Editorials

ICE at an immigration detention center.

Don’t reward illegal immigrants for breaking the law

Washington Examiner · October 28, 2026 5:00 am

Collage of Abdul el Sayed and Barack Obama.

Barack Obama’s antisemitic Democrats

Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Descano speaks during a news conference outside the county courthouse in Fairfax, Va., on Oct. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Matthew Barakat, File)

Democrats can’t fight crime by freeing criminals

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL).

Democrats are already planning their next regret

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House.

Putin is about to test how far Trump’s submissiveness goes

Voters walk past the sign pointing them to the polling location for in person voting in the general election, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Cranberry Township, Pa.

There is only one reason Democrats want to make it easier for noncitizens to vote

Washington Examiner May 17, 2025 12:01 am

In praise of Marco Rubio, Trump’s Mr. Fix It

Washington Examiner May 16, 2025 12:00 am

Charity would get hit in either scenario even though the two have drastically different tax proposals. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

Don’t tax foundations to fund bureaucracy

Washington Examiner May 15, 2025 12:01 am

Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Health, joined by House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D-NJ), goes before the House Rules Committee to advance a bill to end the requirement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for proof of COVID-19 vaccination for foreign travelers coming to the United States, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023.

Republicans must hold the line on Medicaid spending

Washington Examiner May 14, 2025 12:01 am

In this May 10, 2019, file photo, a container ship is unloaded at the Virginia International Gateway terminal in Norfolk. A Chinese state news agency said U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators promised to create “favorable conditions” for carrying out a truce in their governments’ tariff war during a phone call.

A welcome de-escalation in the China trade war

Washington Examiner May 13, 2025 12:00 am

YouTube TV should do the right thing and carry C-SPAN

Washington Examiner May 12, 2025 12:01 am

Pope Leo’s election underscores religion’s enduring relevance

Washington Examiner May 11, 2025 12:00 am

Catholics pray during Mass at Benedictine College, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023, in Atchison, Kansas.

Washington state’s attack on religious liberty

Washington Examiner May 10, 2025 12:01 am

The Fed's purchases of Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed securities in its latest round of so-called quantitative easing, begun in late 2012, will total $1.603 trillion. (iStock Photo)

The fiscal irresponsibility of so-called ‘moderate’ Republicans

Washington Examiner May 9, 2025 12:00 am

COVID-19 Coronavirus cells

Trump slams lid on gain-of-function research

Washington Examiner May 8, 2025 12:00 am

Oil pipeline, the oil industry equipment

House Republicans make progress on permitting reform

Washington Examiner May 7, 2025 12:01 am

In this June 20, 2014, file photo, immigrants who entered illegally stand in line for bus tickets after they were released from a U.S. Border facility. Homeland Security is planning a series of raids targeted at hundreds of people who have managed to escape deportation. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

The art of the self-deportation

Washington Examiner May 6, 2025 12:00 am