Author: Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner

President Donald Trump said he stressed to Israel that humanitarian supplies need to get into the embattled Gaza Strip amid its war against Hamas. “We’ve got to be good to Gaza,” Trump said he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “Those people are suffering. We’ve got to be good to Gaza.” “We’re going to take…

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Donald Trump has revolutionized presidential communication as he prepares to skip the annual White House Correspondents Dinner again. “President Trump has revolutionized the way a president communicates,” Leavitt said in an interview with Axios one day before the black tie event, held each year at a Washington,…

Former President Joe Biden, the nation’s second Catholic president, will attend Pope Francis‘s funeral this weekend in Rome. “President Biden and Dr. Biden will attend Pope Francis’s funeral,” a Biden spokesperson confirmed to the Washington Examiner. Biden did not attend the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in 2023, which occurred during his presidency. Benedict…

President Donald Trump has set a personal deadline for a ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war, he told reporters Thursday. “I have my own deadline,” Trump said. “I have my own deadline, and we want it to be fast.” The president greeted Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store at the White House just after noon, then…

President Donald Trump is scheduled to sit down Thursday with Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg, the journalist behind the Signalgate controversy. “I am doing this interview out of curiosity, and as a competition with myself, just to see if it’s possible for The Atlantic to be ‘truthful,’” Trump said on Truth Social. “Are they capable of…

President Donald Trump will sign a memorandum on Thursday cracking down on “straw donors” and foreign contributions, in a move widely seen as targeting Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue. The memorandum, per a fact sheet obtained by the Washington Examiner, follows reports and congressional investigations over what Republicans say are unlawful fundraising activities conducted by ActBlue…

Vice President JD Vance said it was a “blessing” to be one of the last people to see Pope Francis alive while chiding the media for questioning him over Francis’s immigration views. “I’ve thought a lot about that,” Vance said. “It’s pretty crazy, actually. Obviously, when I saw him, I didn’t know that he had…

Vice President JD Vance said the United States could “walk away” if Russia and Ukraine don’t agree to a proposal to end the Russian invasion. “We’ve issued a very explicit proposal to both the Russians and the Ukrainians, and it’s time for them to either say yes, or for the United States to walk away…

President Donald Trump is driving an even sharper contrast with his predecessor on student loans as he moves to garnish the wages of borrowers in default on their payments. The Education Department took an explicit shot at former President Joe Biden over his “irresponsible” student loan policies on Monday, announcing it would begin collecting on…

White House officials are defending Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth amid allegations related to the Signal messaging app. “The president absolutely has confidence in Secretary Hegseth,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday. “I spoke to him about it this morning, and he stands strongly behind him.” The New York Times reported Sunday that Hegseth…