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President Donald Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick

Lutnick emerges as favored next-to-go in Trump’s post-midterm personnel shuffle

Christian Datoc · November 12, 2026 3:11 pm

President Donald Trump listens as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks.

Trump and Netanyahu have ‘hard feelings’ as GOP debates escalation vs. diplomacy on Iran: Byron York

In this April 7, 2016, file photo, a friend of the family of Gabriel Fernandez, an 8-year-old boy who died in 2013, wears a shirt with his likeness in Los Angeles.

Family of slain 8-year-old challenges Newsom’s decision to commute California death row sentences

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis waits to greet President Donald Trump as he arrives on Air Force One, with a blue cloudy sky behind him, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026, at Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers, Fla.

DeSantis says ‘it’s too soon’ to think about 2028 run

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY).

Jeffries says Democrats will back the return of proxy voting next Congress

Left, Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a May Day rally at Washington Square Park. Right, Graham Platner, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks at a news conference.

‘These ain’t your daddy’s donkeys’: Joe Concha talks Democrats

Britta Miller May 7, 2026 9:39 am

Collage of Hakeem Jeffries and Donald Trump.

Trump calls on Hakeem Jeffries to be charged for inciting WHCA dinner attack

Brady Knox, Mabinty Quarshie May 7, 2026 9:20 am

Metropolitan Police Department interim police chief Jeffery Carroll and District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser take questions following a shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner on April 25, 2026.

Bowser promises changes to MPD’s crime data release process

Emily Hallas May 7, 2026 9:01 am

John Roberts, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, speaks during lecture to the Georgetown Law School graduating class of 2025, in Washington, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Roberts defends against criticism of Supreme Court as too political

Rena Rowe May 7, 2026 8:31 am

Gov. Tate Reeves (R-MS).

Mississippi governor eyes redistricting fight that goes beyond congressional maps

Emily Hallas May 7, 2026 8:23 am

Sununu and Brown.

Sununu gains momentum as Brown pushes outsider message in New Hampshire

Samantha-Jo Roth May 7, 2026 7:00 am

Secretary of State Marco Rubio's Tuesday appearance in the White House briefing room ignited a cavalcade of conservative compliments, suggesting that the one-time presidential candidate represented Republicans' best hopes of holding on to the White House in 2028. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Rubio’s White House moment offers glimpse of America First after Trump

Christian Datoc May 7, 2026 7:00 am

Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., speaks to reporters at the Capitol on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Michigan’s outgoing senator warns Democrats against ugly succession race

David Sivak May 7, 2026 6:00 am

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison.

Minnesota off-loads fraud cases onto federal investigators due to overwhelming backlog

Mia Cathell May 7, 2026 5:00 am

Tornado crossing a highway

‘Pray for Mississippi’ says governor as devastating tornadoes rip through the state

Washington Examiner Staff May 7, 2026 2:58 am

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., stands during a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Massie says he ‘may lose’ primary due to rival’s pro-Israel cash advantage

Molly Parks May 7, 2026 1:00 am

FBI agents are seen at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center.

Judge denies Fulton County bid to retrieve 2020 ballots seized by FBI

Kaelan Deese May 6, 2026 11:58 pm