A coalition of Republican attorneys general from 11 states is asking the Justice Department to conduct a “thorough and exacting” antitrust review of the pending merger between Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery, a deal facing intensifying legal and political pressure. In a letter submitted Tuesday, the state officials say they share concerns made by private […]
The House Committee on Oversight and Reform has postponed depositions for two longtime associates of the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, pushing their testimony into March after initially scheduling at least one of their appearances for this week. A source familiar with the committee’s planning told the Washington Examiner that lawmakers coordinated with former Epstein accountant […]
Japan is preparing to establish missile-launching capabilities on an island almost 70 miles from Taiwan. Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said the government is hoping to complete the military infrastructure project on the island of Yonaguni in the next five years. “It depends on the progress of preparing facilities, but we are planning fiscal 2030,” […]
Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York said Tuesday that the Republican Party faces an uphill battle going into the 2026 midterm elections. President Donald Trump is focusing on affordability ahead of the midterm elections, as the Republican Party seeks to retain its thin majority in the House of Representatives. York noted how Trump and […]
President Donald Trump’s nominee to be surgeon general faced intense questioning on Tuesday over her stance on mifepristone, the most widely used abortion pill in the United States. During testimony before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, Dr. Casey Means declined to answer whether she believes mifepristone should only be prescribed after an […]
Welcome to Washington Secrets, where we saw a full 15 minutes of last night’s State of the Union. Instead we went deep inside the resistance to bring you a dispatch from the frontline in the nation’s war of absurdity, and a night earlier, we tucked into fish and chips (and “Turner Tonic” cocktails) in order […]
The United Kingdom is pausing the planned secession of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius following a rebuke from the Trump administration. Foreign Office minister Hamish Falconer announced on Wednesday that the British government is “pausing for discussions with our American counterparts” after the United States expressed deep concern for the future of Diego Garcia — a […]
The new head of the New York City Department of Social Services, hired by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, will lean on her prior experience with addressing homeless encampments in the Pittsburgh area. Erin Dalton previously led the social services department in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, where she helped reduce homeless encampments by working with outreach partners without […]
The Justice Department appealed a court ruling on Tuesday blocking the Trump administration from penalizing Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) for urging military members to disobey “illegal orders.” The DOJ filed the appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on behalf of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and the U.S. Navy. […]
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) defended the members of his party who refused to stand after President Donald Trump asked them to stand if they believed native citizens should be prioritized over illegal immigrants at his State of the Union address. Trump baited Democrats into a public relations blunder during his address by asking […]
