Tag: Thomas Jefferson

Oil painting by Pamela Patrick White of Thomas Jefferson reading in a tavern.

On This Day: Jefferson reacts to the king’s speech

Salena Zito · January 19, 2026 9:35 am

President-elect Donald Trump, Melania Trump and family watch fireworks at Trump National Golf Club, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, in Sterling, Va.

What is America 250?

Emily Hallas · January 14, 2026 10:16 am

Collage of new coin designs for America's 250th anniversary.

US Mint debuts new coin designs for America’s 250th anniversary

Jenny Goldsberry · January 5, 2026 4:08 pm

Sketch, George Washington with Jefferson and Hamilton by Constantino Brumidi, 1872 ca. (Courtesy of the U.S. Senate Collection)

The long shadow of the federalist debates

Michael M. Rosen · November 28, 2025 12:05 am

Founding Fathers of the United States sign the Declaration of Independence.

Beltway Confidential

Matt Walsh’s ‘America Only’ is neither Christian nor American

Peter Laffin · November 19, 2025 2:00 pm

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch poses for a portrait in his office at the Supreme Court, Monday, July 29, 2024, in Washington. Gorsuch is out with a new book in which he says ordinary Americans are "getting whacked" by too many laws and regulations. "Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law" is being published on Tuesday, Aug. 6. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Gorsuch warns of ‘greatest danger’ facing country today

Washington Examiner Staff · November 14, 2025 2:58 am

James Madison

Beltway Confidential

No Kings is not ‘what democracy looks like’ in the founders’ republic

Peter Laffin · October 20, 2025 2:59 pm

The recently renovated Rose Garden is pictured at the White House.

New White House art shows Trump with US history’s ‘Tariff Men’

Sydney Topf · August 23, 2025 2:37 pm

Trump and Jefferson: Reluctant world makers

Peter Laffin · June 22, 2025 2:00 pm

Illustration from 19th century.

For immigrants, unity, not diversity, is what makes them American

Edward J. Erler · May 5, 2025 8:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Happy about the national vibe shift? Thank Hamilton

Peter Laffin · March 8, 2025 2:10 pm

(Illustration by Tatiana Lozano / Washington Examiner; AP, Everett Collection / Newscom, Design Pics / Newscom)

John Adams, man for the job

Mike Watson · October 17, 2024 11:43 pm