Author: Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), once a rising star in the Republican Party, is staring down a pair of decisions in 2026 and 2028 regarding his family’s political future that could both run afoul of fellow Floridian President Donald Trump. Despite a disastrous 2024 presidential campaign, DeSantis, a popular governor, is a rumored candidate for a 2028…

The White House said it would release the full results of President Donald Trump‘s physical examination, which was conducted Friday at the Walter Reed Medical Center. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters there would be a readout from the examination during a Friday press briefing. Leavitt was asked whether she is “committed to…

Senate Democrats are escalating their allegations that President Donald Trump‘s administration may have engaged in insider trading before he announced a 90-day pause on his “Liberation Day” tariffs. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), the ranking member on the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) led several Democrats in…

Democrats insist that Congress investigate President Donald Trump‘s administration over its actions just before announcing a 90-day reprieve on his so-called retaliatory tariffs this week. Trump on Wednesday announced that every country except China would receive a 90-day delay on the tariffs, with a 10% baseline on the countries subject to the pause. This was a reversal…

President Donald Trump will undergo his first physical examination of his second administration on Friday, and questions about cognitive testing hang in the balance. “I am pleased to report that my long scheduled Annual Physical Examination will be done at Walter Reed Army Medical Center on Friday of this week,” the president wrote on Truth…

President Donald Trump‘s approval rating has fallen significantly, according to a new Economist-YouGov poll tracking voters’ frustration with the president on the economy and inflation. Just 43% of participants in the survey had a favorable rating of the president, while 54% had an unfavorable approval rating. CLOCK STRIKES MIDNIGHT: TRUMP’S ‘LIBERATION DAY’ TARIFFS TAKE EFFECT…

The battle to succeed outgoing Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) is set. Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears will compete against former Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger to become the next Virginia governor. The Republican Party of Virginia declared Earle-Sears the nominee Saturday afternoon after former state Sen. Amanda Chase failed to qualify for the June primary ballot by…

Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears’s (R-VA) path to becoming Virginia‘s next governor could hit a speed bump with a MAGA primary challenger, as her Democratic opponent is on the fast track to the high-stakes November general election. Former Rep. Abigail Spanberger became the Democratic nominee for the off-year gubernatorial race on Thursday, but Earle-Sears must await whether former state Sen. Amanda Chase qualifies…

President Donald Trump is heading to Miami to appear at a LIV Golf dinner on Thursday, just one day after announcing severe reciprocal tariffs that have rocked the global economy. He will later head to Mar-a-Lago, his Florida estate, for the weekend, but the jaunt comes earlier than his normal Friday flights down south. At…

President Donald Trump‘s administration swatted down suggestions that his proposed “Liberation Day,” when sweeping tariffs will be unveiled on Wednesday, would lead to a depressed stock market and increased prices for the public. “They’re not going to be wrong. It is going to work,” said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt during a Tuesday press…