President Donald Trump said the Secret Service “blew it” when law enforcement failed to secure the outdoor venue in Butler, Pennsylvania, where he was almost fatally shot two years ago to the date on Monday. His remarks were in response to a recent report from the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General. The […]
Sen. Lindsey Graham’s cause of death Saturday evening was an aortic dissection, according to a Washington, D.C., medical examiner, following the South Carolina Republican’s office saying he died following a “brief and sudden illness.” Prior to his death, Graham was diagnosed with arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, which was the main factor that led to the aortic […]
President Donald Trump bemoaned the Iranian government’s penchant for stalling after an alleged 11-hour meeting on Sunday. Trump continued his descent into pessimism over the possibility of a deal with Iran on Monday morning. By the president’s own account, Iranian negotiators held an 11-hour meeting on Sunday to discuss details of the agreement under negotiation, […]
The United Kingdom designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist group on Monday after it accused the proxy group of being behind a string of attacks on Jewish centers on behalf of Iran. The U.K. had been an outlier in the Western world after the European Union designated the group a terrorist organization following […]
Retiring Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) endorsed establishment-backed Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) in Michigan’s race to succeed him in the Senate. Peters backed Stevens over the more progressive candidate Abdul el Sayed in the highly anticipated Aug. 4 Democratic primary for the Michigan Senate seat, putting his thumb on the scale days after the candidates faced […]
United Auto Workers head Shawn Fain cried persecution after coming under a Department of Justice investigation over corruption allegations. After UAW Vice President Rich Boyer accused Fain of using his position to seek favors for his fiancée and her sister, and of retaliating and making false accusations against him, the DOJ launched an investigation into […]
The wave of inflation in the past few months is not expected to grow into an inflation tsunami of the kind that rocked the United States as it emerged from the pandemic. Inflation crested at nearly 9% in June 2022 under then-President Joe Biden — the worst in generations — but has generally fallen since, […]
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is facing a major test on Monday as the House returns to Washington amid threats from GOP hard-liners to paralyze the chamber until the Senate passes the Save America Act and codifies President Donald Trump’s border policies. Republican leadership was forced to scrap votes and send lawmakers home for a week […]
EXCLUSIVE — Republicans, hoping to turn the tide of Democrats’ progressive momentum against them, plan to tie two centrist Long Island Democrats to the records of Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) and socialist New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani. A new memo shared exclusively with the Washington Examiner from the National Republican Congressional Committee lays out House […]
At least 27 people are dead and another 22 are in critical condition after a fire at a bar in Bangkok, Thailand, erupted early Monday morning local time. A large blaze engulfed the Na Ladprao pub in the northern part of the nation’s capital, sending patrons fleeing into the bathrooms at the back of the […]
