Civil rights groups are asking a federal court to block the Justice Department immediately from using election materials seized in a January raid of a Fulton County elections facility, warning that the data could be repurposed to build what they described as a “national voter database” of eligible voters. In a motion filed late Sunday, […]
Washington Examiner Executive Editor Bob Cusack said Democratic leaders are resisting voter ID laws despite broad public support, arguing they recognize the political risk, particularly as debate intensifies over the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act. “I think it’s really because the Democratic base — a lot of Democrats, and I’ve talked to a few of […]
Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin is resigning from her post as a political appointee. McLaughlin told the Washington Examiner: “I’m not leaving the fight. I’m not going anywhere. It’ll just look different.” A senior Trump administration official familiar with the plans confirmed on Tuesday morning that McLaughlin will depart her post swiftly and […]
Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Tuesday rejected online claims that the agency’s actions were to blame for the death of a Georgia teacher, calling the notion an “utterly disgusting lie.” Linda Davis, a teacher at Hesse K-8 school in Savannah, was killed Monday morning when an illegal immigrant struck her vehicle while fleeing arrest. Davis’s […]
President Donald Trump offered Tuesday that the federal government could step in to help clean up the sewage spill in the Potomac River, if Democratic leaders across Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., ask him “politely.” DC Water announced early Tuesday morning that emergency repairs to the Potomac Interceptor sewer line, which has spilled nearly 250 […]
Welcome to Tuesday’s edition of Washington Secrets, your guide to the ups and downs of the nation’s capital … and beyond. Today we get the inside story behind Real America’s Voice and its plans to move from pro-Trump news channel to music and cookery shows, and we talk you through Liz Truss’s guide to meeting […]
Late-night host Stephen Colbert said on his Monday show that CBS refused to air his interview with Democratic Texas state Rep. James Talarico due to the equal time rule enforced by the Federal Communications Commission. But Colbert didn’t let the long-standing broadcasting policy stand in his way. Ignoring legal advice from CBS, the comedian posted […]
A high-ranking Hamas official is hand-waving statements from the Israeli prime minister’s Cabinet that claimed the terrorist group will have a 60-day window to disarm or face the Israel Defense Forces. Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs, speaking at the Besheva Group conference in Jerusalem on Monday, said that Israel is “respecting” President Donald Trump‘s 20-point vision […]
Some of the largest charities in the world are bankrolling a pair of nonprofit organizations that serve as the parent organizations for a group encouraging jury nullification and “non-cooperation” with law enforcement in the nation’s capital, a Washington Examiner review of tax disclosures has found. Between 2020 and 2024, the most recent year for which […]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton came out swinging against Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) on Monday in his first rally since launching his primary Senate campaign, hitting Cornyn as an establishment candidate with an uncompelling record. With early voting for Texas’s 2026 primary elections starting on Tuesday, Paxton is starting a series of in-person rallies as […]
