Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) is set to campaign alongside Democratic rivals of two of her Jewish peers in the House: Reps. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL). Tlaib, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, will appear alongside fellow socialists Oliver Larkin, who is challenging Moskowitz, and Elijah Manley, who is running […]
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) on Thursday announced that all Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Maine have been outfitted with body cameras following a fatal shooting in the state last month. “I am pleased to announce that as of today at 2pm, all ICE enforcement officers in Maine have been equipped with body-worn cameras and […]
The Democratic National Committee‘s summer meeting kicked off Thursday in Texas with members rallying around embattled Chairman Ken Martin even as the party wrestles with financial problems and ideological divisions ahead of the midterm elections. DNC members previously signaled to the Washington Examiner that there is little appetite to oust Martin before the midterm elections, […]
Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) lobbied Democrats to ban super PACs from meddling in their primaries. Now, despite his crusade, he’s being bolstered by one in a messy primary against Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA). Candidates are prohibited under federal election laws from coordinating with or receiving money from super PACs. Still, Markey has so far declined […]
Democrat Xavier Becerra continues to hold a commanding lead over Republican Steve Hilton in California’s gubernatorial race, but the gap has narrowed as the candidates head toward their November showdown, according to a poll released Thursday. Becerra leads Hilton 55% to 37% among likely voters in a UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll conducted […]
“Microaggressions” and “allyship” are out at the U.S. Foreign Service. The State Department announced Thursday that it will be overhauling policies in the diplomatic personnel system, ending a slew of protocols previously established to further diversity, equity, and inclusion goals. “The DEI agenda was embedded in the institutional culture of the Foreign Service during the […]
Two Pennsylvania voters and the Green Party of Pennsylvania are suing to remove congressional candidate Andrew Tupone from the November ballot, arguing that he is a “spoiler candidate to distract progressive voters” who was neither endorsed nor nominated by the state party. Tupone submitted signatures to run as a Green Party candidate in Pennsylvania’s 7th […]
EXCLUSIVE — President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans could find a path to improving their standing ahead of the midterm elections by focusing on a handful of kitchen-table concerns, according to new polling shared with the Washington Examiner. A national survey by the Tyson Group found broad support for policies aimed at lowering energy and […]
Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that President Donald Trump‘s immediate priority regarding the war with Iran is to lower oil and gas prices, ahead of preventing Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons. The vice president was pressed in an interview with Fox News’s Will Cain to address “frustration” with the “seesaw nature” of the conflict, given the lack […]
The Interior Department on Thursday said vandals were responsible for bubbles filling the National World War II Memorial fountain on the National Mall. An Interior Department spokesperson confirmed to the Washington Examiner that the bubbles were the result of vandalism, and not part of a unique cleaning process as some online users speculated. Photos of […]
