Author: Washington Examiner Staff

Rioters in Los Angeles, California, objecting to deportation efforts of illegal immigrants in the U.S. have plagued the city with violence for three days. This has included assaulting law enforcement, federal agency officials, setting Waymo vehicles on fire, and other criminal acts.  The destruction and violence have led President Donald Trump to deploy 2,000 National…

Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles and former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines were involved in a war of words on X over the weekend regarding transgender athletes.  Biles, the most highly decorated gymnast in U.S. Olympic history, began the feud when she scolded Gaines for criticizing Minnesota’s Champlin Park High School softball team, which won the…

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk caused a stir on Thursday, exchanging insults on social media. Yet despite the very public rift, reports have emerged that they could be headed for a truce. Politico’s Dasha Burns reported that White House advisers have scheduled a call between Musk and Trump to resolve their disagreements. She said…

Residents of Puerto Rico who say they are “nonbinary” will now be permitted to have an identifier on their birth certificates. The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico ruled on May 30 that nonbinary people have a right to differentiate themselves from “binary” people and could now choose “X” for their gender on their birth certificates.…

Europe’s most active volcano, Mount Etna, erupted on Monday morning, producing an enormous ash cloud “several kilometers high.” The volcano is located in Sicily, Italy, near the city of Catania. The eruption began at 11:24 a.m. local time, according to reports. Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology warned of “almost continuous” explosions that were of…

The national average price for regular gas fell on Monday to $3.141 per gallon to start the week.  This decrease at the pumps continues the recent trend of lower fuel costs that began after Memorial Day weekend. Monday’s gas prices were less than a week ago, when the price was $3.179, according to AAA. A…

Karol Nawrocki, the right-wing candidate in Poland’s presidential runoff election, won on Sunday night and will be the country’s next president.  Nawrocki defeated Rafał Trzaskowski by the slimmest of margins, winning 50.89% of the vote. Trzaskowski, the liberal candidate and current mayor of Warsaw, received 49.11% of the vote, according to the Associated Press. The…

Former New York Police Department Commissioner Bernard Kerik died on Thursday. He was 69 years old. Kerik was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1955. His family later moved to Paterson, New Jersey, and he grew up in the city. He attended Eastside High School, which later gained recognition due to the 1989 film Lean…

The National Fraternal Order of Police released a statement expressing its support for President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” Patrick Yoes, national president of the Fraternal Order of Police, applauded the proposed legislation, specifically highlighting the commitment to eliminate taxes on earned income while working overtime. “The ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ is…

The U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum will hold its eighth annual leadership summit on June 2 in Washington, D.C. The organization aims to fortify relationships between leaders from the U.S. and India by “enabling stakeholder dialogues, white papers, and specialized consultations.” This year’s event will spotlight Second Lady Usha Vance and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick.…