Author: Elaine Mallon, Washington Examiner

President Donald Trump appointed Todd Blanche, who is second in charge at the Justice Department, as the new librarian of Congress. Before being tapped for the DOJ, Blanche served as Trump’s defense lawyer during his hush money trial, in which Trump was found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records. The DOJ confirmed Blanche’s…

Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) is demanding an ethics review of President Donald Trump accepting a $400 million private luxury plane from Qatar. Trump is expecting to receive the plane, already approved by the Justice Department, upon his visit to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates this week. The plane is being gifted to the…

Former Vice President Kamala Harris became the face of the Democratic Party in July 2024 after former President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race. However, she failed to convince voters that her presidency would be different than that of Biden, who held an average job approval rating of 43%. For the next two…

President Donald Trump suggested Friday that the Wall Street Journal should replace its editor with the New York Post’s following a string of critical articles regarding his tariff plans. On Wednesday, a story published by the Wall Street Journal’s editorial board had a headline reading, “Trump’s Worst Idea Since Tariffs.” The article was about Trump’s…

David Steiner, the former CEO of Waste Management, was selected to become the postmaster general for the United States Postal Service. Steiner’s selection by the USPS board of governors comes as the postal service is struggling financially, and after President Donald Trump had previously made comments about taking over it. The former CEO of Waste…

Columbia University suspended 65 students on Friday after they overtook the Butler Library on Wednesday in an anti-Israel protest. “At this time, more than 65 Columbia students are on interim suspension pending further investigation,” a spokesperson said. In addition, 33 people, including some from affiliated institutions, have been barred from Columbia’s campus. Columbia University Apartheid…

Sens. Jim Banks (R-IN) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) called on the Department of Justice, which launched an investigation into rising egg prices in March, to investigate further whether major egg companies are engaging in anticompetitive practices to boost their profits. The senators sent a letter to the DOJ on Thursday, accusing egg companies of exploiting…

The North Carolina State Board of Elections ousted Elections Director Karen Brinson Bell after clinching a GOP majority for the first time in about 10 years. Brinson Bell, who had served in the position since 2019, was replaced by Sam Hayes, the top lawyer for GOP state House Speaker Destin Hall. “While I would have…

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts asserted that the judiciary must act independently of the other two branches, stressing its role to “check the excesses of Congress or the executive.” Roberts’s defense of an independent judiciary comes as President Donald Trump and his allies have accused federal judges of being partisan and acting purposefully against…

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) presided over a contentious Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency hearing on Wednesday. At one point, Greene, the subcommittee chairwoman, banged her gavel 46 times in about 30 seconds in an effort to silence ranking member Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), arguing her allotted time to speak was over. “The gentlelady’s…