Author: Elaine Mallon, Washington Examiner

The man suspected of attempting to kill former President Donald Trump while he was golfing at Mar-a-Lago wrote a letter addressed to the world admitting he was planning an assassination and failed to “finish the job.” Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, allegedly dropped a box off at an unnamed person’s house months before the Sept. 15…

Over the past two years, Merwyn De Mello has become a fixture at the Columbia Heights farmers markets held every Wednesday and Saturday in the neighborhood’s Civic Plaza. His presence keeps the vendors at ease, for they know De Mello will intervene if a homeless person attempts to swipe their products. They know that if…

First lady Jill Biden is opening up about how she feels about her husband, President Joe Biden, preparing for his final days in public life. She told NBC News that they are “totally at peace” with his decision to drop out of the presidential race, though there have been reports that the couple doesn’t feel…

President Joe Biden will address the Economic Club of Washington, D.C., at 1:15 p.m. ET on the progress made in fighting inflation. Biden’s remarks come a day after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by half a point, signaling the Fed’s battle with inflation is nearing an end. The new federal funds rate is 4.75%…

Vice President Kamala Harris has managed to do only a handful of interviews since ascending to the top of the ticket, which is one of the main criticisms she’s faced as voters try to get a better sense of her and her policies. The Democratic presidential nominee has participated in only three TV and print…

The Democratic mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey, and his wife have been indicted on child endangerment and other charges for allegedly beating their teenage daughter. Marty Small Sr. and his wife, La’Quetta Small, the city’s superintendent of schools, were indicted by a grand jury Tuesday. The mayor was also charged with assault and making…

Former president Donald Trump, who opposes drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes, is receiving millions of dollars from Big Tobacco for his top super PAC. RAI Services Company, a subsidiary of Reynolds American, the creator of Newport menthol cigarettes, is the largest corporate donor to the Make America Great Again super PAC. The cigarette company has…

The Council of the District of Columbia voted on Tuesday to conduct an investigation into Councilman Trayon White related to his federal bribery charges and other possible violations of council rules. This was the first council meeting since White was arrested by FBI agents outside of a luxury high-rise in the Navy Yard neighborhood last…

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is holding a press briefing at 1 p.m. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER The briefing comes after walkie-talkies detonated at a Hezbollah funeral in Beirut, Lebanon, the second electronic communication explosion attack this week. Israel did not inform the United States of its plans ahead…

Billie Eilish, pop star singer of songs “Ocean Eyes” and “Bad Guy”, shared in a video posted on X and Instagram that will be voting for Kamala Harris this election. Eilish, along her older brother Finneas O’Connell made the announcement on National Voter Registration Day in which they urged her followers to check to see…