Author: David Zimmermann Washington Examiner
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Jackson and Kavanaugh disagree over if the Supreme Court treats Trump like Biden
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Supreme Court justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Brett Kavanaugh disagreed on Monday over whether the high court treats President Donald Trump the same as former President Joe Biden in cases brought by their respective administrations. Jackson, who often writes dissents for Trump cases, criticized the current administration’s reliance on the emergency docket. The process allows…
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Vance working with DOJ and Treasury after Trump announces ‘war on fraud’
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Vice President JD Vance confirmed on Wednesday that he is working with the Justice and Treasury Departments to root out fraud nationwide. During the State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Donald Trump announced Vance would lead the administration’s “war on fraud.” “We will get it done,” the president said at one point during his lengthy…
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Trump sues IRS and Treasury for $10 billion over tax return leak
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President Donald Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS and Treasury Department as one of the plaintiffs on Thursday, alleging a former IRS employee leaked his confidential tax records over six years ago. The federal lawsuit, filed in the Southern District of Florida, accuses the IRS and Treasury of failing to prevent the…
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House races in 2026 see big competition with double-digit candidate fields
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Certain House races in 2026 are seeing larger-than-normal fields, with the number of candidates in primary and special elections climbing into the double digits. The races, from Georgia to Arizona to New York, are drawing massive candidate interest after incumbents in those congressional districts left for a variety of reasons. This year’s election cycle is…
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Pentagon orders 1,500 active-duty troops to prepare for Minnesota deployment
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The Pentagon has ordered roughly 1,500 active-duty troops to remain on standby for a possible deployment to Minnesota, where anti-ICE protests are prevalent after an officer-involved shooting that killed a woman. Tensions between federal and state officials are growing increasingly fraught after President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act, though he has since…
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SNAP recipients in five states will be banned from using assistance for candy and soda, beginning 2026
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More than 1.4 million recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program across five states will be banned from using federal food assistance for candy and soda purchases, starting Thursday. Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Utah, and West Virginia are the first group of 18 states to set food restriction waivers at the start of the new year,…
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Trump sets his sights on peace progress in the new year with Netanyahu and Zelensky meetings
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In the days leading up to the new year, President Donald Trump is reportedly preparing to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky again to discuss peaceful resolutions to the foreign nations’ respective conflicts. The White House is seeking to make progress in solidifying the next phase of the Israel-Hamas…
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Abrego Garcia vows to ‘fight’ against Trump administration as judge prohibits further detention
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia vowed to “fight” against the Trump administration on Friday, one day after a federal judge ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release him from custody. The once-detained Salvadoran national appeared outside an ICE field office in Baltimore, Maryland, where he urged supporters to stand strong and keep fighting alongside him. Shortly after,…
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TPUSA mounts pressure campaign on Indiana Republicans opposed to redistricting
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Turning Point USA on Friday mounted a pressure campaign against Indiana Republicans who resisted President Donald Trump’s mid-decade redistricting push in the state legislature. The conservative organization launched the effort with the help of pro-Trump super PACs. The groups will spend eight figures to “primary people that are standing in the way of the president’s…
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Newsom spars with Bondi over California redistricting lawsuit after Texas win
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The Department of Justice traded barbs with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) office on social media after the Supreme Court delivered a mid-decade redistricting win for Texas Republicans on Thursday. The online exchange started when Attorney General Pam Bondi hailed the high court’s decision to halt a lower court’s order that had tossed the new Texas…
