Welcome to Friday’s edition of Washington Secrets, where we’ll be taking stock of Donald Trump’s week, its ups and its down with our two commentators, and we’ll be picking out one of the key moments from his Board of Peace speech … The holiday meant it was a shortened week for the president, who returned […]
Justice Brett Kavanaugh slammed the Supreme Court’s majority ruling striking down President Donald Trump’s sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs, citing the ramifications the decision will have beyond the imposition of the tariffs themselves. The high court ruled 6-3 that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not authorize the president to impose tariffs without congressional approval, […]
First lady Melania Trump said her 2025 inaugural dress reflected “America’s destiny” as she donated the gown to the Smithsonian’s First Ladies Collection on Friday. Trump’s Herve Pierre-designed black-and-white gown will be featured with her 2017 inaugural gown, making her the first first lady to be represented by two inaugural gowns in more than 100 […]
President Donald Trump was incensed when he learned that the Supreme Court had ruled against some of his tariffs during a meeting with governors at the White House. “He was mad about it,” a source familiar told the Washington Examiner on Friday, confirming that the president described the decision as a “disgrace” before saying, “These […]
President Donald Trump said Friday that he is “considering” limited military strikes on Iran, which he suggested would force the country to the negotiating table. “I guess I can say I am considering that,” the president said when asked by a reporter at a White House gubernatorial event if he was considering a limited military […]
Washington Examiner senior columnist Guy Benson said the United Nations has become a “sick joke,” and that the Board of Peace should be an “alternative,” following President Donald Trump’s second meeting with the group. The Board of Peace was created by Trump to bring countries together to oversee the reconstruction of Gaza and help manage international […]
President Donald Trump is addressing the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision overturning most of the tariffs he used to carry out his economic agenda. Trump is weighing in on the decision during a press briefing at 12:45 p.m., after initially slamming the court’s decision as “a disgrace.” The International Emergency Economic Powers Act that Trump used […]
President Donald Trump hosted most of the nation’s governors for a working breakfast at the White House on Friday, but opted to kick the press out. Just as the meeting was set to start in the State Dining Room, Trump told reporters to leave. “We’re going to be asking the press to leave,” he said […]
EXCLUSIVE – Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) won’t support a push by Republican colleagues to codify President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs into law, signaling a bailout is not coming from Congress after the Supreme Court overturned them on Friday. “Oh, I don’t think they have the votes,” Bacon told the Washington Examiner, minutes after the court […]
Democrats were quick to take a victory lap Friday after the Supreme Court delivered a stringing rebuke to President Donald Trump’s economic agenda by ruling his administration’s sweeping global tariffs were unconstitutional without approval from Congress. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) called it a “big victory for the American people” and “another crushing defeat […]
