Washington Examiner

President Donald Trump gave over $150,000 in cash to four White House aides, with the payments categorized as “cash gifts for the holidays” in the staffers’ latest financial disclosure forms filed by the Trump administration.Trump paid assistant Natalie Harp, communications adviser Margo Martin, and deputy director of Oval Office operations... Read more

The worst terrorist attack in U.S. history represented one of its greatest leadership challenges, and the decisions made on that day still reverberate 25 years later.President George W. Bush was elected in the contentious 2000 election largely on a domestic-focused platform. The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks were an unexpected test... Read more

President Donald Trump and the White House are delivering on another promise: To make November’s midterm elections about him.This week’s Republican midterm convention, dubbed “Trumpapalooza,” comes almost a year after White House chief of staff Susie Wiles promised Trump and his political apparatus would put the president “on the ballot”... Read more

Republicans are taking a calculated risk with their first-ever midterm convention that embracing President Donald Trump and nationalizing competitive races across the country will help them defy history in November.It is the exact opposite of the strategy usually employed by an embattled majority party and its most vulnerable incumbents, who... Read more

Polls show Republicans struggling this midterm cycle to hold onto President Donald Trump’s historic gains with Latino voters, yet the party’s most prominent Hispanic surrogate is sitting on the sidelines.Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a close Trump ally and potential 2028 presidential contender, has largely avoided campaigning for GOP candidates... Read more

President Donald Trump insisted Tuesday that his account of visiting ground zero with construction workers after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks was “exactly accurate,” pushing back against a wave of fact checks examining his recollection.Trump defended the story in a lengthy Truth Social post hours after recounting it during... Read more

President Donald Trump celebrated the far-right Alternative for Germany party Tuesday after it scored a landslide victory in a regional election, praising the party’s rise and tying its success to voter frustration over immigration.“Wow! The Populist Party in Germany just had a really big night,” Trump said in a Truth... Read more

The Republican National Committee on Tuesday released the full list of speakers slated to deliver remarks at its first-ever midterm convention to be held in Dallas on Wednesday and Thursday.The event is set to take place over two nights and will feature President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance as keynote speakers. Each day... Read more

President Donald Trump ordered his administration Tuesday to begin blocking Canadian products from a federal contracting program worth more than $50 billion annually, opening another front in the rapidly escalating feud between the United States and Canada.Trump said in a Truth Social post that he directed the General Services Administration,... Read more

Lonnie Bunch III is stepping down from his role as the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution before the end of 2026, he announced Tuesday.Bunch, 73, is the first black leader of the museum and education institution based in Washington and began his role in June 2019. He has sparred with... Read more

President Donald Trump honored two fallen American heroes who died during the September 11 terrorist attacks during a Tuesday morning speech at the White House Ellipse.Trump announced that the Coast Guard will commission a fast-response cutter named for Jeffrey Palazzo, a Coast Guard reservist and New York City firefighter. The... Read more

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