Tag: Donald Trump

Oil tankers and cargo ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz.

US expands Iran blockade to target dark fleet ships worldwide

Rena Rowe · April 16, 2026 8:33 am

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Daily on Defense

Attacks by Trump and Vance fuel debate over ‘Just War’ doctrine

Jamie McIntyre · April 16, 2026 7:24 am

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, left, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, right.

WATCH LIVE: Hegseth and Caine give update from Pentagon as US blockades Iran

Claire Carter · April 16, 2026 7:02 am

Artwork depicting a circuitboard and the U.S./Chinese flags

Foreign cash is sabotaging America in AI race against China

Jason Isaac · April 16, 2026 7:00 am

FILE - Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's choice to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, appears before the Senate Finance Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, file)

RFK Jr. testifies as MAHA coalition comes under strain: What to know

Gabrielle M. Etzel · April 16, 2026 7:00 am

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito attends a meeting, in Rome, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025

Democrats vow to block next Trump Supreme Court pick amid Alito speculation

Ramsey Touchberry · April 16, 2026 7:00 am

President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte at the 2026 World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

America’s NATO and Israel alliances are imperfect, but important

Tom Rogan · April 16, 2026 6:00 am

3D rendering of an empty corridor in a modern hospital.

Faith, Freedom, and Self-Reliance

340B keeps rural hospitals alive. Big Pharma wants it gone

Taylor Millard · April 16, 2026 6:00 am

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, right, and President Donald Trump look over a document of cost figures during a visit to the Federal Reserve, July 24, 2025, in Washington.

Trump sets stage for showdown with Powell over who runs the Fed in mid-May

Zach Halaschak · April 16, 2026 6:00 am

Early voting is underway in Virginia on a closely watched redistricting referendum that is shaping up to be a razor-thin race, with both parties increasingly treating the April 21 vote as a pivotal and unpredictable fight for control of the House.

Virginia redistricting referendum tightens into a dead heat as early voting surges

Samantha-Jo Roth · April 16, 2026 5:00 am

Operation Southern Spear strike on April 15

Fourteenth ‘narco-terrorist’ killed this week in Operation Southern Spear ‘kinetic strike’

Washington Examiner Staff · April 16, 2026 4:06 am

From left, Michael Needham, counselor for the U.S. Dept. of State, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa, Lebanese Ambassador to the U.S. Nada Hamadeh Moawad, and Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter.

Trump touts meeting between leaders of Israel and Lebanon that ‘will happen tomorrow’

Washington Examiner Staff · April 16, 2026 2:00 am