New York Republican gubernatorial nominee Bruce Blakeman said he went too far by comparing Democratic congressional candidate Brad Lander, who is Jewish, to a concentration camp guard. “Brad Lander — he’s a disgrace,” Blakeman said in a Newsmax interview on Wednesday. “He’s anti-American. He’s antisemitic, even though he’s Jewish. This guy would be a camp […]
President Donald Trump boasted that at least 45,000 people attended his kickoff celebration for the Great American State Fair on Wednesday night, one of many events put on by his Freedom 250 group to mark America’s 250th birthday. “The Crowd was incredible last night, packed to the brim — At least 45,000 people were there, […]
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) on Thursday leaned into the centrist Republican reputation, publicly pushing back against the Trump administration‘s decision to end temporary protected status for Haitian asylum-seekers. The online post from Lawler follows the Supreme Court ruling earlier in the day that the White House has the right to end TPS for Haitian and […]
Iran attacked a cargo ship traveling through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, possibly upending President Donald Trump‘s diplomatic end to the war with Iran. A U.S. official confirmed to the Washington Examiner that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps “struck it with a drone.” The U.K. Maritime Trade Operations reported the attack Thursday afternoon, writing […]
Senate Republicans are trying to turn the page on a heated lunch with President Donald Trump that brought weeks of tensions to a new high-water mark. In a symbolic gesture, Senate Republicans took another vote on the Iran war Wednesday night, flipping two senators Trump singled out at the lunch for siding with Democrats. The […]
With America’s 250th anniversary approaching, Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha said Democrats are busy sulking while the country prepares to celebrate the nation’s history and achievements. “There’s one party it seems that is patriotic, even jingoistic, about the United States of America, and then there is another party that is as angry as Rosie O’Donnell […]
Three judges from the International Criminal Court are suing President Donald Trump and his administration in a U.S. federal court, calling the government a “sanctions regime” illicitly punishing them for their prior rulings. ICC judges Kimberly Prost from Canada, Reine Alapini-Gansou from Benin, and Solomy Balungi Bossa from Uganda jointly filed a lawsuit on Wednesday […]
Ghislaine Maxwell is asking a federal judge to erase her sex trafficking conviction, arguing that newly released Jeffrey Epstein files show her rights were violated before she was sentenced to 20 years in prison for helping the late financier sexually abuse minors. Maxwell, 64, first launched this post-conviction challenge in December 2025, when she filed […]
House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark Amodei (R-NV) intervened on behalf of Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) during a particularly heated segment of a hearing with Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin. Order at the committee broke down when DeLauro, the ranking member of the full House Appropriations Committee, began criticizing Mullin’s Department of Homeland Security over […]
Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) announced on Thursday that he created a new political action committee to support candidates who possess the “courage” to stand up against the Trump administration and protect Democratic institutions. Back the Bold, the official name of the PAC, is aimed at elevating Democratic and independent candidates who challenge the Trump […]
