A U.S. diplomat apologized Thursday for using the word "animalistic" while calling for a gaggle of reporters to quiet down during a news conference in Lebanon earlier this week.
Vice President J.D. Vance on Thursday touted President Trump's massive tax cut, immigration enforcement and spending package at a steel-fabricating plant in this key battleground state for Republicans in the 2026 midterms.
Several D.C. Council members have bashed the ongoing federal surge in the city initiated by President Trump, seemingly in response to Mayor Muriel Bowser praising the takeover for helping drive down major crimes.
Russia’s major overnight missile strike on Kyiv reflects Vladimir Putin’s desire to squeeze Ukraine and to divide the United States and Europe in their respective policies towards Russia. The attacks, which predominantly targeted civilian residential apartment buildings, killed at least 21 people, including four children. At least one strike badly damaged the European Union office […]
In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You can find our full list of In Focus pieces here. Whether President Donald Trump can wrest control of the Federal Reserve […]
Artificial intelligence companies rushed out their chatbots for mass public use with little regard for how they would be used. This reckless push into an AI future is full of insufficient safeguards and disastrous consequences. On Tuesday, Anthropic released a report saying that a hacker used its Claude Code chatbot to identify vulnerable companies, hack […]
The politics of artificial intelligence are quickly becoming a contest over regulation, with lawmakers and agencies competing to demonstrate vigilance rather than focusing on enabling innovation. The Senate’s decision to strip a decadelong federal moratorium on state AI rules from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act was a case in point. In one day, Washington, […]
Close your eyes for a moment and consider the following: A deranged maniac sprays bullets into a Planned Parenthood. Or a mosque. Or a gay nightclub. The killer displays right-wing slogans all over his weaponry. This includes a bullet-holed target board with an image directly related to the target site: an aborted fetus, a crescent […]
This op-ed first appeared in The Gazette, the Washington Examiner’s Colorado Springs-based sister publication. The national conversation turns once again to marijuana and a potential federal rescheduling from Schedule I to Schedule II, or even lower. Big Pot’s new ad blitz, sponsored in part by Big Pot’s new investors — Big Tobacco/Big Pharma/Big Alcohol — […]