Joseph Lawler

Joseph Lawler is deputy managing editor for policy at the Washington Examiner, having previously been an economics reporter. Before joining the Washington Examiner, he worked for RealClearPolicy. He is a native of Massachusetts and a graduate of the University of Notre Dame.

Kasich defended his decision to expand Medicaid in Ohio on the grounds of compassion. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Kasich: I don’t ‘read a Bible to figure out what I think’

Joseph Lawler · August 16, 2015 2:57 pm

"Democrats win on demographics. And part of that demographic is Latinos," Brian Shweitzer said. (AP File)

Former Dem. governor: Rubio could ‘create problems’ for Hillary

Joseph Lawler · August 16, 2015 2:43 pm

"You give me 10 times the coverage that any other candidate gets, and I'll be leading," Huckabee said. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Huckabee: I’d be winning if I got Trump’s media coverage

Joseph Lawler · August 16, 2015 1:57 pm

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump talks to the media after arriving by helicopter at a nearby ballpark before Trump attended the Iowa State Fair Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015, in Des Moines. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Will Mexico pay for Trump’s promised wall?

Joseph Lawler · August 15, 2015 11:19 pm

A Secret Service agent closes the gate to the flight line at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Tuesday, July 14, 2015, in preparation of President Barack Obama's arrival. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

National Security

Scandal-plagued Secret Service to hire 1,100 agents

Joseph Lawler · August 15, 2015 10:21 pm

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during the Iowa State Fair, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Sanders trumpets campaign’s growth at Iowa State Fair

Joseph Lawler · August 15, 2015 9:00 pm

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., arrives before Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, and Secretary of Treasury Jack Lew, arrive to testify at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Thursday, July 23, 2015, to review the Iran nuclear agreement. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Sen. Flake announces opposition to Iran deal

Joseph Lawler · August 15, 2015 8:26 pm

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures during a campaign stop at Winnacunnet High School in Hampton, N.H., Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Trump says he will spend $1 billion on campaign if necessary

Joseph Lawler · August 15, 2015 6:13 pm

President Barack Obama looks to Democratic presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as he and first lady Michelle Obama leave services honoring the life of Rev. Clementa Pinckney, Friday, June 26, 2015, at the College of Charleston TD Arena, in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama, Clinton to meet Saturday at Martha’s Vineyard party

Joseph Lawler · August 15, 2015 6:03 pm

In this May 30, 2013, photo, Kayla Mueller is shown after speaking to a group in Prescott, Ariz. (AP Photo/The Daily Courier, Jo. L. Keener )

National Security

American captive Kayla Mueller was raped by ISIS leader

Joseph Lawler · August 15, 2015 5:08 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the at the Iowa Democratic Wing Ding at the Surf Ballroom Friday, Aug. 14, 2015, in Clear Lake, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Clinton taunts: Snapchat ‘messages disappear all by themselves’

Joseph Lawler · August 15, 2015 4:48 pm

Republican presidential candidate and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson laughs during a campaign stop at the American Legion Post 37 Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015, in Hooksett, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Ben Carson defends research on fetal tissue

Joseph Lawler · August 15, 2015 4:28 pm