Washington Examiner

“It was all anyone could think about for days,” said one employee in the parking lot outside its Wichita hangars. “There isn’t a person in this city who isn’t connected to aviation in some way. How could he diss something so important?”And in Kansas, where the race for Senate is... Read more

President Donald Trump is leaning into transactional politics in the final month of the 2026 midterm campaign, tying his administration directly to economic benefits in states that could determine control of Congress.This week alone, Trump has promoted billions of dollars in proposed investments in Alaska and Iowa, redirected $20 million... Read more

There have been countless comparisons between the late President Richard Nixon and President Donald Trump, due to their cunning, guile, and Machiavellian approaches to politics. Nixon himself, in a 1987 letter to Trump, a then-celebrity businessman, saw a political future for the younger man in response to a Phil Donahue... Read more

President Donald Trump urged Texas voters to support state Attorney General Ken Paxton in his Senate battle against Democrat James Talarico, as polls show the race is a toss-up for either political party, during a campaign swing through the state Thursday.“We need Ken so badly, and that’s why I’m here.... Read more

Trump is touting his administration’s economic and trade agenda in back-to-back trips to Texas and Oklahoma. He was touring a truck factory in Denton, Texas, before heading to Durant, Oklahoma. The two cities are about 86 miles apart. The president is expected to campaign for Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK), who... Read more

President Donald Trump is open to the prospect of a U.S. military base in Venezuela or somewhere else in South America.“We’re looking at doing a lot of things,” Trump told reporters on Thursday. “We’re getting along very well, as you know, and Venezuela has been a great situation. The people... Read more

Staring down the final two years left in office, President Donald Trump is in legacy mode.The Republican Party is busy staving off major losses in the midterm elections, but Trump’s main focus is on how to ensure that his remaking of presidential power in Washington isn’t erased when his second... Read more

The president sat down with Time magazine for an interview this week and was asked about the possibility of Democrats taking control of Congress in the midterm elections. He touted his campaigning strength but noted the lackluster timing of the first-ever convention.“We did a convention that had 107 million views,... Read more

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) may be in the twilight of his career, but his political power is arguably at its zenith.Sanders’s political influence previously peaked during what became a one-on-one 2016 Democratic presidential primary campaign against eventual nominee Hillary Clinton and his 2020 do-over when he was the last candidate... Read more

President Donald Trump said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told him that an Israeli plumber was responsible for stabilizing a hijacked Flydubai flight, emphasizing that the passenger had no experience operating a commercial aircraft.Trump recounted his call with Netanyahu to reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday. The president said... Read more

President Donald Trump defended the legality of the controversial advertisements promoting himself by saying that he is not on the ballot in November, as critics claims they are political in nature and could violate federal law.“Well, I’m not running for office,” Trump said in his first comments addressing the ads.... Read more

President Donald Trump denied hearing leaked audio of Ken Paxton, the Republican Texas Senate nominee, complaining that the Republican National Committee midterm convention did not help boost his campaign against Democrat James Talarico.“Well, I haven’t heard that, but I can tell you that the convention was amazing, as you probably... Read more