Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA), who is locked in a competitive race to replace Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) in the Senate, will not attend Vice President JD Vance’s rally in Council Bluffs, Iowa, this Friday. “Ashley has previously scheduled events and will not be in attendance,” a spokeswoman for Hinson told the Washington Examiner on Wednesday. […]
The Trump administration singled out Colombia and Bolivia as some of the worst violators in failing to curb illegal drug production in fiscal 2026, but voiced optimism about a change with their new governments. In a presidential declaration, President Donald Trump put Afghanistan, Bolivia, Burma, and Colombia on its not-so-coveted list of countries that had […]
Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) on Wednesday requested an emergency hearing with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts board before a federal judge to discuss the legality of the center’s immediate closure after a vote the day before. Beatty, an ex officio member of the board, has been the driving force behind several […]
Chairman Kevin Warsh drew a bright line between the Federal Reserve and the White House after the central bank raised interest rates in defiance of President Donald Trump. Warsh, speaking at a press conference in Washington on Wednesday after the rate decision, was asked by the Washington Examiner about whether the decision to proceed with […]
House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA) said “team players” should get top committee spots after Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) bucked Democratic leadership for the second time this month by crossing the aisle on a party-line vote. “The American people know we’re focused on them and that means we need team players who are all in on […]
Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico named Alyssa Edwards as his favorite drag queen. The name refers to Justin Dwayne Lee Johnson, whose stage name is Alyssa Edwards. The drag performer has been outspoken on LGBT issues, especially in support of youth drag shows. Talarico was approached by a man after a campaign event who […]
An Afghan man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Wednesday for his role in supporting the Islamic State group-K, five years after the terrorist group’s bombing at Kabul’s Abbey Gate killed 13 U.S. service members and roughly 160 Afghans during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Mohammad Sharifullah received the maximum sentence for his one-count […]
White House chief of staff Susie Wiles announced she was cancer-free in a social media post on Wednesday. “Thank you to my family, friends, doctors, and everyone who prayed for me, checked in, and supported me along the way,” she wrote in a post on X. President Donald Trump announced Wiles had been diagnosed with “early-stage” breast […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha highlighted voters’ concerns over Iran war spending and emphasized the importance of getting rid of the Middle Eastern country’s nuclear weapons. “Is $38 billion worth not having a nuclear Iran, not using it to blackmail the West, or use it for even far more nefarious purposes?” Concha said Wednesday on […]
Multiple Senate Democrats are rallying behind Abdul el Sayed, the Democratic nominee for an open Senate seat in Michigan, after meeting with him behind closed doors on Wednesday. El Sayed greeted Democratic senators in Washington as he runs against Trump-backed Republican nominee Mike Rogers this fall. The meeting was separate from a special caucus lunch […]
