Author: Washington Examiner

The Trump administration is considering whether to publicly release a transcript of a late-July interview between Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell. The Justice Department recorded Maxwell’s interview, which took place last month on July 24 and 25 at the U.S. attorney’s office in Tallahassee, and is now in the process of transcribing and redacting…

Texas is permitted to enforce its law dismissing mail-in ballots without a voter’s identification number, a federal appeals court ruled on Monday. The three-judge panel, led by U.S. Circuit Judge James Ho for the Fifth Circuit, said it had “no difficulty” concluding that Texas’s identification requirement was valid and consistent with federal law. A provision…

Texas Democrats who fled the state as Republicans look to redraw the Lone Star State’s congressional lines pushed back on the GOP efforts during a press conference Tuesday morning. The press conference, where the Democrats were joined by Democratic National Committee Chairman and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, comes on the eve of the 60th anniversary…

President Donald Trump was spotted Tuesday morning on the White House roof for a roughly 20-minute walking tour. Trump and a small group of men, including architect James McCrery, walked around the briefing room’s roof and looked down at the Rose Garden and across the South Lawn, which is the planned site of a new ballroom…

All members of Congress representing Colorado, Democrats and Republicans alike, are asking President Donald Trump to release $140 million in frozen funds for Colorado River water projects.  The lawmakers’ request stems from funding that was awarded in the waning days of the Biden administration. The federal funds supported 17 projects in the state related to the…

Some Republican operatives hope Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX) is the candidate who could keep a Texas Senate seat red in the 2026 midterm elections, as Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-TX) chances of winning reelection remain shaky. While Cornyn has held the seat for over two decades, he has faced rising opposition from conservatives in recent years…

Peculiar language uncovered in a newly declassified Russiagate intelligence document is raising suspicions about how the term “critical infrastructure” became a catch-all phrase used by censorship powers to suppress disfavored speech. Censorship watchdogs are calling attention to a particular phrase, pertaining to “critical infrastructure,” that appeared in the appendix to former special counsel John Durham’s final report on the…

The Justice Department has published a list of cities, counties, and states that identify as “sanctuary” zones or places where law enforcement will not turn over illegal immigrants to federal immigration authorities. The DOJ on Tuesday highlighted the top jurisdictions on the Trump administration’s radar, including 13 states, four counties, and 18 cities. One state…

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would not select Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, stressing Bessent “wants to stay” at the Treasury Department. “Well, I love Scott, but he wants to stay where he is,” Trump said on CNBC’s Squawk Box Tuesday morning. “I asked him just…

The U.S. Coast Guard released its final report on the implosion of OceanGate’s Titan submersible in June 2023, finding problems at nearly every level. The 335-page report was the result of over two years of investigation, including a two-week hearing held last year. The report found problems ranging from a toxic work environment to a…