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Trump admin’s mail-in ballot fight lands back at Supreme Court

The Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to enforce postal service ballot mail restrictions as North Carolina ballots already enter the mail.

Federal Communications Commission plans to warn broadcasters against airing ‘fake polls’

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr said President Trump is right to question "partisan" television networks.

Mamdani draws outrage by handing 9/11 pen to attorney who helped defend al-Qaida terrorist

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed executive orders recognizing the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and handed one of the pens to his chief counsel, Ramzi Kassem, who once represented an al-Qaida operative.

A whiplash election year enters its final stretch as Trump holds wild cards

In the earliest days of this election cycle, the U.S. wasn't at war with Iran.

Trump administration makes another appeal to the Supreme Court to allow mail ballot restrictions

The Trump administration on Sunday renewed its appeal to the Supreme Court after a federal judge blocked new restrictions on mail ballots ahead of the midterms.

GOP lawmaker calls for more attacks against drug smugglers

A member of the House Armed Services Committee told the Washington Examiner he wants to see “more” attacks against drug smugglers after Democrats challenged President Donald Trump’s decisive drone strikes against cartels operating off of Venezuela‘s coast.  “I commend President Trump for his decisive counternarcotics action and I am hopeful that we get more. I’d rather have every panga full of drugs be at the bottom of the ocean, than any […]

Conflict in aftermath of Kirk killing

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 […]

Our society can succeed only by contending with human nature — not simply fighting it

“What are you being so mean for, miss?” asks Humphrey Bogart’s character in “The African Queen.” “A man takes a drop too much once...

Europe is gaining newcomers — but risks losing its character

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...

Colleges teach words are violence — creating more of the real thing

We’ve been told for years that offensive words are a form of “violence.” College campuses, once dedicated to the free exchange of ideas, have...

Fix the CIA by getting rid of the Directorate of Analysis

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 […]

France’s budget woes will require European Central Bank intervention

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 […]

Hospitals worry their drug scam may be exposed

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 […]

Rooting out the deep state in American agriculture

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 […]

Making America’s diplomats work better

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 […]

War Department budget is still not transparent

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 […]

Afghan women fight Taliban’s wide-reaching Wi-Fi ban

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 […]

Moldova’s election test against Russia

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 […]

A new day for TV: Jimmy Kimmel faces the music

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 […]

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