Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) had to temporarily hold off on bringing the final four government funding bills up for a final passage until a lone Texas Republican could return to the Capitol. Hunt, who makes a $175,000 a year representing the people of Texas’s 38th congressional district, has missed votes all week and most of […]
The conservative movement wants to see the White House walk back its middle ground approach to abortion access, even as President Donald Trump handed the movement new policy victories ahead of the March for Life. Federal funding from the National Institutes of Health will no longer go toward research or grants that use aborted fetal […]
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) said Wednesday it is unlikely a second reconciliation bill will get through Congress this year, an admission that Washington Examiner investigations editor Sarah Bedford said showed Republicans “seem to understand” as they could lose control of the House after the 2026 midterm elections. Appearing on the […]
The French navy’s seizure of an illegal oil tanker linked to Russia in the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday represents a new, more aggressive strategy from Europe cracking down on Moscow‘s “dark fleet.” French authorities identified the tanker as the MT GRINCH, which had left from Murmansk, Russia, and was suspected of flying a false flag, one […]
Children’s YouTuber Ms. Rachel issued an apology on Wednesday for liking an antisemitic comment on her Instagram account. Ms. Rachel, whose real name is Rachel Griffin Accurso, produces video content made to educate and entertain children, and has over 18 million YouTube subscribers and almost 5 million followers on Instagram. Accurso shared a message on Instagram […]
President Donald Trump on Thursday sued JPMorgan Chase and CEO Jamie Dimon for “debanking” him in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. The president is seeking $5 billion in damages from the company, according to the lawsuit filed in the Florida state court in Miami. Trump slammed JPMorgan and the Wall Street Journal […]
New York City Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch is demanding that a Brooklyn hospital retrain all of its staff after emergency room personnel mistreated NYPD officers whom they mistook for Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. The hospital said it “regret[s]” the conduct. Several NYPD detectives were “met with rudeness, disrespect, and a lack of basic […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Europe must amass an army of 3 million by 2030 to counter Russia’s projected 2.5 million-strong army by that time. Unsurprisingly, Zelensky devoted most of his time at the World Economic Forum Summit in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday to warning about Russia and pleading for help for Ukraine‘s war effort. […]
President Donald Trump inaugurated his “Board of Peace” at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday. After extending 60 invitations to join the new body focused on resolving geopolitical issues, 22 member states accepted the invitation to what Trump calls “one of the most consequential bodies ever created.” A total of 19 world […]
Barron Trump, the youngest son of President Donald Trump, was cited in a criminal case in the United Kingdom as a “very brief” witness. The Crown Prosecution Service confirmed to the Washington Examiner that Trump called law enforcement in London after witnessing an assault of a woman he was on a video call with on […]
