The Justice Department is dispatching additional federal prosecutors to Minnesota as it ramps up an expansive investigation into alleged fraud tied to nonprofit, child care, and Medicaid programs in the state, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Tuesday. “The Department of Justice is dispatching a team of prosecutors to Minnesota to reinforce our U.S. Attorney’s Office […]
President Donald Trump’s granddaughter, Kai Trump, predicted that everyone would be “happier” if the Republican and Democratic parties “met in the middle.” She shared her analysis on the Impaulsive podcast on Tuesday night. Impaulsive, hosted by YouTubers Logan Paul and Mike Majlak, is the same podcast that hosted the president during his 2024 presidential campaign. […]
Washington Examiner congressional reporter Lauren Green said Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) needs to address the “missteps” that allowed the Medicaid fraud to grow in his state, as his political future is unknown. The House Oversight Committee is conducting a hearing on Minnesota’s fraud scandal on Wednesday morning, two days after Walz announced that he will […]
A federal grand jury indicted Brian Cole Jr., the man accused of laying pipe bombs in Washington on the eve of the Jan. 6 riot five years ago, on Tuesday, resolving a procedural snag that had delayed the transfer of his case into federal court despite his arrest last month. The superseding indictment, returned in […]
The Warner Bros. Discovery board unanimously told shareholders on Wednesday to reject the latest iteration of Paramount Skydance’s takeover bid in favor of Netflix’s rival offer. Depending on what Paramount decides next, the move could prolong the bidding war for the Hollywood powerhouse studio even further. But one thing is for certain: The Warner Bros. […]
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the United States plans to sell Venezuelan oil in the market “indefinitely,” while controlling the proceeds and directing the revenue back to Venezuela. “Instead of the oil being blockaded, as it is right now, we’re gonna let the oil flow … to United States refineries and around the world to […]
Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York suggested that all reporting surrounding Venezuela can’t be proven or disproven yet. York offered his analysis on the Hugh Hewitt Show on Tuesday, three days after U.S. troops attacked Caracas, Venezuela, and captured former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Since the attack, conflicting reports […]
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) announced Wednesday he will travel to London on Jan. 20 to address the U.K. Parliament, making him the first speaker to do so. The address will focus on America’s 250th anniversary of independence, as the Trump administration plans to host many celebrations throughout the year. “The U.S. and the U.K. have […]
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will hold a press briefing on Wednesday at 11 a.m. TRUMP WEIGHING ‘RANGE OF OPTIONS,’ INCLUDING MILITARY FORCE, TO ACQUIRE GREENLAND Leavitt will appear with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins for what she called a “major MAHA Announcement.” Kennedy is […]
EXCLUSIVE — The Trump administration on Tuesday began laying a wall of buoys in the Rio Grande, which serves as the international boundary between the United States and Mexico. The Washington Examiner was the only news outlet on the ground in Brownsville, Texas, on Tuesday morning as contractors laid the first of 538 miles-worth of massive, […]
