House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) received a vote of confidence but is already preparing for another rocky session with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) leading the internal opposition to his leadership. With the lower chamber preparing for President-elect Donald Trump to take the reins in January, Johnson won the GOP nomination to remain in his […]

A top Federal Election Commission official has accused the Department of Justice of violating federal policies and targeting “perceived political opponents” for a letter it sent to Elon Musk. FEC Chairman Sean Cooksey argued that the agency’s actions amounted to efforts “to intimidate and chill private citizens and organizations from campaigning on behalf of President […]

Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman praised President-elect Donald Trump for enlisting “dream team” billionaire Elon Musk and tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy for co-leading a proposed Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, to eliminate government waste through slashing government spending. “I call it the ‘dream team.’ I’m super impressed. We have Elon Musk and a […]

The Washington Examiner brought home two awards from the National Journalism Center’s Dao Prize for Excellence in Investigative Journalism on Wednesday night. Young America’s Foundation and the National Journalism Center handed out the inaugural award in 2023, and a year later, Investigative Reporter Gabe Kaminsky returned to the ceremony as a finalist, along with Immigration […]