Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement director Todd Lyons on Tuesday declined to apologize for the Trump administration’s characterization of two U.S. citizens killed during ICE-related operations in Minnesota as “domestic terrorists.” In response to a line of questioning during a Senate hearing from Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Lyons refused to comment on whether he would […]
Howard Lutnick, President Donald Trump’s commerce secretary, denied on Tuesday that he misled the public on his past interactions with the late Jeffrey Epstein and downplayed his association with the disgraced child sex offender. During questioning from Democrats at a Senate appropriations committee hearing on broadband, Lutnick, who for years lived next door to Epstein’s […]
Welcome to Washington Secrets, your guide to who’s up and who is less up. Today, we take a look at Will Lewis’s two years at the Washington Post and rate the chances of a full funding deal for the Department of Homeland Security — spoiler: 1% if you are lucky. Plus there’s more from the […]
Former Rep. Tom Malinowski conceded the special election primary for New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District to activist Analilia Mejia. Malinowski was seen as a more centrist establishment candidate, with his defeat marking another triumph for the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. He congratulated Mejia on her “hard-won victory,” and said he would support her […]
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) is taking the Justice Department to task for redacting the names or personally identifiable information of alleged co-conspirators to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after the congressman viewed unredacted versions of the Epstein files on Monday. Massie disclosed the latest revelations from his first viewing of the Epstein files in a […]
A proof of citizenship and voter ID bill is hitting the floor for the third time in the House, granting Republicans another opportunity to push one of its strongest, election-tested messages as the party scrambles to recapture public opinion on immigration. Eyes will also be on House Democrats to see whether they support the bill, […]
Washington Examiner senior writer Joe Concha rejected on Monday Olympic skier Hunter Hess’s criticism of the United States. On Sunday, Hess said his representation of the U.S. in the Olympics “brings up mixed emotions” amid current events. He added that wearing the U.S. flag “doesn’t mean I represent everything that’s going on in the U.S,” […]
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) is the latest Democrat to face a reckoning over her age, after a generations-younger primary challenger entered the race. Waters, 87, is facing a challenge from nonprofit executive Myla Rahman, 53, after 35 years in Congress and 50 years as an elected official. A star of the resistance during President Donald […]
Washington Examiner senior columnist Guy Benson said Republicans have to “turn around” approval on the economy ahead of the midterm elections. Benson’s comments on Fox News’s Special Report with Bret Baier were in response to President Donald Trump’s interview with NBC News, where Trump revealed he will be on the road ahead of the 2026 […]
Health officials in Washington on Sunday warned that thousands of attendees at this year’s March for Life may have been exposed to measles. “DC Health was notified of multiple confirmed cases of measles whose carriers visited multiple locations in the District while contagious,” DC Health said in a statement. “DC Health is informing people who […]
