Author: Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner

President Donald Trump made a social media post on Sunday night about the need to protect Greenland from a Russian threat. He claimed that Denmark has been warned about such a threat for years but has not been able to successfully address the situation. In his post, the president claimed that, for years, Denmark has…

Russia’s relentless attacks on Ukrainian civilians have come at quite a toll for the smaller Eastern European country. The United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine declared that 2025 was the deadliest year for Ukrainian civilians since the war started in 2022.  Over 2,500 civilians were killed and another 12,142 wounded during Russia’s attacks…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with his counterpart from Mexico on Sunday to discuss strategies to halt drug trafficking operations in Mexico and the United States. The diplomats also strategized on how to take apart the narcoterrorist networks within Mexico’s dangerous cartels. Rubio spoke to Mexican Foreign Secretary Juan Ramón de la Fuente on…

President Donald Trump announced the United States will soon engage in military operations on land to hold drug cartels accountable.  Trump spoke of plans to expand operations on land to implement a crackdown on cartels and the damage they cause in the U.S. during an interview with Fox News’s Sean Hannity on Thursday.  He first…

The House of Representatives will hold a vote on Thursday to extend government subsidies for the Affordable Care Act for three years.  The scheduled vote is the work of a bipartisan coalition of House representatives who circumvented House Speaker Mike Johnson’s support, according to Fox News’s Chad Pergram. Johnson is believed to be against a…

Attorney General Pam Bondi defended President Donald Trump’s decision to arrest former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro on Saturday.  The president has been criticized by many Democrats, and some Republicans, for exceeding his authority. Some have claimed Trump abused his power with the unprecedented action against Maduro. Bondi challenged those assertions and insisted Trump was well…

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) issued a calming message to those concerned about the fallout from the arrest of former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro over the weekend. To those concerned about a looming war between the countries, Johnson said not to “expect boots on the ground” in the South American country.  Johnson implied further calmness…

Nobel Peace Prize recipient and Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado hailed President Donald Trump’s effort to extract and arrest the country’s de facto but illegitimate leader, Nicolas Maduro.  On her X account on January 3rd, Machado posted, “Venezuelans, the hour of freedom has arrived.” On Monday, Machado appeared on Hannity on Fox News. She…

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced that his regime was open to negotiations with President Donald Trump to come to a deal regarding drug trafficking. Maduro’s admission comes after United States military strikes on suspected drug-trafficking vessels in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Ocean as part of Operation Southern Spear. Maduro announced he was ready…

A Wisconsin jury found Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan guilty on a federal charge of obstructing a proceeding before a U.S. department or agency on Thursday.  Dugan was accused of helping an illegal immigrant, Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, avoid Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in April 2025, while he was in her courthouse for battery charges. She…