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Attendees hold up signs at the memorial service for political activist Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium on September 21, 2025 in Glendale, Arizona. Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of Turning Point USA, was shot and killed on September 10th while speaking at an event during his "American Comeback Tour" at Utah Valley University. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

In a tight labor market, social media posts justifying political violence are ill-advised for employees

Jeremy Lott · October 10, 2025 5:35 am

A national flag hangs over the site where conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at Utah Valley University last week on Sept. 17, 2025, in Orem, Utah. (Jesse Bedayn/AP)

Suspects in politically tinged killings come from backgrounds of relative safety, comfort, and privilege

John Scott Lewinski · October 10, 2025 5:20 am

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Trump’s expansive use of the National Guard shatters longstanding norms, but may not break the law

Jamie McIntyre · October 10, 2025 5:17 am

Stagflation inflation growth (Getty Images)

Stagflation poses economic and political threat to Trump administration

Taylor Millard · October 10, 2025 5:15 am

(Washington Examiner illustration; AP photos)

What JD Vance could learn from Kamala’s memoir

Jeremy Lott · October 3, 2025 5:50 am

Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) and Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA).

Generational fight in budding Massachusetts Democratic Senate primary

David Mark · October 3, 2025 5:45 am

War Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks onstage in front of an American flag.

Pete Hegseth’s command performance

Jamie McIntyre · October 3, 2025 5:30 am

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Democratic New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.

On homelessness and crime, modern-day progressives make 20th-century communists look like grownups

Dain Fitzgerald · October 3, 2025 5:27 am

Left: Roger Clemens is sworn-in prior to testifying before a House Oversight, and Government Reform committee hearing on drug use in baseball on Feb. 13, 2008. Right: Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens struck out 20 batters on April 29, 1986, for a Major League Baseball record. He is congratulated by teammates during the Red Sox vs. Mariners game at Fenway Park. (Susan Walsh/AP; Bettmann / Contributor via Getty Images)

Trump plays hardball in Baseball Hall of Fame push for Roger Clemens

Frederic J. Frommer · September 26, 2025 5:40 am

From left: Mallory McMorrow, Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI), and Abdul El-Sayed (Washington Examiner illustration; AP; NEWSCOM)

Gaza war takes center stage in Michigan Senate Democratic primary

Ron Kampeas · September 26, 2025 5:30 am

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) questions FBI Director Kash Patel as he testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on Sept. 16, 2025 in Washington, DC. Patel was questioned about last week’s assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk and his social media posts related to the FBI’s investigation of the shooting, as well as a lawsuit filed by former senior FBI officials who were terminated by Patel for what they claim are political reasons. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Social media draws scrutiny in Kirk killing aftermath

Jessica Melugin · September 26, 2025 5:25 am

President Donald Trump walks by Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, center front, at the NATO summit in the Netherlands on June 25. (Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP)

Trump’s abandonment of Ukraine foreshadows America’s looming estrangement from NATO

Jamie McIntyre · September 19, 2025 5:45 am