Author: Cami Mondeaux

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is looking to repeal the recent TikTok ban just days after it took effect, introducing legislation that would undo a law passed by Congress last year that shut down the popular social media platform in the United States. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced the Repeal…

EXCLUSIVE — The conservative Heritage Foundation is pouring a million dollars into an ad campaign boosting President Donald Trump‘s Cabinet nominees, with the latest touting Tulsi Gabbard, his pick for director of national intelligence.  The Heritage Foundation will air the ad, first shared with the Washington Examiner, amplifying Gabbard’s military experience and praising her as…

President Donald Trump is set to host several Republican congressional leaders at the White House on Tuesday, the first such meeting since the newly sworn-in commander in chief took his oath of office the day before.  Every member of GOP leadership in both the House and Senate is expected to attend, including Speaker Mike Johnson…

Shortly after President Donald Trump took the oath of office on Monday, the newly sworn-in commander in chief got to work to usher in what he and his allies call a “new golden age of America.” Trump, along with Vice President J.D. Vance, was in Statuary Hall, located inside the Capitol, for the traditional inaugural…

President-elect Donald Trump may grant TikTok a 90-day extension to avoid a ban from U.S. app stores that is set to take place on Sunday, although details on his plans are not yet clear.  Trump hasn’t made a final decision on the matter, he told NBC News on Saturday, but said that he’d “most likely”…

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) appointed Rep. Rick Crawford (R-AR) to lead the powerful House Intelligence Committee, granting him the leadership position after removing the former chairman earlier this week.  Johnson handed Crawford the gavel Thursday, giving him control of the panel tasked with overseeing the U.S. intelligence community. Crawford is the most senior member…

The House Freedom Caucus broke with Republican leadership on Thursday as it reiterated its preference for a two-step approach to passing President-elect Donald Trump‘s agenda through Congress. Members of the conservative caucus laid out their demands in a statement calling for an initial bill that would fund border security, reverse key Biden administration policies to…

GOP lawmakers are laying the groundwork for the return of signature Trump-era immigration policies, paving the way for sweeping changes at the southern border as the president-elect prepares for his return to the White House next week. Republicans in both the House and Senate will introduce legislation Thursday that would reinstate the Migrant Protection Protocols,…

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has decided to remove Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, a source familiar with the decision confirmed to the Washington Examiner. Turner was appointed chairman of the committee in January 2023 after first joining as a member of the panel in 2015. It’s not yet…

President-elect Donald Trump is quietly pushing entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy to fill the Senate seat vacated by Vice President-elect J.D. Vance, three sources familiar with the matter confirmed to the Washington Examiner.  Ramaswamy previously took himself out of the running for the position last year after Trump and Vance won the November election, instead accepting a…