The Pentagon is seeking congressional approval to codify the Department of War name change, estimating a $52 million cost to taxpayers for the rebranding.
CONFLICT IN AFTERMATH OF KIRK KILLING. There are two epic battles going on in the wake of the assassination of Charlie Kirk. One is the battle to define Kirk. The other is the battle to define his killer. There are significant voices trying to portray Kirk as a hateful, divisive figure. At the same time, there are voices […]
On many Americans’ bucket lists is a European vacation to see the continent’s almost frozen-in-time architecture, with buildings and cathedrals older than the United...
Throughout this week, the Washington Examiner’s Restoring America project will feature its latest series titled “Reforming the Deep State: Reining in the Federal Bureaucracy.” We invited some of the best policy minds in the conservative movement to speak to the issues of what waste, fraud, abuse, and unaccountability exist throughout the federal government and what […]
Trade unions in France perceive themselves as the voice of the workers against the political elites and the wealthy. Last week, the unions and their supporters took to the streets to inject themselves directly into the political fight over a 2026 budget. Perhaps 800,000 people participated in anti-austerity demonstrations with the purpose of persuading President Emmanuel Macron and his new Prime Minister […]
Americans assume hospitals are in the business of keeping us healthy, not of buying drugs inexpensively and then reselling them with a huge markup. We like to — alas, naively — assume that the Hippocratic oath applies to the whole medical community. Unfortunately, an ongoing federal program seems to have pushed many hospitals away from […]
Throughout this week, the Washington Examiner’s Restoring America project will feature its latest series titled “Reforming the Deep State: Reining in the Federal Bureaucracy.” We invited some of the best policy minds in the conservative movement to speak to the issues of what waste, fraud, abuse, and unaccountability exist throughout the federal government and what still needs […]
Throughout this week, the Washington Examiner’s Restoring America project will feature its latest series titled “Reforming the Deep State: Reining in the Federal Bureaucracy.” We invited some of the best policy minds in the conservative movement to speak to the issues of what waste, fraud, abuse, and unaccountability exist throughout the federal government and what […]
Amid the War Department leadership’s emphasis on speed, efficiency, and the warrior ethos and White House Office of Management and Budget‘s creative financing to claim a $1 trillion defense budget in 2026, the true cost of our security remains unclear. If the defense budget was actually $1 trillion as touted, and if all those resources […]
This week, the Taliban began cutting Wi-Fi access to provinces across Afghanistan. The New York Times cited two Taliban officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, who confirmed that orders for the Wi-Fi ban came from Sheikh Haibatullah Akhundzada. Multiple Taliban officials have said Haibatullah believes that the internet is being misused and promotes immorality. WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH US-TALIBAN […]
On September 28, Moldova, a country of about 2.6 million people tucked between Ukraine and Romania, will hold parliamentary elections. For most Americans, Moldova is a little-known place. But the outcome of these elections matters: the vote will test whether Russia can continue to shape politics in Europe through subversion, money, and cyber operations, and whether Europe […]
There is a reason the Boston Tea Party resonates 250 years after that fateful night in 1773. An evening where a group of bold patriots stood up in defiance against institutional tyranny. In protest of the Tea Act, they raided the British East India Company ships, throwing overboard pounds of tea, sparking excitement for revolution […]
Throughout this week, the Washington Examiner’s Restoring America project will feature its latest series titled “Reforming the Deep State: Reining in the Federal Bureaucracy.” We invited some of the best policy minds in the conservative movement to speak to the issues of what waste, fraud, abuse, and unaccountability exist throughout the federal government and what still needs […]
