Author: Christian Datoc, Washington Examiner

President Donald Trump traveled to Miami, Florida, on Wednesday to deliver remarks at the America Business Forum, where he sought to shake off major warning signs for Republicans in light of Tuesday night’s elections. Democratic candidates campaigned heavily this year against Trump’s own economic policies and rode that “affordability” messaging into major wins in Virginia,…

President Donald Trump beseeched Republican senators to end the filibuster on Wednesday, hot on the heels of significant losses in Tuesday night’s 2025 elections. Trump has spent the last week-plus pressuring Republicans to abolish the filibuster to end the government shutdown, now the longest in history, through a simple majority vote in the Senate. The…

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the federal government will not speed up Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for November, despite statements from top administration officials earlier this week stating the opposite. The Trump administration has drawn criticism in recent weeks for placing SNAP benefits at the center of the government shutdown fight, saying the…

President Donald Trump is stuck between a rock and a hard place, forced to balance the government shutdown-linked delay of promised emergency aid for American farmers with continued efforts to prop up a political ally in Latin America. The Trump administration had repeatedly promised to stand up a bailout of American farmers, who have been…