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At right, a selection of New York newspapers the day after President Bill Clinton testified before a grand jury on his relations with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, Aug. 18, 1998; at right, President Barack Obama takes part in a wreath-laying ceremony under the image of Communist icon Che Guevara in Havana’s Revolution Square, March 21, 2016. (Marty Lederhandler/AP; Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

How Trump can navigate the rest of his term with a Democratic Congress

Tevi Troy · November 7, 2026 6:10 am

artificial intelligence and guns firearms second amendment

A gun-control group has plans for safe chatting with AI

Winnie-the-Pooh

Grin and bear it: Winnie-the-Pooh turns 100

U.S.-Israel relations

Israeli gridlock, new American Congress, and the future of the Middle East

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) attend a Nov. 3 Election Night watch party at a Capitol Hill hotel in Washington, D.C. When Democrats are in the majority starting Jan. 3, Jeffries will be House speaker. Clark will become House majority leader. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Congressional Dems promise to investigate Trump administration

Prufrock: Buckley on Writing Fiction, the Search for Oblivion, and the Odd Isaac Newton

Micah Mattix February 27, 2018 4:30 pm

All Trump’s Trade Wars

Irwin M. Stelzer February 27, 2018 11:10 am

Editorial: Buffett Makes Fools of the Experts

The Editors February 27, 2018 10:25 am

Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Damage Should Not Preclude Real Fiscal Reform

Ike Brannon February 27, 2018 10:00 am

Conor Lamb, Catholic Democrat, Says He'd Vote Against 20-Week Abortion Ban

Haley Byrd February 27, 2018 9:50 am

White House Watch: The DACA Deadline Dies

Andrew Egger February 27, 2018 5:50 am

Unlike the crystal-powered plasma blades of "Star Wars," a team of Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientists was able to bind photons by shining a laser through a cloud of rubidium, the metallic element below potassium on the periodic table. (AP Photo/Sadiq Asyraf)

Will lightsabers be protected by the Second Amendment?

Steven Nelson February 27, 2018 5:01 am

Under the1993 Family Medical Leave Act, employers with 50 workers or more must allow 12 weeks of leave every year to workers so they care for a new child, but in most cases, the leave isn't paid. The U.S. stands in contrast to other industrialized nations that have set a mandatory or subsidized leave policy.

With Trump’s blessing, Congress opens the door to paid family leave

Kimberly Leonard February 27, 2018 5:01 am

Senate Majority Whip Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, (pictured center) is cosponsoring a bill with Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and more than a dozen other senators from both parties. The bill would improve the nation's background check system used for scrutinizing most firearms purchases. However, House Republicans are likely to oppose it unless they can add language allowing concealed carry permit holders to legally bring their weapons to other states. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump and Congress move on guns after Florida

Susan Ferrechio February 27, 2018 5:01 am

"Not many people are aware that we're behind some of our allies and adversaries in terms of artillery pieces. Germany, for example, is ahead of us in artillery. So, we're quickly catching up and passing. I just want to get back to the point where America has the best of everything," Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., said in an interview with the Washington Examiner. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Jim Inhofe’s Pentagon wish list: More money for missile defense

Travis J. Tritten February 27, 2018 5:01 am

This photo provided by NASA shows astronauts Norishige Kanai of Japan, left, and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei during a spacewalk on the International Space Station on Feb. 16, 2018. (NASA via AP)

The think tank view: Private sector should run the Space Station

Washington Examiner Staff February 27, 2018 5:01 am

Legislation consolidating and elevating existing DHS cybersecurity functions in a new agency has passed the House of Representatives and is a top priority for House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas. "Strengthening the cybersecurity mission of DHS remains a top priority in 2018. To that end, the House has passed significant legislation this Congress," a House Homeland Security Committee aide said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Clock is ticking for Congress to move cyber legislation

Charlie Mitchell February 27, 2018 5:01 am