Author: Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner

Famed civil rights activist and longtime black political leader Rev. Jesse Jackson died on Tuesday morning, at the age of 84, following a longtime battle with Parkinson’s Disease. Jackson was hospitalized in November and later diagnosed with a degenerative condition called progressive supranuclear palsy, CBS News reported. His passing was announced in a statement posted…

Democrats are betting affordability messaging and Trump’s sagging approval numbers can help the party flip at least one chamber of Congress in November despite facing a significant fundraising deficit. The Republican National Committee has vastly out-raised the Democratic National Committee by the end of 2025, according to filings from the Federal Election Commission. The RNC ended…

President Donald Trump lambasted Rp. Thomas Massie (R-KY), a frequent antagonist of his administration, as a “moron” while speaking at the 74th National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday. “He’s an automatic no,” Trump said of Massie’s tendency to vote against his administration. “No matter what. If we did welfare reform. If we did the greatest thing…

The GOP could be in danger of turning away Latino voters, who helped boost President Donald Trump back into the White House, if the White House’s immigration enforcement strategy doesn’t shift following the second death of an anti-ICE protester in Minnesota. Hispanic lawmakers and experts are warning the White House that the aggressive tactics of…

President Donald Trump threatened to tariff other nations that do not support the U.S. in acquiring Greenland during a Friday morning event. During an event touting the administration’s investment in rural health, Trump recalled threatening European nations, such as France and Germany, with 25% tariffs for not paying more for prescription drugs as part of…

President Donald Trump is hinting he could take more military action in other foreign nations after the successful capture of former Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces over the weekend. But whether the U.S. has the capability of handling another intervention in a second country remains unclear. Within two days of Maduro’s capture, the…

The National Capital Planning Commission, charged with overseeing federal construction projects, will host the first public meeting over President Donald Trump‘s controversial White House ballroom next month. The White House will give a presentation on the East Wing modernization project to the NCPC during a meeting on Jan. 8, 2026. This marks the first time…

Democrats are facing intraparty primary battles over which direction the party should take to regain power from the GOP-controlled House and Senate next year. Primary battles between progressive and centrist lawmakers reflect the tension between party members over what strategy is best to win over disaffected voters who backed the Republican Party during the 2024…