Tag: Magazine - Washington Briefing

Empty bar less drinking in the US

Drinking dries up amid tough US economy

Zach Halaschak · April 17, 2026 6:01 am

Then-Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump listens as Senate candidate former Rep. Mike Rogers, speaks at a campaign event at the Ryder Center at Saginaw Valley State University, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, in University Center, Mich.

Central Michigan district a bellwether for House majority fight

David Mark · April 17, 2026 5:59 am

Indiana Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray speaks in the Senate chamber at the Statehouse

Midwest nasty: ‘Hoosier nice’ gets swamped in Trump White House’s redistricting revenge tour against Indiana Republicans

Tom LoBianco · April 10, 2026 6:31 am

Republican politician Mark Sanford speaks at OZY Fest in Central Park on Saturday, July 21, 2018, in New York.

Sanford bets he can withstand likely Trump campaign jabs

David Mark · April 10, 2026 6:29 am

A United States Postal Service (USPS) worker outside a USPS distribution center in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. FedEx, UPS, Amazon.com and the U.S. Postal Service are busy hiring temporary and part-time workers ahead of the peak season, which will start to ramp up in November. Competition will be fierce for labor in and out of the parcel industry. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Congress seeks solution for averting USPS fiscal collapse

Kevin R. Kosar · April 10, 2026 6:28 am

A Ukrainian soldier from the “Taifun” unmanned aerial vehicle unit holds a new model Marsianin attack drone on April 7 in Kharkiv region, Ukraine. (Nikoletta Stoyanova/Getty Images)

The other war: Volodymyr Zelensky navigates a future without US support

Jamie McIntyre · April 10, 2026 6:23 am

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar meets with Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, in Hargeisa, Somaliland, on Jan. 6. (Israeli Foreign Ministry/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Israel has recognized Somaliland. Will the US follow?

Ron Kampeas · March 27, 2026 5:57 am

From left: Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA); Rep. Julia Letlow (R-LA); Louisiana State Treasurer John Fleming (Mark Schiefelbein/AP; Brett Duke/AP; Gerald Herbert/AP)

Power of Trump endorsement tested in Louisiana GOP Senate primary

Taylor Millard · March 27, 2026 5:55 am

President Donald Trump and War Secretary Pete Hegseth.

The war according to Pete Hegseth: The aptly named ‘war’ secretary is in a running battle with anyone who questions his reality

Jamie McIntyre · March 27, 2026 5:53 am

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), President Donald Trump’s pick for Homeland Security secretary, testifies during a Senate Committee on Homeland Security on Capitol Hill on March 18. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Noem, Mullin, and O’Brien show how Trump 2.0 is different

Jeremy Lott · March 20, 2026 6:16 am

Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) is among nine senators not seeking reelection in November 2026. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

This senator offered a refreshingly candid explanation for her retirement plans

David Mark · March 20, 2026 6:13 am

From left, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Vice President JD Vance and President Donald Trump attend a casualty return for the soldiers who were killed in a drone strike at a command center in Kuwait after the U.S. and Israel launched its military campaign against Iran at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware on March 7.

When will Trump be able to declare victory over Iran?

Jamie McIntyre · March 20, 2026 6:05 am