Author: Hailey Bullis, Washington Examiner

The Senate unanimously passed a 10-day extension of the federal government’s power to surveil individuals suspected of being national security threats without debate on Friday. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) brought the measure to the floor during a brief session. The 10-day extension of section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act gives GOP leadership…

President Donald Trump claimed Monday that he shared an artificially created image depicting him as Jesus because he thought it was portraying him as a doctor. Trump, speaking to reporters during a last-minute press gaggle, confirmed he posted the image to Truth Social over the weekend. “It was me. I did post it,” the president…

President Donald Trump issued a bleak warning ahead of his Tuesday night deadline for Iran to reach a peace deal with the United States, saying “a whole civilization will die” unless Iranian leadership yields. “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” Trump wrote in a Tuesday morning Truth Social post.…

President Donald Trump’s life and presidency have been defined by ambition and scale — and his presidential library is shaping up to be no different. Trump’s presidential library is likely to be the most expensive ever built. Tax documents obtained by the Washington Examiner show the Donald J. Trump Presidential Library Foundation, Inc. plans to…

President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he plans to sign an executive order “soon” to pay all employees of the Department of Homeland Security. Trump said in a post on Truth Social that while congressional Republicans are unified in passing legislation to fund the department, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection,…

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Iran’s new leadership has asked the United States for a ceasefire. In a Truth Social post, Trump stated the request came from Iran’s “New Regime President.” Trump said the new president was “less radicalized” and “more intelligent” than his predecessors. “We will consider when Hormuz Strait is open, free,…

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Iran does not have to make a deal with him for the war to end, stating that military operations against the country will cease when the United States feels that Iran can no longer build a nuclear weapon. “No, they don’t have to make a deal with me,”…

Vice President JD Vance kicked off the first meeting of a new anti-fraud task force on Friday, which was created by President Donald Trump in response to the fraud crisis of Minnesota’s social services programs. Vance highlighted the massive fraud scandal in Minnesota during his remarks opening the meeting, saying that it “illustrates well” what…

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin attended his first Cabinet meeting Thursday, a gathering that comes at a crucial time as negotiations on Capitol Hill to fund his department are teetering on the edge of collapse. President Donald Trump did not call on Mullin to deliver his own report during the meeting. Trump opened the meeting,…

President Donald Trump is asking Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers not to wear face masks while helping alleviate the strain caused at airports due to a monthlong partial government shutdown. “I am a BIG proponent of ICE wearing masks as they search for, and are forced to deal with, hardened criminals, many of whom were…