Author: Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner

Washington Examiner’s Justice Department Reporter Kaelan Deese predicted that the lack of a “smoking gun” in the files released by the House Oversight Committee will be a “win” for the GOP. Late convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was the center of a flurry of files received by the committee Monday. Among the files was Epstein’s…

Washington Examiner Senior Writer Joe Concha dismissed New York Times columnist Ezra Klein’s claim that President Donald Trump corrupts the country “the way the Mafia would.” “It’s hard to take [Klein] seriously at this point where he says that Trump’s running the government like the Mafia,” Concha said Tuesday on Fox News’s Fox & Friends…

The Tunisian Interior Ministry denied allegations of a drone strike against a ship in its waters carrying aid for Gaza. According to the ministry, the reports of a drone “have no basis in truth.” The ministry’s statement claimed a fire broke out on the ship. This ship was part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, where…

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) said he doesn’t completely trust Qatar as an ally following President Donald Trump‘s visit to the Middle Eastern country. Qatar gifted the United States a $400 million jet that Trump accepted, immediately raising ethical and constitutional concerns. “American foreign policy is an enduring struggle between values and interests. We know American values,…

Bruce Springsteen criticized the Trump administration at his concert on Wednesday night. The singer, who performed at former Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign event last October, began his “Land of Hope and Dreams” tour in Manchester, England, with a rant against President Donald Trump. “In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written…

Two Republican chairmen on the House Department of Government Efficiency Caucus have denied claims from fellow member Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) that it is “defunct.” Moskowitz was the first Democrat to join the caucus, cochaired by Reps. Aaron Bean (R-FL), Pete Sessions (R-TX), and Blake Moore (R-UT). However, the Florida Democrat recently called it “a…

Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons said his agency was operating its Delaney Hall Detention Center properly under “the law Congress enacted.” Lyons appeared on Fox News’s America Reports following Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s arrest outside the detention center. The Department of Homeland Security has also accused Reps. Rob Menendez (D-NJ), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ),…

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) avoided questions during an interview on Wednesday regarding former President Joe Biden‘s declining mental acuity while in office and its subsequent cover-up. The questions stem from the new book Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again, written by CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios reporter Alex…

Rep. Blake Moore (R-UT) fell asleep for a moment during an all-night meeting to pass the House Republicans’ tax legislation. The House Ways and Means Committee gathered from Tuesday afternoon into early Wednesday morning before voting 26-19 to approve a $3.8 trillion tax cut over the next 10 years. Just before 5 a.m., the committee…

Rep. Jared Moskowitz (R-FL) claimed that the House Department of Government Efficiency Caucus hasn’t operated for months. Moskowitz was the first Democrat to opt into the caucus, cochaired by Reps. Aaron Bean (R-FL), Blake Moore (R-UT), and Pete Sessions (R-TX). However, the Florida Democrat now calls the caucus “a complete failure.” “The DOGE caucus is…