Author: Christian Datoc, Washington Examiner
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Trump floats federal takeover of Potomac River sewage cleanup, if asked ‘politely’
President Donald Trump offered Tuesday that the federal government could step in to help clean up the sewage spill in the Potomac River, if Democratic leaders across Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., ask him “politely.” DC Water announced early Tuesday morning that emergency repairs to the Potomac Interceptor sewer line, which has spilled nearly 250…
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Trump says he will make Fed chairman announcement ‘next week’
President Donald Trump told reporters on Thursday that he will announce his pick to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors sometime next week. Trump has criticized incumbent Chairman Jerome Powell for failing to rapidly cut interest rates. Powell, who was nominated by Trump during his first term, is not set…
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Vance urges anti-abortion activists to ‘be realistic’ and organize on the ‘state level’
EXCLUSIVE — Vice President JD Vance told the Washington Examiner the anti-abortion movement needs to “be realistic” about what is achievable in the national political environment and organize on getting wins at the state level. Vance, who is the headline speaker at Friday’s March for Life in Washington, sat for a lengthy interview with the…
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Trump regulator denies Warren’s request to pause review of Trump family crypto group’s bank application
EXCLUSIVE — The nation’s top banking regulator is rejecting Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) request to halt a bank charter application for World Liberty Financial, the cryptocurrency group founded by President Donald Trump and his allies in 2024. WLF, which currently describes itself as a “decentralized finance” cryptocurrency firm, filed an application on January 5 with…
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Vance heading to Minneapolis amid Trump’s ICE crackdown
Vice President JD Vance will deliver remarks and visit with ICE agents in Minneapolis Thursday, as President Donald Trump continues his immigration crackdown in the state. The vice president has been a critical messenger for the administration combating public opposition to ICE’s actions in Minnesota. Vance joined reporters for a briefing earlier this month at…
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How threats of a polar war are coloring virtually every aspect of Trump’s foreign policy
Multiple, seemingly disconnected touchstones of President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda underscore the Arctic’s emergence as an economic and potential military battleground. Northern ice sheets are receding, which senior Trump administration officials tell the Washington Examiner is providing China and Russia with both the means and the incentive to expand their territorial claims in the Arctic. Officials noted…
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Trump’s tariffs aren’t raising prices, but they are shrinking America’s manufacturing workforce
President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda hasn’t caused increased inflation, as predicted by many economists, but it does appear to be having one unintended consequence: shrinking America’s manufacturing workforce. Though Trump didn’t make good on his campaign promise to wipe out post-pandemic price spikes immediately upon entering office, economic forecasts claiming the president’s tariffs would drive…
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Conservative labor group launches new ad campaign targeting Trump and lawmakers directly
EXCLUSIVE — A conservative labor group is targeting President Donald Trump and lawmakers directly, not voters, with a new advertising campaign, as both Republicans and Democrats fine-tune their messaging points ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The ad campaign, paid for by the Coalition to Protect American Workers, will run this week in Washington across…
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Trump is throwing affordability ‘spaghetti at the wall’ — will anything stick for the midterm elections?
President Donald Trump is emptying a clip on affordability, a clear sign that economic concerns will dictate control of both congressional majorities in the 2026 midterm elections. Since last November, when Democrats swept the major off-year elections, the president has unleashed a multitude of proposals to allay voters’ economic fears. Many would undoubtedly require new…
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Vance announces new assistant attorney general position to focus on fraud
Vice President JD Vance announced Thursday that President Donald Trump is creating a new attorney general position to lead government efforts to investigate and prosecute fraud cases. Vance joined White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt at an unscheduled briefing Thursday afternoon in which he asserted that fraud schemes like the one uncovered in Minnesota are…