Supreme Court justices will return to Washington on Monday for their first closed-door conference to discuss cases petitioned to them, a week ahead of the beginning of the high court’s new term featuring several major cases. The high court’s “long conference,” held the week before the new Supreme Court term, will feature thousands of petitions […]

Three Republicans and one Democrat are running on two of Alaska‘s general election ballots after the second Democrat in each race dropped their bids following the state’s open primaries, elevating a third Republican to each race. In the state’s gubernatorial election, the top primary vote-getter, Democratic former state Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, is taking on three […]

This is part of a recurring Washington Examiner series ranking the House seats most likely to flip in the 2026 midterm elections. The rankings will be updated as the political landscape shifts, with new editions planned for Oct. 1 and one week before Election Day. Democrats need to flip just three seats to regain the […]

A wave of federal charges and military actions are rooted in President Donald Trump’s move to legally recognize drug cartels and gangs as foreign terrorists. Bombings of alleged drug boats, at least two dozen prosecutions, and the military’s January capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro directly stem from Trump’s State Department listing criminal groups as […]