Author: Christian Datoc, Washington Examiner
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Vance announces new assistant attorney general position to focus on fraud
Vice President JD Vance announced Thursday that President Donald Trump is creating a new attorney general position to lead government efforts to investigate and prosecute fraud cases. Vance joined White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt at an unscheduled briefing Thursday afternoon in which he asserted that fraud schemes like the one uncovered in Minnesota are…
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Trump’s Venezuela intervention could settle the 2028 debate for Rubio and Vance
President Donald Trump‘s Venezuelan intervention will likely have a significant effect on determining the GOP nominee for the 2028 presidential election. For months, Trump has hinted at his desire to see a ticket featuring both Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, though the president himself hasn’t necessarily clarified which man he’d…
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Trump administration awards rural health ‘transformation’ grants to all 50 states
The Trump administration announced hundreds of millions of dollars in new healthcare grants for all 50 states on Monday as part of a program launched by President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act over the summer. The law allocated $50 billion for a new Rural Health Transformation program to partially offset nearly $140 billion…
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Vance: Democrats on affordability is like ‘Charles Manson criticizing violent crime’
Vice President JD Vance traveled to Alburtis, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday to continue the Trump administration’s end-of-the-year dash to address voters’ economic concerns. Last week, President Donald Trump regaled a crowd at the Mount Airy Casino in nearby Mount Pocono with a typical rally performance. However, the president responded to his slipping economic polling by blaming…
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Susie Wiles slams Vanity Fair ‘hit piece,’ which included her unflattering comments about Trump and his team
Susie Wiles, described by President Donald Trump as the most powerful woman in the world, has hit back at a series of Vanity Fair articles in which she made several unflattering comments about members of the administration, including her boss. Wiles, the first-ever female White House chief of staff, referred to the pieces, published Tuesday…
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Trump quietly ‘reviewing options’ as Congress stares down Obamacare deadline
President Donald Trump is staying quiet as Congress works to extend expiring Obamacare subsidies, but Trumpworld insiders believe the White House will rally Republicans behind a proposal as the Dec. 31 expiration date approaches. Democratic lawmakers have been sounding the alarm for months about how health insurance premiums will skyrocket for more than 20 million…
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Trump treading water on Epstein and the economy as MAGA coalition splinters
President Donald Trump’s 2024 coalition is in disarray, and the president embarked on a last-ditch effort this week to convince voters ahead of a contested midterm cycle that all is right at the White House. Most notably, the president pulled a complete 180 Sunday night, pressing House Republicans to vote yes on Tuesday’s bill to…
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Trump eyes up more rare earth deals in Russia’s backyard
President Donald Trump is expected to sign new economic agreements with five Central Asian nations on Thursday to mark the 10-year anniversary of the C5+1 forum. The group was launched in 2015 under the auspices of former Secretary of State John Kerry. Former President Joe Biden was the first leader to hold a presidential-level forum…
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Trump takes one-year victory lap, despite election results highlighting economic pain
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,…
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Trump concedes GOP had bad election night and demands senators turn page, nuke filibuster, and end shutdown
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…