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.

A barista holds a Starbucks drink with a "Race Together" sticker on it at a Starbucks store in Seattle, Wednesday, March 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Starbucks racial awareness campaign ‘far from over,’ CEO says

Joseph Lawler · March 22, 2015 8:29 pm

Bernie Sanders is the ranking member on the Senate Budget Committee and a harsh critic of the budget authored by the Republican committee chairman Mike Enzi of Wyoming. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Sanders decries Senate GOP budget ‘tricks’ ahead of vote

Joseph Lawler · March 22, 2015 7:54 pm

President Barack Obama arrives on the South Lawn of the White House March 18, 2015 in Washington. (Photo by Pete Marovich-Pool/Getty images)

Republicans to Obama: Get over Netanyahu, stop Iran and Islamic State

Joseph Lawler · March 22, 2015 6:02 pm

This May 19, 2014 file photo shows Ron Dermer in New York. (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP File)

Israeli ambassador: Netanyahu ‘committed’ to Palestinian state

Joseph Lawler · March 22, 2015 5:50 pm

Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Bob Corker sounded optimistic Sunday that the U.S. would reach a preliminary deal in nuclear negotiations with Iran. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner File)

Bob Corker concerned U.S. moving toward Iran position

Joseph Lawler · March 22, 2015 4:19 pm

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Sunday criticized President Obama for his administration's rift with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, joining a chorus of Republicans skeptical of the president's management of relations with Israel and Iran. (Getty Images File)

Kevin McCarthy: Obama ‘should be better than this’ on Israel

Joseph Lawler · March 22, 2015 3:49 pm

President Obama stopped short of calling for college athletes to be paid, postulating bidding wars for stars such as former Kentucky player Anthony Davis. (Getty Images File)

Paying athletes ‘would ruin the sense of college sports,’ Obama cautions

Joseph Lawler · March 22, 2015 3:18 pm

"The president should get over it," Arizona Sen. John McCain said on CNN. "Get over your temper tantrum, Mr. President." (Getty Images File)

National Security

McCain to Obama: ‘Get over your temper tantrum’ on Netanyahu

Joseph Lawler · March 22, 2015 3:09 pm

Members of a militia group loyal to Yemen's President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, known as the Popular Committees, chew qat, Yemen's favorite drug, as they sit next to their tank, guarding a major intersection in Aden, Yemen, Saturday, March 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Hamza Hendawi)

National Security

No U.S. intelligence in Yemen or Syria, Homeland Security chairman warns

Joseph Lawler · March 22, 2015 2:46 pm

The Texas Republican plans to make the announcement Monday while speaking at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., according to the Houston Chronicle. (Getty Images File)

Ted Cruz to launch presidential bid

Joseph Lawler, David M. Drucker · March 22, 2015 12:44 pm

President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 20, 2015, during the second-annual White House Student Film Festival. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama vows not to sign bills that keep spending caps in place

Joseph Lawler · March 21, 2015 10:39 pm

President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wait for reporters and cameramen to get in place before they make statements in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

National Security

Obama: Netanyahu’s comments ‘erode the name of democracy’

Joseph Lawler · March 21, 2015 10:21 pm