I'm George Gerbo and welcome to Washington Times Weekly, where we get a chance to sit down with our reporters and talk about their coverage of the latest news and events. And joining me today is Washington Times National Reporter Tom Howell Jr.
I recently came across an amusing meme: President Donald Trump, dressed as a magician, lifts his wand and declares, “For my next trick, I’ll make Democrats support the drug cartels.” And indeed, he has. Over the past 10 months, Trump has forced Democrats into defending some of the most indefensible, anti-American positions imaginable: fierce opposition […]
It is not a coincidence that the six congressional Democrats released a video urging active military members to “refuse illegal orders” just days before billboards saying the same thing went up outside of U.S. Southern Command in Florida and Fort Bragg in North Carolina. Nor is it a coincidence that just days after that, media […]
Comedian Bill Maher mused on Friday over the release of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s files on mocking President Trump’s quips about interacting with the deceased financier. “We can get back to the important business of government reading a dead pervert’s emails,” Maher said during a Friday episode of HBO’s “Real Time.” “We’re doing this...
President Trump’s supporters are worried he is muddling his populist message as Republicans seek to keep the party base together going into the midterm election year. This week, Trump faced an uproar from his most faithful MAGA supporters when he defended the H-1B visas and inviting foreign students to come study in the U.S. Conservative...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Saturday shared pictures of his face after being hospitalized for injuries tied to a fall. “20 stitches later and a full recovery, I’m back home with @giselefetterman and the kids. I’m overwhelmed + profoundly grateful for all the well-wishes. Truly,” the lawmaker wrote in a statement on X. “Grateful for...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) feud with President Trump intensified on Saturday after the lawmaker said she’s received threats for parting with the leader on key issues. “I am now being contacted by private security firms with warnings for my safety as a hot bed of threats against me are being fueled and egged on...
House Democrats released a new batch of emails from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein mentioning President Trump, fueling the push for more information to be released. On Wednesday, Democrats from the House Oversight Committee showed Epstein emails saying that Trump had been to his home, with one email from the disgraced financier saying Trump "knew...
The Trump administration is looking to transfer former election clerk Tina Peters, who was found guilty of tampering with voting machines after the 2020 election, from state prison to federal custody, Colorado state officials and one of her lawyers told The Associated Press on Friday. The Federal Bureau of Prisons sent a letter to the Colorado Department...
The Republican Party needs to offer a "public option" in the American health care system to provide relief to Americans facing soaring health care premiums and to avoid a midterm election nightmare.
The growing rift between President Trump and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) boiled over Friday night into Saturday morning with back-and-forth jabs online following weeks of criticism surrounding files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and concerns over affordability and health care. Their feud exploded when Trump withdrew his endorsement of her...
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has proposed a rent freeze and the construction of 200,000 units of subsidized affordable housing, however, economists warn that this policy will exacerbate the city's housing problem and do more harm than good.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday said it removed the Mexican national that indicted Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan allegedly helped evade arrest. "Eduardo Flores-Ruiz has been DEPORTED," the department wrote on social platform X. "Judge Hannah Dugan's actions to obstruct this violent criminal’s arrest take 'activist judge' to a whole new...
