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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

AdvertisementSecret Service Director Sean Curran said the agency has used decoy aircraft before, following President Donald Trump’s transfer to a second plane during a July trip to Turkey.“Look, that’s not the first time we’ve done that,” Curran said on CBS News’s 60 Minutes. “We wish that wasn’t reported because that... Read more

AdvertisementThe White House has picked Republican commentator Katie Zacharia to be President Donald Trump‘s next press secretary.“She has been offered the position,” a White House official told the Washington Examiner. Stay informed.Stay ahead. Join Washington Examiner for unlimited access to the news, analysis, and commentary that matter most. Trusted reporting.Unlimited... Read more

AdvertisementVice President JD Vance broke with top Trump administration officials Friday by casting doubt on whether the execution of convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, scheduled for early December, will actually be livestreamed.Vance’s comments came during a return trip to his hometown of Cincinnati to vote early in the 2026... Read more

AdvertisementRep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) on Thursday downplayed his move to distance himself from President Donald Trump during his gubernatorial campaign in Florida, arguing the press tried to push a “hot take” on his relationship with the White House.Last month, Donalds, who is running in what could be an unexpectedly tight... Read more

AdvertisementThe United States Conference of Catholic Bishops condemned on Friday the Trump administration’s plan to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan on Dec. 3.“It is with shock and great sorrow that I have learned of the Department of War’s decision to publicly livestream the execution of Nidal... Read more

AdvertisementPresident Donald Trump has formed a committee to investigate Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook over alleged mortgage fraud, an escalation after his previous effort to fire Cook was blocked by the Supreme Court.A White House memo said the group will look into whether Cook made “false statements in connection with... Read more