Claire Carter

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

Residents watch and take pictures as flames and smoke rise from an oil storage facility struck as attacks hit the city during the U.S.–Israeli military campaign in Tehran

Only nuclear war can destroy Iran’s nuclear ambitions, IAEA chief says

Claire Carter · March 22, 2026 2:26 pm

Texas Democratic Senate candidate Texas state Rep. James Talarico, D-Austin, speaks for the first time since winning the Democratic nomination in Austin, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Trump rips ‘six genders’ Talarico, says he ‘allowed’ him to defeat Crockett in Texas race

Claire Carter · March 22, 2026 1:05 pm

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

Trump threat to destroy power plants ‘only language’ Iran understands, Bessent says

Claire Carter · March 22, 2026 11:47 am

FILE - White House border czar Tom Homan holds a news conference at the Bishop Whipple Federal building on Wednesday, February. 4, 2026 in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy, File)

Homan insists ICE ‘highly trained’ for airport security in TSA support role

Claire Carter · March 22, 2026 11:14 am

A TSA staff member at a check point at Harry Reid International Airport

Trump says ICE will assist TSA officers at airports starting Monday amid shutdown

Claire Carter · March 22, 2026 9:19 am

This image provided by U.S. Central Command shows Navy sailors looking over ordnance on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in support of Operation Epic Fury on Monday, March 2, 2026.

US speeds deployment of thousands more Marines and sailors to Middle East

Claire Carter · March 20, 2026 12:05 am

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, left, and Secretary of Education Linda McMahon

Treasury to collect federal student loan debt as Education Department dismantled

Claire Carter · March 19, 2026 9:33 pm

Attorney General Pam Bondi, the nation's top law enforcement officer, faces questions in the House Judiciary Committee

DOJ seizes four domains pushing Iranian ‘terrorist propaganda’ psyops in US

Claire Carter · March 19, 2026 7:57 pm

President Donald Trump holds a pen before signing an executive order in the Oval Office

US Mint can produce commemorative gold Trump coin following arts panel approval

Claire Carter · March 19, 2026 7:26 pm

French President Emmanuel Macron, center right, visits the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle

French officer exposes aircraft carrier location after posting workout on fitness app

Claire Carter · March 19, 2026 6:24 pm

Donna Cooper holds up a dosage of Wegovy.

FDA greenlights higher-dose GLP-1 obesity shots

Claire Carter · March 19, 2026 5:16 pm

Former FBI Director James Comey speaks at the University of Chicago Law School

Comey subpoenaed in ‘grand conspiracy’ case against Trump

Claire Carter, Kaelan Deese · March 19, 2026 4:47 pm