Editorials

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

The bill comes due for Mamdani’s rent freeze

Washington Examiner · November 6, 2026 5:00 am

U.S. President Donald Trump and son Eric Trump watch the Irish Open at the Trump International Golf Links course in Doonbeg, Ireland.

Trump’s corruption has cost Republicans dearly

President Donald Trump speaks in front of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and the Washington Monument, Monday, Nov. 2, 2026, in Washington.

Trump’s hubris and failure get their voter payback

A voter slips their mail-in ballot for an election into a drop-off box.

There is nothing normal about Election Week

FILE - In this long exposure photo, a string of SpaceX StarLink satellites passes over an old stone house near Florence, Kan., on May 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann, File)

The growing threats that make the Space Force essential

Former President Donald Trump.

Trump should cut the drama and pettiness out of his coronavirus response

Washington Examiner March 31, 2020 4:00 am

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., introduces the Medicare for All Act of 2019.

‘Medicare for all’ wouldn’t have better prepared us for the coronavirus

Washington Examiner March 30, 2020 4:00 am

FILE - This March 23, 2018 file photo shows an envelope containing a 2018 census letter mailed to a resident in Providence, R.I., as part of the nation's only test run of the 2020 Census. A Trump administration plan to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census has prompted legal challenges from many Democratic-led states. But not a single Republican attorney general has sued _ not even from states with large immigrant populations.

Coronavirus makes it crucial to fill out your census form right away

Washington Examiner March 29, 2020 4:00 am

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2010 file photo, an Amazon.com package is prepared for shipment by a United Parcel Service (UPS) driver in Palo Alto, Calif. States could force Internet retailers to collect sales taxes under a bill that the Senate advanced on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

‘Believe all women’ standard goes out the window with Joe Biden accuser

Washington Examiner March 28, 2020 4:00 am

Hold China accountable for the coronavirus

Washington Examiner March 27, 2020 4:00 am

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, March 30, 2020, in Washington.

Trump should make daily coronavirus updates more useful

Washington Examiner March 26, 2020 4:00 am

Amazon Prime Now bags full of groceries are loaded for delivery by a part-time worker outside a Whole Foods store, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018, in Cincinnati.

The modern free market is making this plague almost tolerable

Washington Examiner March 25, 2020 4:00 am

Congress also needs to protect its own from coronavirus

Washington Examiner March 24, 2020 4:00 am

Philadelphia Medical Reserve Corps volunteer Emma Ewing, a sophomore at Temple University, directs cars at the city's coronavirus testing site next to Citizens Bank Park in South Philadelphia on Friday, March 20, 2020. The site, which opened Friday afternoon, is the first city-run drive-through location where people can be swabbed to determine if they have the coronavirus. At the time of opening, it was only for people with symptoms who are over 50 and healthcare workers with symptoms.

We need a plan to reopen America

Washington Examiner March 23, 2020 4:00 am

Pedestrians cross a street as one of them prepares his face mask in western Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Iran is preparing for the possibility of "tens of thousands" of people getting tested for the new coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases spiked again Saturday, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said, underscoring the fear both at home and abroad over the outbreak in the Islamic Republic.

Coronavirus provides a warning shot on our unsustainable debt

Washington Examiner March 22, 2020 4:00 am

Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., listens during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Senators should not be day trading

Washington Examiner March 21, 2020 4:00 am

Public trust on ethics and corruption issues has flipped toward the GOP in the wake of the IRS and Benghazi scandals, according to Rasmussen Reports. (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

How Congress can and cannot cushion the economic blow of the coronavirus

Washington Examiner March 20, 2020 4:00 am