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Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) holds a news conference at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025.

Gavin’s gerrymander gamble

Washington Examiner · August 16, 2025 5:00 am

Back of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement Field Officer, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025.

The Trump security recruitment surge

Washington Examiner · August 15, 2025 5:00 am

Hiring someone to help with daily tasks can make it possible for seniors or people with disabilities to remain in their homes. (Thinkstock)

At 90, Social Security is showing its age

Washington Examiner · August 14, 2025 5:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington.

Democrats fall into Trump’s DC takeover trap

Washington Examiner · August 13, 2025 5:00 am

It's been a year since Colorado began allowing the sale of recreational marijuana and two important claims about successful legalization are increasingly being challenged. (AP Photo)

Recriminalize, don’t decriminalize marijuana

Washington Examiner · August 12, 2025 5:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks before signing the Laken Riley Act in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington.

Trump can’t prostrate before Putin

Washington Examiner · August 11, 2025 5:00 am

Soda tax advocates promise healthier communities and balanced budgets. So far neither promise has materialized anywhere the tax has been imposed. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Make the MAHA SNAP junk food ban permanent

Washington Examiner · August 10, 2025 5:00 am

An envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident is seen, April 5, 2020, in Detroit. For the first time in 27 years, the U.S. government on Thursday, March 28, 2024, changed how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity, an effort that federal officials believe will more accurately count residents who identify as Hispanic and of Middle Eastern and North African heritage.

The census should ask about citizenship

Washington Examiner · August 9, 2025 5:00 am

DC must do more on crime or lose home rule

Washington Examiner · August 8, 2025 5:00 am

Florida’s immigration enforcement model

Washington Examiner · August 7, 2025 5:00 am

Artificial insemination or in vitro fertilization.

Wise caution from the White House on IVF

Washington Examiner · August 6, 2025 5:00 am

Taxpayers need good government data

Washington Examiner · August 5, 2025 5:00 am