Author: NAOMI LIM Washington Examiner
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Trump calls on Thune to be a ‘leader’ and get the votes for the SAVE America Act
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President Donald Trump increased pressure on Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) to pass the SAVE America Act, imploring him to be a “leader” after he expressed concerns that there is not enough support for the measure in his chamber. “He’s got to be a leader. He’s the leader, he’s got to get them,” Trump…
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What can Trump do to change the tide before the 2026 midterm elections?
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History will be against President Donald Trump when he tries to hold on to his control of Congress after this year’s midterm elections. From pressuring state Republicans to redraw their congressional districts to create more GOP-leaning seats in the House to underscoring his policy and political wins on the campaign trail and in prime-time TV…
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Trump says he ‘aced’ cognitive test amid fresh questions about his health
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President Donald Trump boasted about his cognitive test results after admitting he regrets disclosing he had advanced imaging because of the scrutiny it has stoked regarding his health. “The White House Doctors have just reported that I am in ‘PERFECT HEALTH,’ and that I ‘ACED’ (Meaning, was correct on 100% of the questions asked!), for…
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Trump’s first year back in office: Four successes and four failures
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President Donald Trump is closing a seismic year as the country’s commander in chief. Since the first day of his second administration, when he issued 26 executive orders, 12 presidential memos, and four proclamations, the most first-day actions of any U.S. president, Trump has reshaped Washington, D.C. He hasn’t had it all his own way,…
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DeSantis’s Florida moves lay groundwork for possible 2028 presidential return
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As 2025 comes to an end, political eyes are not only turning toward next year’s midterm elections, but also toward the 2028 Republican presidential primary, as possible candidates start posturing, including Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL). DeSantis, 47, who, along with former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, challenged President Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican nomination,…
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OMB directs AI vendors seeking government contracts to measure their model’s political bias
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The White House Office of Management and Budget has amplified President Donald Trump‘s actions regarding artificial intelligence by directing AI vendors to measure and disclose political bias in their models when seeking contracts with the federal government. OMB Director Russell Vought, in the memorandum to federal departments and agencies that he issued Thursday, described his…
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Trump can’t shake the affordability ‘hoax’
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President Donald Trump is struggling to rewrite the public narrative regarding affordability, underscored by this week’s closer-than-expected special election in Tennessee. Trump has dismissed concerns about affordability as a Democratic hoax after Democrats emphasized the issue last month before off-year elections in New Jersey and Virginia. However, his rhetoric has apparently not placated the public,…
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Trump promotes kids’ investment accounts with midterm elections on the horizon
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President Donald Trump is underscoring his “Trump accounts” program as he shifts into election mode and works to preserve Republican control of Congress in the 2026 midterm elections. Trump’s announcement Tuesday that Michael and Susan Dell will donate $6.25 billion to fund investment accounts for at least 25 million American children, excluded from the president’s…
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Trump floats Hegseth using military courts to look into Democrats’ ‘seditious’ video message
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President Donald Trump raised the prospect of War Secretary Pete Hegseth and military courts looking into Democrats the president has accused of sedition for their appeal to active service members and intelligence operatives to defy illegal orders from their commander in chief. Trump made the comments during an interview with Fox News Radio’s Brian Kilmeade…
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Trump rolls out ‘red carpet’ for Saudi crown prince’s trip to the White House
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President Donald Trump is welcoming Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House, years after former President Joe Biden promised to make him a pariah over his ordering the assassination of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. The remarkable about-face comes after Biden first started softening his approach to Saudi Arabia at the start…
