Author: Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner

President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he accepted an invitation to this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner. It would mark the first time Trump has attended the dinner, in either term, since he’s been president.  Trump announced the decision in a social media post to his Truth Social account on Monday evening. He mentioned…

The Department of Justice filed federal lawsuits on Thursday against five states for failing to answer a request for complete voter registration lists. These states are: Kentucky, Oklahoma, New Jersey, Utah, and West Virginia. Each state was sent an official request to provide such lists to the DOJ for election security verification purposes.  The Department…

During a visit to the Caribbean on Wednesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio was asked about recent talks in Geneva regarding weapons of mass destruction and the prospect of future nuclear weapons agreements. He responded that any such deal would have to involve Russia and China, specifically the latter, given the country’s weapons capacity and…

The United Kingdom announced what it described as a “landmark sanctions package” against Russia for its invasion and continued attacks on Ukraine. The “nearly 300 new sanctions on Russia,” targeting its energy revenues, are being hailed as the U.K.’s most aggressive economic action against Russia since the start of the war.  “The U.K. has announced a landmark…

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani received a wave of criticism for the identification requirements for an emergency snow shoveler program he announced ahead of Sunday’s winter storm. To “register for an appointment” to be hired, prospective shovelers needed multiple forms of identification, a stark contrast to the identification necessary when voting in the city’s…

The U.S. military announced three more strikes against suspected drug-trafficking vessels as part of Operation Southern Spear. Two of the strikes occurred in the Eastern Pacific, and one in the Caribbean Sea. Eleven “male narco-terrorists were killed” during the military operations, and the strikes were authorized by Gen. Francis L. Donovan, commander of United States…

Two Pakistani nationals were indicted on Thursday for their roles in defrauding Medicare in a scheme conducted in Chicago, Illinois. The duo allegedly regularly billed “Medicare and private insurers” in excess of $10 million for “nonexistent healthcare services,” according to the Department of Justice. Kashif Iqbal and Burhan Mirza, and several other unnamed participants, “used…

A 2019 FBI report revealed that President Donald Trump allegedly called a Palm Beach, Florida, police chief to express gratitude to a Palm Beach, Florida, police chief in 2006 for “stopping” Jeffrey Epstein, after the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender’s crimes became public. Trump made the comments in 2006, long before his foray into…

President Donald Trump signed an appropriations bill on Tuesday that prevented a partial government shutdown. After weeks of concern over the potential stoppage, the new legislation, signed by the president, funds over 90% of government agencies and departments for fiscal 2026, the Washington Examiner previously reported. Yet a little-known stipulation in the appropriations bill called…

Representatives from Ukraine and Russia met for a second day in Abu Dhab, United Arab Emirates, to attempt to agree on a peace deal to end the war between the two countries. Discussions are being brokered by U.S. representatives, including special envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Secretary of the Army Daniel…