Claire Carter

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

A Spirit Airlines 319 Airbus.

Spirit Airlines future is uncertain as bankruptcy pressures mount

Claire Carter · April 17, 2026 11:05 am

Commentator Tucker Carlson.

Trump touts higher favorability than Tucker Carlson as spat persists inside MAGA

Claire Carter · April 17, 2026 10:08 am

The plate features a blue background, with the year "1776" surrounded by 13 stars and the phrase “250 Years of Independence” at the bottom.

Massachusetts hits record interest for America 250 license plates ahead of lottery deadline

Claire Carter · April 17, 2026 8:49 am

Cam Hamilton acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency testifies before the House Committee on Appropriations dubcommittee on Homeland Security oversight hearing of FEMA on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 7, 2025.

National Security

Trump to pick Cameron Hamilton to lead FEMA after Noem fired him

Claire Carter · April 17, 2026 8:09 am

The Artemis II crew – from left, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, Pilot Victor Glover, and Commander Reid Wiseman – pause for a group photo inside the Orion spacecraft on their way home.

Artemis II crew shares lunar larks after historic journey around moon and back

Claire Carter · April 16, 2026 5:34 pm

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser.

Bowser reinstates juvenile curfew in DC after council let it expire

Claire Carter · April 16, 2026 2:38 pm

Michael Selig is sworn in during his confirmation hearing to the Senate Agriculture Committee, to become Chairman and Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

CFTC Chairman Michael Selig vows to continue financial rulemaking despite vacancies

Claire Carter · April 16, 2026 12:45 pm

A television broadcasts news about the Supreme Court striking down President Trump's global tariffs on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. The US Supreme Court struck down Trump's sweeping global tariffs, undercutting his signature economic policy and delivering his biggest legal defeat since he returned to the White House. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images

CBP launched its tariff refund portal to return $175 billion in duties. What to know

Claire Carter · April 16, 2026 11:51 am

International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol

Europe’s fuel supply will only last ‘maybe six weeks or so,’ IEA says

Claire Carter · April 16, 2026 11:07 am

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters outside the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, April 13, 2026, in Washington.

Trump pulls millions in funding from Catholic charity

Claire Carter · April 16, 2026 10:03 am

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, left, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, right.

WATCH LIVE: Hegseth and Caine give update from Pentagon as US blockades Iran

Claire Carter · April 16, 2026 7:02 am

Attorney John Eastman, the architect of a legal strategy aimed at keeping former President Donald Trump in power, talks to reporters after a hearing in Los Angeles, June 20, 2023. A judge has recommended that conservative attorney Eastman lose his California law license over his efforts to keep Trump in power after the 2020 election. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

California disbars John Eastman over effort to reverse Trump’s 2020 election loss

Claire Carter · April 15, 2026 10:54 pm