Policy

Adm. Brad Cooper speaks to members of the media during a press briefing with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, left, at the Pentagon, Thursday, April 16, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

CENTCOM announces task force to blockade Iranian ground transit routes

David Zimmermann · November 7, 2026 2:16 pm

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press conference after attending a round table with local community leaders in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Friday, Nov. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Stephanie Rojas)

Judge overrides Mamdani’s objections to ICE subpoena for homeless shelter information

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

National Guards patrol a highway near Aguililla, Mexico, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, after the Mexican army killed Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho." (AP Photo/Armando Solis)

Border Patrol agents anticipate cartels will use blue wave to lure migrants to US

In this graphic, Trump purses his lips in the foreground, right, by a diamond-shaped caution sign reading "tariffs" with stock lines charging upward in the background alongside the Capitol Building.

Democrats could target Trump tariffs after midterm sweep with some GOP aid

The CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices meets in Atlanta on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025 to consider changes in hepatitis B vaccine recommendations for infants. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

CDC panel votes to drop guidance for universal newborn hepatitis B vaccination

Gabrielle M. Etzel December 5, 2025 10:50 am

Daily on Defense

Dueling narratives: Boat strike video largely viewed through partisan lens

Jamie McIntyre December 5, 2025 7:42 am

President Donald Trump speaks during an event on fuel economy standards in the Oval Office of the White House.

Trump’s new weakness on China

Tom Rogan December 5, 2025 6:00 am

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Foot voting, housing, and affordability

Ilya Somin December 5, 2025 5:53 am

Meta isn’t a monopoly after Instagram and WhatsApp acquisition, per judge’s ruling

Jessica Melugin December 5, 2025 5:50 am

President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting as War Secretary Pete Hegseth looks on at the White House.

Trump and Hegseth’s fraught relationship with the law of war

Jamie McIntyre December 5, 2025 5:41 am

A stethoscope being held up by blue and red rope.

The fight to keep politics out of medicine

Bethany Mandel December 5, 2025 5:23 am

Tools for Radicals (Thomas Fluharty for the Washington Examiner)

Tools for radicals: Why younger generations have turned against free markets and American traditions

Jeremiah Poff December 5, 2025 5:15 am

A collage of President Donald Trump and Black Friday deals.

Soros-backed ‘We Ain’t Buying It’ boycott bombs on Black Friday

Mia Cathell December 5, 2025 5:00 am

Fat Shot illo (Illustration by Barbara Kyttle/Washington Examiner)

The origin story of the ‘fat shot’

Carson Becker December 5, 2025 4:15 am

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Noem confirms full travel ban will include over 30 countries

David Zimmermann December 4, 2025 10:08 pm

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives before the lighting of the National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, near the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

US kills four suspected drug traffickers in first vessel strike since ‘double tap’ report

David Zimmermann December 4, 2025 9:31 pm