White House border czar Tom Homan on Monday said most anti-ICE protesters engaging in violence at Delaney Hall, the immigration detention center in Newark, are not from New Jersey. Most of the protesters come from other Democratic states, according to the Trump administration’s top immigration official. “These are paid protesters,” Homan said on Fox News’s […]
Welcome to Monday’s edition of Washington Secrets, where we are trying to find a World Cup wallchart before Thursday. Today, we look at the latest midterm predictions and whether Republicans might be able to stave off the worst possible forecasts, and ask what’s up with the White House Correspondents’ Association? Democrats have a 7-point lead […]
President Donald Trump will virtually campaign on Monday night for Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) as the four-term senator looks to avoid a primary runoff in a crowded GOP field. South Carolina voters will take to the polls on Tuesday to cast their primary ballots in the state’s local, House, Senate, and gubernatorial races. Graham, who […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha issued a stark take on the Karmelo Anthony murder trial, saying, “I just don’t see the out here in any way, shape, or form.” Karmelo Anthony, 19, has been charged with first-degree murder for the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a track meet in Frisco, Texas, on April […]
Georgia gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Burt Jones’s company and family filed a $100 million lawsuit last week against Jones’s gubernatorial rival, billionaire healthcare executive Rick Jackson, escalating an already bitter campaign battle just as early voting begins. The lawsuit, filed by Jones Petroleum Co., accuses Jackson and affiliated entities of libel and defamation stemming from […]
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) is pouring money into the campaign operations of black lawmakers targeted by the Republican Party’s mid-decade redistricting efforts, especially in the South. The New Jersey Democrat is spending at least six figures on black Democrats, Southern state Democratic parties, and allied groups, according to MS Now. The exact amount of money […]
A poll released Monday found that confidence in the American dream continues to slip, as the United States marks its semiquincentennial. The AP-NORC America 250 survey indicated 34% believe in the American dream, reinforcing a Wall Street Journal-NORC poll released last fall that said just 31% of the public believed it held true. “As America […]
As President Donald Trump heads to New York City on Monday to watch Game 3 of the NBA Finals, one notable person won’t be in his suite with him: NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani. The White House did not indicate Trump would meet with Mamdani when the Washington Examiner reached out for comment. There does not […]
Ken Paxton‘s former personal lawyer is bucking his high-profile client to endorse Democratic candidate James Talarico for Texas’s U.S. Senate seat. After Paxton’s GOP runoff victory against incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), Texas solidified the long-awaited matchup between Trump-endorsed Paxton and vocal Christian Democrat Talarico in late May. The Lone Star State’s 2026 Senate race […]
President Donald Trump expressed concern on Monday that the Los Angeles mayoral race was manipulated in favor of Democrats, after the leading Republican candidate saw his lead fall away, appearing to dash hopes of flipping the seat red. In Los Angeles, the top two vote-getters in the primary advance to the general election, regardless of […]
