Author: Washington Examiner Staff

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced legislation on Thursday calling for an audit of the Federal Reserve. The senator’s proposal comes after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has faced scrutiny for the $2.5 billion in renovations he authorized for two federal buildings in Washington, D.C. Paul’s bill, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act, would require a complete…

The Republican National Committee filed a lawsuit against the Division of Elections in New Jersey on Thursday.  The RNC took the legal action after the Garden State’s DOE failed to “produce records on voter roll maintenance and election integrity.” The state was obligated to do so due to the Open Public Records Act, according to…

The Trump administration announced a collaboration effort between two government agencies on Wednesday, the goal of which is to augment domestic manufacturing. The two agencies, the Department of Labor and the Small Business Administration, signed a “Memorandum of Understanding” to facilitate efforts to increase manufacturing in the country. The collaboration will focus on enhancing cooperation…

FBI agents arrested a man suspected of shooting ICE agents in a premeditated ambush at the Prairieland Detention Center on July 4. Agents in Dallas apprehended alleged shooter Benjamin Hanil Song on Wednesday after a weeklong search, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas announced in a press release. Song was charged…

Three Corporation for Public Broadcasting members whom President Donald Trump fired in April have refused to leave their positions.  CPB board members Diane Kaplan, Laura Ross, and Thomas Rothman were terminated in April, yet all three have continued to show up to work. They refuse to vacate their positions, according to a complaint filed by…

Gas prices remained steady on Monday, with the national average cost for regular gas at $3.153 per gallon, according to AAA. This was the same price as it was on Sunday.  Moreover, the national average price for regular gas largely remained the same over the last week, with a very slight increase of 1 cent.…

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is holding a shipbuilding company accountable for repeatedly failing to meet its deadlines and “delivery agreements.”  Noem announced the partial cancellation of a contract last week with Eastern Shipbuilding Group after the company failed to fulfill four previously agreed-upon orders for Offshore Patrol Cutters, according to a press release from…

The X account of the Sesame Street character Elmo was allegedly hacked on Sunday.  The beloved Sesame Street puppet’s X account posted several hate-filled messages with slurs and antisemitic comments. Other messages featured comments about President Donald Trump and the Epstein files and also called the president “Netanyahu’s puppet.” “ALL JEWS SHOULD DIE” and “DONALD…

Lawyers for pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for being arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement outside his apartment in New York City and subsequently detained at a detention center in Louisiana.  Khalil’s lawsuit is for $20 million in damages, claiming he was falsely imprisoned, maliciously prosecuted, and had…

The fourth annual Ukraine Recovery Conference is underway in Rome on Thursday. World leaders will meet to discuss protecting Ukraine from Russian aggression and the country’s eventual recovery and reconstruction.  “Governments, international organizations, financial institutions, businesses, regions, municipalities, and civil society will come together, united by a shared commitment to strengthen the resilience of Ukraine…