The White House is being implored to step in and help Congress extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act after negotiations have been upended by President Donald Trump’s appointment of housing finance guru Bill Pulte as the nation’s spy chief. Fresh from Republican blowback over the White House’s proposed $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund, […]
Scott Bessent traveled to the Reagan National Economic Forum last week and delivered a message that would have been almost unthinkable from a Republican treasury secretary a decade ago: America got globalization wrong. Speaking before an audience of Reagan Republicans, Bessent argued that both parties spent decades sacrificing industrial capacity, supply-chain resilience, and national security […]
This story is part of a series of monthly snapshots from the Washington Examiner, titled Midterm Countdown, gauging the state of the 2026 election cycle. The 2026 election is shaping up to be another test of how much “candidate quality” matters to voters, and the answer could very well decide which party controls Congress next year. Democrats […]
President Donald Trump accused Democrats of trying to steal the California primary elections amid reports that it could take weeks before the state’s final vote totals are known in multiple primary elections. He made the comments in two social media posts on his Truth Social account after midnight on Thursday. “The Dumocrats are at it […]
House Democrats‘ campaign arm is expanding its flagship “Red to Blue” program for the third time since its launch, adding four Democratic candidates in competitive districts. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced Thursday it was adding former prosecutor Marni von Wilpert in California’s 48th District, former NASA chief of staff Bale Dalton in Florida’s 7th […]
Democrats are poised to exert control over the House floor this week by forcing three votes as Republicans cling to their fragile majority. As Democrats look to take the House in November, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) has boasted about forcing GOP leadership’s hand through a handful of votes and canceled session days. “Democrats have […]
After establishing dominance as the undisputed head of the GOP, President Donald Trump this week has run into a string of losses ranging from the Iran war to the Justice Department’s anti-weaponization fund to East Wing ballroom funding to his first major electoral loss of the cycle. The latest setback came Wednesday afternoon as the […]
California’s primary elections were held on Tuesday, June 2, yet, over 24 hours later, the state still has not finished counting votes in any of its elections. Moreover, according to the most recent available updates, none of the state’s federal primaries has exceeded 60% of the votes counted. The lethargic pace of vote counting has […]
Former first lady Jill Biden blasted a former Biden administration spokesman over his criticism of her memoir, View from the East Wing. She made the comments during a special event at the Sixth & I Synagogue in Washington, D.C. Andrew Bates, former deputy assistant to the president and senior deputy press secretary in the Biden […]
Former President Joe Biden briefly stole the spotlight from his wife, former first lady Jill Biden, during a stop on her book tour this week, using an awkward audience interaction to plug his own forthcoming book. Jill Biden was wrapping up an interview about her newly released memoir, A View from the East Wing, with […]
