Claire Carter

Claire Carter is a breaking news reporter for the Washington Examiner. She previously reported for the Fayetteville Observer.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks with inmates on Rikers Island as they watch the World Cup semifinal soccer match between England and Argentina on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, in New York.

Mamdani watches World Cup with inmates at Rikers Island

Claire Carter · July 16, 2026 12:27 pm

Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) greets supporters as he arrives at his primary election watch party in Jackson, Georgia, on Tuesday, May 19, 2026.

Mike Collins’s son-in-law posted white nationalist and antisemitic statements: Report

Claire Carter · July 16, 2026 11:58 am

A truck sits submerged in flood waters.

Texas floods get close to where Camp Mystic was

Claire Carter · July 16, 2026 10:46 am

Rubio launches effort to isolate ‘radical and extreme’ ICC

WATCH LIVE: Rubio hosts meeting on political terrorism

Claire Carter · July 16, 2026 9:26 am

A Freedom Fuel gas station.

Energy and Environment

Businessmen behind ‘Freedom Fuel’ gas stations that caused concern over subsidies

Claire Carter · July 15, 2026 3:36 pm

President Donald Trump

WATCH LIVE: Trump attends Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit

Claire Carter · July 15, 2026 2:35 pm

A general view of the Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark on Monday, June 16, 2025, in New Jersey.

Canadian woman taken to Delaney Hall by ICE after slapping teenagers wearing Trump shirts

Claire Carter · July 15, 2026 2:22 pm

Iowa state Rep. Josh Turek

Buttigieg hopes to boost Josh Turek as Iowa candidate’s fundraising lags behind Ashley Hinson

Claire Carter · July 15, 2026 1:26 pm

Indiana Gov. Mike Braun

Indiana GOP governor ends race- and sex-based contracting

Claire Carter · July 15, 2026 11:55 am

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR)

Why Tom Cotton is a major obstacle to daylight saving time

Claire Carter · July 15, 2026 10:39 am

The Senate Banking Committee said the vote on the nomination of corporate lawyer Jay Clayton would take place Tuesday morning. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

WATCH LIVE: Jay Clayton testifies before Senate panel in DNI confirmation hearing

Claire Carter · July 15, 2026 9:49 am

A U.S. Coast Guard crew goes past Alcatraz Island near the site of a pontoon boat accident on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, in San Francisco.

One dead and two missing after pontoon boat sinks near Alcatraz Island

Claire Carter · July 14, 2026 11:07 pm