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AdvertisementThe White House has chosen Katie Bailey as the new head of White House Office of Legislative Affairs, less than a month away from the midterm elections and with control of Congress hanging in the balance.President Donald Trump is said to have offered Bailey the promotion to director of the... Read more

AdvertisementPresident Donald Trump on Saturday said he will make the final decision on whether to livestream the execution of the Fort Hood mass shooter Nidal Malik Hasan.The president’s latest comments to reporters follow several different statements he has made on the controversy in the past two days, including a comment... Read more

AdvertisementPresident Donald Trump is continuing his tour of red states ahead of the midterm elections, this time holding a rally in Clarksville, Tennessee.The president will be joined by Sens. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), who is running for governor of the Volunteer State. Other GOP congressional candidates will... Read more

AdvertisementPresident Donald Trump on Saturday called for new leadership in Ukraine, marking a dramatic shift in the United States’s relationship with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.Trump has long pushed Russia and Ukraine to make a deal ending the war between the countries, which has now stretched over four-and-a-half years and appeared... Read more

AdvertisementThe nonprofit organization collecting private donations for President Donald Trump’s new ballroom in the White House and other projects in Washington, D.C., has seen contributions skyrocket, according to IRS filings.The Trust for the National Mall, the nonprofit group raising private funds to pay for the ballroom, collected over $320 million... Read more

AdvertisementPresident Donald Trump on Friday asked the Supreme Court to reinstate a lawsuit he filed in 2022, accusing former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of conspiring with the FBI and other power players to smear his first presidential campaign.Trump has alleged that in order to sabotage his 2016 presidential campaign,... Read more

AdvertisementPresident Donald Trump decried the Nobel committee’s decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to Navi Pillay, saying the decision disgraced Norway as a whole.Speaking at a rally in Syracuse, New York, Trump went on a lengthy tangent over the decision to give his coveted prize to someone else. He... Read more

AdvertisementPresident Donald Trump has tapped former Department of Homeland Security public affairs official Katie Zacharia as White House press secretary, a choice that caught current and former DHS officials who had worked with Zacharia off guard.Zacharia, 41, worked for several weeks earlier this year as deputy spokeswoman for the 270,000-person... Read more

AdvertisementPresident Donald Trump told reporters he was going to “make a determination” when asked whether the execution of the Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan should be livestreamed.“I’m going to make a determination about that, but he will be killed,” Trump said on Friday at the White House. “He will... Read more

AdvertisementPresident Donald Trump is speaking at a campaign rally in Syracuse, New York, for Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman.Trump is set to take the stage at 7 p.m. Stay informed.Stay ahead. Join Washington Examiner for unlimited access to the news, analysis, and commentary that matter most. Trusted reporting.Unlimited access. Subscribe... Read more

AdvertisementPresident Donald Trump tapped Katie Zacharia, a conservative commentator and communications adviser for Trump Media and Technology Group, to serve as his next White House press secretary. Zacharia will succeed Karoline Leavitt, who left the White House in August.Her appointment comes less than a month before the 2026 midterm elections... Read more

AdvertisementPresident Donald Trump said Friday that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to a deal to supply the United States with Russian diesel fuel.Diesel prices remain a significant issue ahead of the 2026 midterm elections amid the war in Iran. Trump administration officials were previously working on freeing up... Read more