White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will hold a press briefing at around 1 p.m. on Thursday, a day after the United States seized an oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast. President Donald Trump said the U.S. seized the tanker on Wednesday. US SEIZED OIL TANKER OFF VENEZUELAN COAST: TRUMP “We’ve just seized a tanker […]
Washington, D.C., Councilwoman Janeese Lewis George played the political fundraising game so well in her mayoral campaign’s opening days that the district’s campaign finance system couldn’t handle it. Given the “unprecedented size” of her initial fundraising filing, Lewis George’s campaign needed to split up their filings because the campaign website couldn’t accept the large report. […]
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem rebuked the top Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee on Thursday for labeling the shootings of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C, last month an “unfortunate accident.” In a hearing on worldwide threats before lawmakers Thursday, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) characterized the murder of one National Guard member, […]
Time magazine released its annual Person of the Year on Thursday, naming the “architects of artificial intelligence” as its winner. The magazine released two cover images for the title: one with a giant “A” and “I” being constructed, and another with various CEOs and heads of AI companies sitting on a skyscraper I-beam, reminiscent of […]
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) rebuffed a Thursday plea from President Donald Trump to eliminate blue slips, cautioning that the practice is widely supported by Republicans in the Senate. “Senators have always had input to that process, and there are many Republican senators, way more Republican senators, who are interested in preserving that than […]
Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York suggested President Donald Trump’s effort to pressure Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is working by causing “big damage.” York appeared on Fox News’s Special Report with Bret Baier on Wednesday, hours after Trump announced that the United States seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. York noted […]
Democratic New Jersey state Sen. Jim Beach is not backing down from an intraparty fight with Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ). Beach hit back after Kim blasted him on Wednesday as a cog in the state’s Democratic machine. Kim announced that he would be “supporting challengers against State Senator James Beach and other elected officials who […]
Former Democratic Rep. David Trone has jumped into the race to retake his old Maryland House seat, primarying Rep. April McClain Delaney (D-MD), who succeeded him in the district after he unsuccessfully ran for Senate in 2024. Trone, cofounder of Total Wine & More, filed for reelection Thursday, according to the Federal Election Commission website. […]
Washington Examiner investigations editor Sarah Bedford said the Republican Party is advocating multiple ways to deliver on affordability, potentially spreading itself too thinly to attract voters. President Donald Trump is seeking to boost the GOP’s messaging on affordability ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, as the party aims to keep its slim majority in the […]
Democratic Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow on Wednesday criticized Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) for her impeachment inquiry of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. McMorrow said her U.S. Senate primary opponent indulged in “political theater” with the move, which is unlikely to gain traction. Stevens, McMorrow, and progressive physician Abdul El-Sayed are […]
