Author: Washington Examiner

The Independence Day signing by President Donald Trump of his “big, beautiful bill” could clear the way for the most sweeping change ever in America’s gun laws. Several of the nation’s most prominent Second Amendment advocacy groups said one tweak made to the 91-year-old National Firearms Act opened the door to its unraveling, and with…

President Donald Trump is hoping to add another peace deal to his accomplishments, this time settling a decadeslong dispute between former Soviet states Armenia and Azerbaijan. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will speak with Trump in Washington, D.C., on Thursday and Friday in a meeting aimed at “promoting peace, prosperity, and economic…

Fort Stewart, an Army base in south Georgia, is under a lockdown on Wednesday after reports of an active shooter. Five casualties have been reported, and law enforcement officers are on the scene. The shooter is in custody. “Fort Stewart is in a lockdown status due to an active shooter incident in the 2nd Armored…

Texas House Democrats were evacuated from their Illinois hotel on Wednesday due to a bomb threat.  In a statement, Texas House Democrats said they are safe and “undeterred.” A group of Democratic state lawmakers has been staying in Illinois after leaving Texas to deny their Republican counterparts a quorum to vote on a new congressional…

Washington Examiner Senior Writer Joe Concha slammed legacy media for avoiding coverage regarding gerrymandering in Democratic states.  Texas made headlines after President Donald Trump backed maps to change districts to win five more seats for the Republican Party. While the Texas House was slated to vote on redistricting this week, the chamber has failed to…

Rep. Cory Mills‘s (R-FL) former girlfriend accused him of threatening to release sexually explicit photos of her, according to a police report. Lindsey Langston, a Miss United States pageant winner and Florida GOP committeewoman for Columbia County who was elected in 2024, detailed her story to the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office on July 14 in…

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) on Tuesday convened again with President Donald Trump in Washington, cementing a bipartisan approach to the White House that sets her apart from her Democratic colleagues. Whitmer has met with Trump multiple times since he took office in January, including in an April encounter that went viral when the governor shielded…

Republican Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick defended Texas’s effort to redistrict in the name of “more representation” for what he referred to as his “red state.”  Roughly 50 Democratic lawmakers left Texas over the weekend to break the Texas House quorum. This exodus was their attempt to prevent the vote on redistricting.  Patrick appeared on…

(The Center Square) – Despite reaching no quorum on Tuesday, Texas House members worked on disaster recovery bills in response to the July 4 Hill Country flood. The House Select Committee on Disaster Preparedness heard five bills on Tuesday, House Bills 1, 2, 18, 19, and 20. The bills focus “on emergency response, flood mitigation,…

(The Center Square) – A series of challenges to permits and approvals for a new 41-mile section of Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline will take place starting Aug. 12 and running through Oct. 3. Enbridge has proposed the 41-mile section to replace a 12-mile section of the pipeline through the Bad River Reservation in northern Wisconsin.…