobby if Democrats take the House in November and he is elected speaker. “That is a good question,” Jeffries responded when asked whether he would change the rules to allow sneakers. “I do lean in that […]
Less than a week until party faithful gather in Dallas for the 2026 Republican midterm convention, the event’s organizers are still trying to offload tickets amid concerns about the price of admission to what is being called “Trumpalooza.” A political operative familiar with RNC convention planning told the Washington Examiner that organizers held a call […]
A federal judge appeared inclined on Thursday to extend a temporary block on President Donald Trump’s plan for the Postal Service to establish new tracking and verification standards for mail ballots. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani repeatedly questioned whether the Trump administration had adequately explained how the policy would work with 70 days remaining before […]
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) launched a website on Thursday aimed at defending his character against what he calls lies from his opponent, former Democratic Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola. “Elections should be about your record, your vision, and, of course, the truth,” Sullivan said on Thursday. “My opponent has no record — zero bills signed into […]
Goebel Farms, a family farm in Evansville, Indiana, issued a statement Wednesday defending its 2026 corn maze design honoring Charlie Kirk after facing backlash from customers. “Our corn maze is not an endorsement of every belief or statement. It reflects our conviction that Americans should be able to speak, disagree, and challenge ideas without hatred or […]
Vice President JD Vance is holding a White House press briefing at 1 p.m. Thursday, as the briefing room enters a new era without former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. DESPITE REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION PRAISE, VANCE DRAWS CALLS TO PUBLICLY DISAVOW TUCKER CARLSON Vance’s appearance at the podium marks the first White House press […]
President Donald Trump denied Thursday that the war in Iran has further depleted U.S. munitions stockpiles to dangerously low levels. National security experts have sounded the alarm for years about U.S. armament readiness, first when former President Joe Biden surged defense support to Ukraine and again throughout Trump’s own campaign in the Middle East and […]
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) believes that Republicans are at risk of losing their control of the upper chamber this fall, despite having a group of “high-quality candidates.” “I worry about that, for sure,” Thune said in a Tuesday interview with South Dakota outlet Keloland News. “I’m a realist, and I just think you […]
