Senate Republicans made little effort to hide their disappointment Tuesday with President Donald Trump‘s decision to endorse Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX). GOP lawmakers were quick to relitigate Paxton’s political baggage and warned that the president may have just cost himself a winnable Senate seat by snubbing Cornyn. The […]

When JD Vance took the podium in the White House briefing room on Tuesday, he wasn’t just standing in for press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who is on maternity leave. He was the second of two presidential hopefuls to audition in front of the assembled White House press corps. The vice president was ready with his […]

EXCLUSIVE —  A member of a Moscow-based fraud network was sentenced in New York federal court this week for operating a massive telemedicine scam that targeted patients all over the United States and laundered hundreds of millions of dollars in stolen healthcare funds overseas, the Washington Examiner has learned. According to the charging documents, between […]

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche promised Congress on Tuesday that he would not recommend a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted co-conspirator of Jeffrey Epstein. When Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) asked whether the Justice Department would not recommend a pardon for Maxwell, Blanche replied, “Yes, I can commit to that, of course.” The senator […]