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

HHS Sec. RFK Jr. testifying before Senate Finance Committee 9/4/2025 (Graemme Jennings, Washington Examiner).

HHS opens investigation into Midwestern school over vaccination without parents’ consent

Pedro Rodriguez December 4, 2025 12:19 pm

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

Official Signalgate review is mixed bag for Hegseth

Mike Brest December 4, 2025 12:13 pm

This Tuesday, April 1, 2025 photo shows the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention building in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

CDC to recommend parent choice for hepatitis B vaccines for newborns

Gabrielle M. Etzel December 4, 2025 9:50 am

An aerial view of the Pentagon.

New York Times sues Pentagon over ‘targeting’ First Amendment rights

Brady Knox December 4, 2025 8:05 am

Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama.

Will Trump give Albania’s Edi Rama a free pass on drug cartel links?

Tom Rogan December 4, 2025 8:00 am

Daily on Defense

Democrats call for Hegseth to resign after internal watchdog finds he violated policy, put troops at risk

Jamie McIntyre December 4, 2025 7:32 am

FILE - After waiting in a cue, people are led into a downtown Chicago building where an immigration court presides, Nov. 12, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

One in five immigration judges out of a job as Trump officials remake court

Anna Giaritelli December 4, 2025 5:00 am

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US consumers made Cyber Monday the ‘biggest online shopping day’ in history

Washington Examiner Staff December 4, 2025 3:53 am

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) speaks during an election night press conference.

Newsom unveils online portal to report ‘potentially unlawful’ conduct by federal officers

Emily Hallas December 3, 2025 5:37 pm

Children put flowers on a site of a house that was destroyed by a Russian strike.

Lawmakers say repatriation of Ukrainian children taken by Russian forces not up for negotiation

Mike Brest December 3, 2025 4:39 pm

With hands over their hearts, Erin Young and her three adopted children from left, Isaac, 5, Gianna, 7, and Lucas, 8, say the Pledge of Allegiance as they begin their homeschooling lessons, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in Sunbury, Ohio.

Loophole leading to discrimination targeted in federal bill

Center Square December 3, 2025 4:31 pm

Federal law enforcement officers stand guard in the open gate of the fence built on Beach Street outside the Broadview ICE processing facility in suburban Broadview, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Facing appeals loss, activists withdraw suit that had frozen ICE

Center Square December 3, 2025 4:14 pm