Washington Examiner

First lady Melania Trump touted the launch of a “Fostering the Future” savings account initiative with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday morning.The accounts are the latest tactic from the Trump administration to tackle the affordability crisis, an issue that has dominated this year’s midterm elections, and builds on the... Read more

Vice President JD Vance’s chief of staff, Jacob Reses, will depart the Trump administration by the end of summer, according to multiple reports on Thursday. Reses began working as Vance’s chief of staff since President Donald Trump reentered the White House in January 2025, but he has been by the... Read more

President Donald Trump said American voters don’t have the stomach to handle the United States taking over Kharg Island as the war with Iran continues with no peace deal in sight.“My preference has always been [to] take Kharg Island,” Trump told Fox & Friends Thursday morning. “I don’t know that America has... Read more

Washington, D.C., is bracing for a weekend of road closures, security checkpoints, and heightened law enforcement presence ahead of UFC’s Freedom 250 event on the White House South Lawn.The main fight is scheduled for 8 p.m. Sunday, June 14, with President Donald Trump expected to attend as part of the... Read more

The UFC has given a sneak peek inside “the claw,” the imposing stage set up ahead of a historic fight this weekend on the White House South Lawn.Stepping out of the White House press corridors, one is greeted with a massive, larger-than-life red, white, and blue “UFC FREEDOM 250” medallion... Read more

At least three states have said “no” to participating in the Great American State Fair on the National Mall, organized by President Donald Trump.Officials from the gubernatorial offices of Oregon, Washington, and North Carolina will not be participating in the fair, according to a CNN investigation. The state officials declined... Read more

A judge refused to block the Trump administration’s anti-weaponization fund, reasoning that there was no need to, but said he would take action if the effort was revived.U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, a George W. Bush appointee, shot down a watchdog’s request on the grounds that the Trump administration was... Read more

A bitter fight over the federal government’s spy powers is quickly becoming a test of how much sway House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has with President Donald Trump.Johnson, a close ally who owes his speakership to Trump’s vote of confidence, has traveled to the White House twice this week to... Read more

President Donald Trump’s begrudging decision to relaunch attacks on Iran won’t preclude him from seeking a diplomatic end to the war, but Trumpworld insiders say that a slow escalation of the fighting between Israel and Iran ultimately forced the president’s hand.According to persons close to the president, Iran’s downing of... Read more

Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano stood up for his agency in his congressional testimony on Wednesday, touting lower call wait times and greater efficiency as he said the SSA is having its “best all-around performance ever” under the Trump administration.The SSA chief’s testimony came just one day after the... Read more

Vice President JD Vance and President Donald Trump’s core team had deep disagreements over how to handle fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein case last year, according to a new book.Vance wanted “maximum transparency” regarding releasing a multitude of government files related to the deceased convicted sex offender when the case... Read more

President Donald Trump clarified comments he made on Wednesday about hundreds of millions of barrels of oil he claimed to have secretly taken from Iran.Trump hosted reporters on Wednesday morning at a bill signing ceremony in the Oval Office, where he claimed the mystery operation had been driving down global... Read more