Two House Republicans from Oklahoma are weighing a run for the Senate after President Donald Trump announced Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) is his pick to helm the Department of Homeland Security. A source familiar confirmed to the Washington Examiner that Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK) is considering a run for the Senate. Bice is not considering […]
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem took to the podium to speak at a Tennessee event on law enforcement just minutes after President Donald Trump announced her firing on Truth Social. Noem took questions from the Nashville crowd gathered for the 2 p.m. Sergeant Benevolent Association Major Cities Conference, though no reporters asked about her firing. […]
Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton said he would strip taxpayer-funded security from former Vice President Kamala Harris if he wins California’s governor’s race in November. The pledge to take the “corrupt freebie” comes after backlash re-erupted this week, following reports that Harris was accompanied by California Highway Patrol officers during stops on her book tour. Harris had previously secured […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Park Service announced the cherry blossom trees around the tidal basin in Washington, D.C., are expected to reach peak bloom between March 29 and April 1. It was an eventful announcement, as Dr. Kevin Griess, the superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks, National Park Service, had to break […]
The Kremlin distanced itself from the United States and Israel’s war with Iran, saying it would not get involved on Iran’s side. When asked by a Russian reporter what Moscow should do in response to the war, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov was largely dismissive despite the country’s strategic ties to Iran, saying the conflict was […]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is offering to consider dropping his primary challenge to Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) if the Senate GOP leadership skirts the filibuster to pass the SAVE America Act. Paxton, who narrowly placed second to Cornyn in Tuesday’s GOP primary, said he was a loyalist to President Donald Trump and would do […]
Brian McGinnis, a Green Party candidate for Senate in North Carolina, is now facing multiple assault charges after he interrupted a Senate hearing in an anti-war protest on Wednesday. McGinnis, 44 and a U.S. Marine veteran, is now facing seven charges for his protest: three counts of assault on a police officer, three counts of […]
Kristi Noem was fired by President Donald Trump from her position as homeland security secretary. Trump announced the development on Truth Social, saying she would be replaced by Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK). “I am pleased to announce that the Highly Respected United States Senator from the Great State of Oklahoma, Markwayne Mullin, will become the […]
The “third-party” auditor contracted by Minnesota to investigate the state’s handling of Medicaid fraud in its social services programming has received millions of dollars through the state’s Medicaid agency in recent years, according to a Washington Examiner analysis of Medicaid spending data. Optum, the outside firm assessing Minnesota’s Medicaid system for vulnerabilities, raked in more […]
The MAGA movement is in visible uproar over speculation President Donald Trump could endorse establishment favorite Sen. John Cornyn in the Texas Senate GOP primary runoff over hard-line conservative state Attorney General Ken Paxton. Trump triggered the backlash among the MAGA faithful after posting on Truth Social that he would endorse a candidate in the […]
