Washington Examiner

President Donald Trump returns to California on Tuesday for the first time in more than a year, breathing fresh life into one of the country’s fiercest political rivalries as he and Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) renewed their battle over the economy, immigration, crime, and competing visions for the future of... Read more

Republican operatives who have worked within and in support of President Donald Trump‘s administrations do not expect U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro to be fired after the president accused her of mishandling cases involving alleged vandalism of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.Pirro met with Trump on Monday... Read more

Federal prosecutors in the District of Columbia dropped criminal charges against three remaining people accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, days after U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office abandoned a felony case against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn.The dismissals came the same week that President Donald Trump publicly criticized Pirro’s decision to... Read more

Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) has not spoken directly to President Donald Trump about putting pressure on Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) to resign from Congress or not to seek reelection in November.The development comes as Trump emerges as the only person who could encourage Miller to step down or step aside... Read more

The Trump administration was sued by 25 Democratic-led states over the president’s latest round of global tariffs, arguing that it was trying to use a different legal authority to resurrect a policy the Supreme Court had struck down.The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. Court of International Trade in New... Read more

Capital One Bank said concerns over money laundering were behind the closure of one of President Donald Trump’s bank accounts in 2021, responding to a lawsuit from one of Trump’s financial holding companies.The Trump Organization’s lawsuit held that the company persecuted Trump over his political beliefs, “de-banking” him after the... Read more

The Trump administration has taken ownership interests in dozens of private companies, representing a level of intervention in private enterprise that is well beyond what has been contemplated by recent presidents.The administration has justified its ventures into business ownership as necessary for national security and to compete in critical domains,... Read more

President Donald Trump expressed his displeasure with Chevron and Exxon Mobil for raking in “too much” profit during the second quarter of this year as the White House grapples with complaints about gas prices amid the war with Iran.“Based on a shortage, they’re making too much money,” Trump told reporters... Read more

President Donald Trump said Monday that U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro “choked” in deciding to dismiss the indictment of a former Olympian accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.“I think she choked because the judge was really vicious,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.... Read more

President Donald Trump again dodged questions about the abuse allegations raised against Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) and declined to say whether he believes the embattled congressman should drop his reelection campaign.Miller, who earned an endorsement from the president for his reelection bid for Ohio’s 7th Congressional District, is facing abuse... Read more

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is catching flak from the political Right online over his plan to require shoppers at his proposed government-run grocery stores to show identification to buy discounted food.Last week, Mamdani announced a 30% discount on staple items at future grocery stores in each of the city’s five boroughs.... Read more

President Donald Trump said this week’s talks with Iran will be the “last chance” for the Middle Eastern country to avoid a severe escalation in the war.Trump called off plans to strike Iran’s energy infrastructure over the weekend after Tehran and regional mediators asked to restart peace talks.“We’re talking at... Read more