Author: David Zimmermann Washington Examiner

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Wednesday denied that President Donald Trump directed the Justice Department to indict former FBI Director James Comey for a second time, saying the investigation has been ongoing for almost a year. The two-count indictment stems from a May Instagram post by Comey featuring seashells arranged to spell “86 47.”…

King Charles III bestowed a historical gift upon President Donald Trump during the White House state dinner on Tuesday night. The British royal gifted Trump a bell from a World War II British submarine named the HMS Trump. The vessel played a “critical role” against the Japanese in the Pacific Ocean, according to the king.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…