Kelsey Grammer toured the White House and met with President Donald Trump on Thursday amid speculation that the Frasier star is considering a run for political office. When asked about the meeting during an impromptu stop in the White House briefing room, Grammer responded that the “big guy” was “very positive, uplifting, and impressive.” Should […]
A Virginia judge on Thursday granted a preliminary injunction barring state police from enforcing an “assault weapons” ban days before it was supposed to take effect. Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) signed sweeping gun control legislation in April that banned semiautomatic center-fire rifles or pistols that can hold more than 20 rounds, which quickly drew criticism […]
Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York said the socialists who prevailed in New York’s primary are likely to create challenges for the broader Democratic Party. “Those Democratic socialists who were elected in New York, they’re gonna get elected to the House,” York said on Fox News’s America’s Newsroom Thursday. “Those districts aren’t going to […]
The White House is requesting $1.4 billion from Congress to help combat the rapidly worsening Ebola outbreak in Central Africa as part of a broader $87.6 billion supplemental funding bill submitted to lawmakers this week. In a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought said the administration’s […]
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 […]
