Author: Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner
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Federal court rules in favor of Trump administration over slavery exhibit at Philadelphia’s Independence Mall
Washington Examiner The battle over the slavery exhibit at the President’s House site in Philadelphia took another turn on Thursday as a federal appeals court sided with the Trump administration’s decision to remove it. The latest court order reversed a February injunction by a Philadelphia district court judge that required the National Park Service to…
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Trump blames previous ‘stupid presidents’ for Taiwan stealing ‘our semiconductor factories’
President Donald Trump blasted what he perceived as the incompetence of previous presidents for allowing Taiwan to become a global leader in semiconductor manufacturing. Given their prominence in technological development and the fact that semiconductors were “invented in America,” the president criticized his predecessors for allowing the “semiconductor industry” to be dominated by a foreign…
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Two crew members rescued from US Apache helicopter downed near Strait of Hormuz
A United States Army Apache helicopter reportedly crashed down near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday. The downed aircraft comes a day after fighting intensified in the region between Israel and Iran as both countries launched missile strikes against the other, with each blaming the other for needing to do so. Two crew members had…
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House Armed Services Committee advances $1.15 trillion NDAA after 14 hour debate
The House Armed Services Committee agreed to advance the $1.15 trillion fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act to the full House of Representatives. The measure was reportedly successful after 14 hours of debate, during which approximately 900 amendments were considered. It passed after the panel voted 44-12 to advance it on Thursday night, shortly before…
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Trump demands dismissal of his New York court cases, calling them ‘political witch hunts’
President Donald Trump demanded early Tuesday morning that legal cases against him filed in New York City, New York, be dismissed. The president requested a social media post to his Truth Social account shortly after midnight, citing claims by Michael Cohen, his former attorney, that he was “coerced” into testifying against Trump. “When a Star…
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Judge rejects Dems’ request for injunction to block Trump executive order on citizenship lists
A district court judge denied a request on Thursday by Senate Democrats for an injunction to block an executive order issued by President Donald Trump regarding mail-in voting and citizenship lists. The request was rejected on the grounds that the request did not show “that preliminary injunctive relief is warranted.” U.S. District Judge Carl J.…
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Trump says US has ‘more corrupt elections than third-world countries’
President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the United States has “more corrupt elections” than some third-world nations. Trump made the remarks during an Oval Office event when expressing his frustration with Senate Republicans for not passing the SAVE America Act. “We have more corrupt elections than third-world countries have, and we ought to get…
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China’s Xi and Russia’s Putin talk energy, ‘law of jungle’ in summit in Beijing
Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin to Beijing to strengthen bilateral ties and discuss a range of geopolitical matters. The Sino-Russo summit comes less than a week after Xi welcomed President Donald Trump to his country. Similar to how Trump was welcomed upon arrival in China, Putin was greeted with a red…
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Vance tells White House reporter to ‘have a little bit of objectivity’ about Trump
Vice President JD Vance unloaded on a reporter at Tuesday’s White House press briefing for delivering a “speech masquerading as a question” about President Donald Trump‘s stock portfolio. Vance was asked by Andrew Feinberg, the Independent’s White House correspondent, about reports that stocks in the president’s portfolio were often mentioned at White House press events…
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JD Vance says he likes the idea of sending Medicaid ‘fraudsters to Gitmo’
Vice President JD Vance joked on Thursday that he liked the idea of sending Medicaid fraudsters to Guantanamo Bay as he called for a broader crackdown on criminals abusing taxpayer-funded programs. Speaking to a crowd in Maine about the administration’s efforts to crack down on Medicaid and Medicare fraud, Vance was interrupted by an attendee…