Author: Anna Giaritelli

The Biden administration has sanctioned Haitian President Michel Martelly for his role in several drug smuggling networks that have expanded far beyond the Caribbean country’s border. “Today, the United States is designating Haitian President Michel Martelly for his role in the global illicit drug trade,” State Department principal deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said in a…

More Christian migrants have resettled in the United States and Canada than any other religious group over the past three decades, according to a new analysis by an American think tank. A Pew Research Center study released on Monday found that 7 in 10 international migrants living in the U.S. or Canada identify as Christian, a…

China will begin restricting the production and sale of chemicals used to make fentanyl in the coming weeks, a move that the Biden administration has requested for several years and will begin to see come to fruition ahead of the November election. Following 2 1/2 years of diplomatic talks and urging from U.S. officials to…

EXCLUSIVE — Nonsanctuary cities and states could retaliate against sanctuary cities that have shipped out migrants from their streets to Republican-run jurisdictions under a new proposal. Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT) will debut legislation this week to cut off hundreds of millions of dollars in Federal Emergency Management Agency funding to cities that, overwhelmed with illegal…

Kamala Harris’s ascension to the top of the ticket has energized the Democratic base and refocused Republican attack lines. With less than 100 days to go until the election, defining Kamala Harris will take place at lightning speed. This Washington Examiner series will take a closer look at various aspects of her campaign and persona. Part…

President Joe Biden has directed federal agencies across the government to take drastic action to quell the flow of fentanyl entering the United States, an action that comes nearly three months ahead of the election. Biden issued a national security memorandum on Wednesday that will amp up the U.S. war on drugs, specifically targeting opioids,…

A Republican senator from a northern border state is leading a charge to bar federal border authorities from paroling into the United States any illegal immigrant determined to be a possible national security threat. Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT), alongside eight other Republican senators, debuted the Safeguarding Americans From Extremist Risk at the Border Act on…

FBI Director Christopher Wray declined the House Homeland Security Committee’s request to testify next week on Capitol Hill about the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, a committee aide has confirmed to the Washington Examiner. The refusal puts lawmakers and government officials further at odds following the shooting at Saturday’s Trump rally in Butler,…

A Sierra Leone man has been indicted for allegedly smuggling “thousands” of illegal immigrants into the United States by way of the southern border, according to the Department of Justice. The DOJ unsealed an indictment that contained federal criminal charges against 42-year-old Abdul Karim Conteh of Sierra Leone and alleged he oversaw a human smuggling…

The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the Inspector General has launched an investigation into the Secret Service’s handling of former President Donald Trump’s security following the assassination attempt at his campaign rally on July 13. The DHS internal auditor, an independent office within the department, posted an announcement on the DHS website that stated…