Author: Washington Examiner Staff

The national average price for regular gas slightly decreased on Friday to $3.156 per gallon.  This is a decrease from Thursday’s national average price of one cent per gallon, according to AAA. There has also been a drop in cost compared to gas prices earlier this week, when gas was $3.163 per gallon. For the…

The Department of Homeland Security denied any wrongdoing after Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) claimed he had evidence of abuse occurring at detention centers. DHS issued a press release on Thursday stating that his claims were “debunked,” providing a summary of realities as rebuttals to several of Ossoff’s most egregious claims. Ossoff announced on Wednesday that…

The Trump administration has suspended over half a billion dollars in federal grant money to the University of California, Los Angeles.  The decision to halt the distribution of federal grants worth $584 million comes in response to an investigation of UCLA by the Justice Department. It found that the university failed to protect Jewish and…

Dean Cain used to protect innocent people from villains as the comic book hero Superman, but now he will do so as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer. Cain, who portrayed the superhero in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, announced in a video on his social media accounts that he had joined…

The national average price for a gallon of regular gas on Tuesday is $3.163. The price marks an increase of three consecutive days at the pumps to begin August, according to AAA. Yet, despite the recent slight increase in average gas prices, for the most part, fuel costs have been steady this summer, as the…

Moms for Liberty, the parents’ rights organization that rose to prominence for championing more parental involvement in education, was labeled a hate group by a state committee responsible for training police officers. The Massachusetts Municipal Police Training Committee classified Moms for Liberty as a hate group in its training materials, putting it in the same…

The Department of Veterans Affairs proposed a rule on Monday that would prohibit abortions at department medical facilities. If passed, it would reverse the decision to allow abortions at VA medical sites that was established in 2022. Previously, VA rules were in effect that did not allow abortions at VA facilities since 1999. The Biden…

President Donald Trump could be moving away from prioritizing efforts to make in vitro fertilization more affordable for Americans. Currently, there are no plans for the Trump administration to persuade health insurance companies to include IVF services in their coverage, according to a report by the Washington Post. The topic of more cost-efficient options for…

Former Vice President Kamala Harris appeared on Thursday night’s episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to promote her upcoming book, 107 Days. The tome is an account of Harris’s presidential campaign after then-President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential election. Stephen Colbert discussed the former vice president’s life after the campaign…

The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it was halting any government-initiated wind energy projects as part of its reshaping of the country’s approach to renewable energy.  Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum touted “four policy measures to advance President Donald J. Trump’s commonsense approach to affordable, reliable energy development in America,” including the pivot…