Tag: Washington D.C.

President Donald Trump attends a meeting of his Cabinet alongside (L-R) U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in the Cabinet Room of the White House on December 02, 2025 in Washington, DC. A bipartisan Congressional investigation has begun regarding Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's role in ordering U.S. military strikes on small boats in the waters off Venezuela that have killed scores of people, which Hegseth said are intended "to stop lethal drugs, destroy narco-boats and kill the narco-terrorists who are poisoning the American people.” (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Seizing the tanker was the Monroe Doctrine in action

Hugo Gurdon · December 12, 2025 6:10 am

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg arrives to board a boat taking part in a civilian flotilla bound for Gaza, aiming to break the Israeli blockade and deliver humanitarian aid, in Barcelona, Spain on Aug. 31. (Emilio Morenatti/AP)

Energy and Environment

Thuning down the heat: The turn away from climate change alarmism

Dain Fitzgerald · December 12, 2025 5:16 am

IDF Military Drone Unit seen training with drones near Kibbutz Merom Golan, on the Syrian border in northern Golan Heights, Israel on June 26, 2025. (Photo by Michael Giladi / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by MICHAEL GILADI/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump administration pushes diplomacy between Israel and a pair of long-hostile neighbors

Michele Chabin · December 12, 2025 5:09 am

The House of Representatives votes on President Trump's "big beautiful bill" reconciliation act in the House chamber in the U.S. Capitol on July 3. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images)

House Republicans want to show voters they can get things done. Can they?

Kevin R. Kosar · December 12, 2025 5:00 am

Trump shakes hands with House Speaker Mike Johnson.

Cool Hand Mike

Washington Examiner · December 12, 2025 5:00 am

President Donald Trump holds up the name of the USA during the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup at the Kennedy Center on Dec. 5. (Jia Haocheng/Pool Photo via AP)

New national security strategy a throwback to 1823

Jamie McIntyre · December 12, 2025 4:58 am

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff speaks to thousands at the Moscone South Hall during Dreamforce in San Francisco on Sept. 17, 2024. (Brontë Wittpenn/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

The America Marc Benioff believes in

Jeremy Lott · December 12, 2025 4:55 am

Nvidia sellout to China threatens US national security

Tiana Lowe Doescher · December 12, 2025 4:39 am

(Illustration by Britt Spencer for the Washington Examiner) Dress for Success

Dress for success: An unexpected call for civility

Peter Tonguette · December 12, 2025 4:24 am

National Guardsmen patrol in front of the Washington Monument on the National Mall, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, in Washington. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)

Trump grapples with immigration crisis far beyond the border

Daniel Ross Goodman · December 12, 2025 4:21 am

President Garfield (1831-1881) walking a tight rope 'senatorial courtesy' and holding a pole 'executive prerogative.' (Photo12/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)

Senatorial courtesy: Bad practices in political power can be challenged and changed

Jay Caruso · December 12, 2025 4:13 am

Mesa County clerk Tina Peters, who was indicted in March on 11 felony and misdemeanor charges related to allegations she and others tampered with secure voting equipment and software, talks to well-wishers at a rally staged to voice concerns about free and fair elections on the west steps of the State Capitol Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in downtown Denver. Peters and Mike Lindell, MyPillow chief executive officer, spoke at the rally, which drew several hundred attendees.

Trump grants ‘full pardon’ to Tina Peters after 2020 election interference conviction

Brady Knox · December 11, 2025 10:16 pm