Author: Molly Parks, Washington Examiner

Congressional candidates filed their first-quarter fundraising numbers of 2026 this week, as Democratic Senate candidates pulled in strong numbers in the heart of midterm elections primary season. Just over six months away from general Election Day in 2026, Democratic Senate candidates in key races across the country reported large fundraising hauls for the first three…

Pope Leo XIV dismissed President Donald Trump’s scathing rebuke of the Vatican’s stances on the Iran war on Monday morning, telling reporters he has been spreading the word of the gospel. “I have no fear of the Trump administration or speaking out loudly of the message of the Gospel, which is what I believe I…

Hunter Biden, the son of former President Joe Biden, said he would fight the two elder sons of President Donald Trump in a “cage match,” a type of wrestling match popularized by WWE. Biden challenged Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump to the match in a social media post, saying the left-leaning independent journalist and…

The Trump administration is proposing thousands of layoffs at the Transportation Security Administration as part of its 2027 budget proposal. The Department of Homeland Security used the budget proposal to begin advocating the privatization of the TSA, which former President George W. Bush established as a national security measure after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist…

Chinese officials have reportedly played a crucial role in the diplomatic talks that led to Tuesday evening’s ceasefire between the United States and Iran. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif gave a special thank you to key external players who helped broker the 10-point ceasefire deal, notably praising China first ahead of the peace talks scheduled…

Oil and gas prices could see little to no movement in the event of an Iran ceasefire unless the Strait of Hormuz is open and proves stable, experts say, as reports of a Middle East ceasefire swirl. “A cease-fire itself would do little or nothing to impact oil prices directly, unless it directly and clearly…

The Senate reached a deal early Friday morning to push a Department of Homeland Security funding package over the finish line and to the House, but both Democrats and Republicans gave up concessions they fought for during the nearly six-week shutdown. In a voice vote around 2:30 a.m. Friday, the Senate agreed to fund DHS…

Senate Democrats are taking a victory lap after the upper chamber advanced a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security without funding immigration enforcement, despite the caucus not landing any immigration policy reforms they sought. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is maintaining that the Democratic caucus “held the line” in opposition, but none…

A naval drone struck a Turkish oil tanker carrying Russian crude oil in the Black Sea near Turkey’s Bosphorus Strait on Thursday. Turkey’s minister of transportation and infrastructure, Abdulkadir Uraloglu, confirmed the incident to local media on Thursday. The oil-carrying vessel, the Altura, was sailing from Novorossiysk, Russia, to Istanbul when it was hit by…