Author: Anna Giaritelli

The Trump administration is seizing record-setting amounts of illegal drugs heading for the United States in the months after President Donald Trump declared a new war on drugs upon taking office in January. The U.S. Coast Guard, a branch of the military housed under the Department of Homeland Security, has surged more crew and ships…

The first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s second term have been a whirlwind of activity, punctuated by action at the border, tariffs, turbulent markets, DOGE, multiple lawsuits, and constant headlines. This Washington Examiner series, “100-Day Report Card,” will look at six key issues and how they have come to define the early days of…

EXCLUSIVE — The Trump administration will soon deploy the federal government’s first-ever floating buoy wall at the U.S.-Mexico border river with the installation of a 17-mile string of buoys in South Texas, the Washington Examiner has learned. The construction project is scheduled to begin in the coming weeks in the Rio Grande in Texas‘s Rio…

EXCLUSIVE — The Trump administration is warning immigrants illegally residing in the United States to register with the federal government by Friday or face fines and imprisonment. The Department of Homeland Security is reminding all noncitizen residents who have been in the country for more than 30 days to register with the government by Friday…

President Donald Trump said his administration is close to finalizing a plan that would withhold all federal funding to cities and states that have enacted “sanctuary” zones and do not cooperate with federal immigration authorities. “No more Sanctuary Cities! They protect the Criminals, not the Victims. They are disgracing our Country and are being mocked…

Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Trump administration dealt a “major blow” to two Mexican drug cartels following the Coast Guard’s seizure of half a billion dollars’ worth of illicit drugs during recent deployments. Bondi announced in Fort Everglades, Florida, on Wednesday that two Coast Guard cutters returning from deployments in the Eastern Pacific Ocean…

The Trump administration is planning to expand its crackdown on immigrant admissions into the United States by screening people seeking green cards and student visas for antisemitism. On Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security’s Citizenship and Immigration Services announced it will begin considering immigrants’ antisemitic posts on social media when approving requests for lawful permanent…

The Trump administration has launched a phone app that allows illegal immigrants living in the United States to alert the federal government of plans to self-deport. The Department of Homeland Security announced Monday morning the “CBP Home” app, which includes a feature that allows users to click a button to notify U.S. Customs and Border…

EAGLE PASS, Texas — More than a year after Texas soldiers fenced off and locked out Border Patrol agents from accessing the United States-Mexico border as thousands of illegal immigrants surged across, state authorities have unchained the gate and reopened the door to their federal partners, the Washington Examiner has learned. The return of President…

President Donald Trump debuted a surprise executive order honoring Jocelyn Nungaray at his joint address to Congress, revealing he had renamed a wildlife sanctuary after the 12-year-old girl whose suspected killers were illegal immigrants. Trump called attention to Alexis Nungaray, the mother of Jocelyn, at his joint address on Tuesday night as Vice President JD…