Washington Examiner Senior Columnist Salena Zito said the growing number of “dehumanizing” statements from politicians is “very dangerous,” warning that “unstable” people could take this rhetoric “to the next level.” Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner apologized Friday for social media comments he made in 2018 that included encouraging anyone expecting “to fight fascism without […]

Colombia recalled its ambassador to the United States on Monday after President Donald Trump threatened to impose additional tariffs on the South American nation and strike drug production fields within its borders. “The Ambassador of Colombia to the United States, Daniel García-Peña, has been recalled to Bogotá for consultations by President Gustavo Petro Urrego,” Colombian […]

Senate staffers, including those who work to keep the chamber running, will miss their first paycheck Monday as the government shutdown nears its three-week mark, and more congressional employees begin to seek temporary relief. The grim milestone is but the latest consequence of the protracted partisan fight on Capitol Hill over Democratic demands to extend expiring Obamacare subsidies. […]

President Donald Trump jokingly disparaged Kevin Rudd, Australia‘s ambassador to the United States, over negative comments Rudd made about the president in the past during a Monday morning bilateral with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. The president at first claimed that he did not recall Rudd’s comments about him in the past, or even knowing […]