Magazine – Washington Briefing

House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and the House Democratic campaign arm chairwoman, Rep. Susan DelBene (D-WA), are linked arm-in-arm while they attend a Nov. 3 Election Night watch party at a Capitol Hill hotel in Washington, D.C.

Congressional Dems promise to investigate Trump administration

Kevin R. Kosar · November 7, 2026 5:50 am

President Donald Trump, joined from left by Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD). (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Trump may be tempted to negotiate with congressional Democrats

Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa (D-TX) and Sen.-elect James Talarico (D-TX) hold a Nov. 2 campaign rally in Austin, Texas. (Eric Gay/AP)

GOP redistricting scheme goes awry

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) campaigns in Nashua, New Hampshire, on Oct. 17, ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections. Rep. Maggie Goodlander (D-NH) stands to Newsom's left, and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Cinde Warmington stands to the California governor's right. (Reba Saldanha/AP)

Gavin Newsom touts ‘ruthless’ approach to politics in New Hampshire pitch

(Washington Examiner illustration/AP Photos/Getty Images)

Will Republicans distance themselves from Trump after the midterm elections?

Republicans and Democrats are more divided over the issue of climate change going into the November election, but support more wind and solar. (iStock Photo)

Retiring energy committee Republicans claim they ‘shook up’ the climate debate

Josh Siegel September 25, 2020 3:00 am

From left, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy stand on the East steps of Capitol Hill in this Dec. 2021 photo.

Historic partisan battle ahead over GOP effort to fill Supreme Court seat

Susan Ferrechio September 25, 2020 3:00 am

Forty years after deregulation, the commercial rail industry thrives

Jeremy Lott September 25, 2020 3:00 am

U.S. deterrence policy has generated plenty of criticism from Capitol Hill. But that has been aimed at the administration's supposedly narrow view of what constitutes an attack and unwillingness to spell out likely responses.

Social distancing measures have helped scale back flu outbreaks

Cassidy Morrison September 25, 2020 3:00 am

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

Trump’s year of living dangerously: How the US came scarily close to war with North Korea in 2017

Jamie McIntyre September 25, 2020 3:00 am

This image provided by the Twitter page of @fendifille shows a computer at Greater Preston CCG as Britain's National Health Service is investigating "an issue with IT" Friday May 12, 2017.

House passes bipartisan legislation to set federal Internet of Things security standards

Grant Gross September 25, 2020 3:00 am

Team Trump hopes to capitalize on SCOTUS battle; lots of lids for Biden

Washington Examiner Staff September 25, 2020 3:00 am

U.S. deterrence policy has generated plenty of criticism from Capitol Hill. But that has been aimed at the administration's supposedly narrow view of what constitutes an attack and unwillingness to spell out likely responses.

What is a ‘randomized controlled trial’?

David Hogberg September 18, 2020 3:00 am

Republicans and Democrats are more divided over the issue of climate change going into the November election, but support more wind and solar. (iStock Photo)

It isn’t only climate change making the Western wildfires worse

Abby Smith September 18, 2020 3:00 am

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump give candy to children during a Halloween trick-or-treat event at the White House on Sunday.

There’s a formula to writing a blockbuster White House insider account

Rob Crilly September 18, 2020 3:00 am

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

An algorithm for a wingman: The coming robot revolution in future wars

Jamie McIntyre September 18, 2020 3:00 am

Microsoft and other security experts see election hacking from Russia, China, and Iran

Grant Gross September 18, 2020 3:00 am