Author: The Washington Examiner
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AOC, Mamdani take heat for apparently laughing as 9/11 victims’ names are read
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, are under fire from Republicans after the two socialists were captured on video apparently sharing a laugh as the names of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack were being read off. Mamdani attended the 25th anniversary ceremony in New York City on…
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Bacon says he ‘would love to’ run for president
Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., who is retiring at the end of his fifth term in Congress, is throwing his hat into the ring of potential Republican presidential candidates for the 2028 election cycle. In an interview released in full on Friday, the congressman entertained the idea of running for president himself while leaving open the…
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White House: D.C. crackdown leads to over 16K arrests
The White House said Monday that more than 16,000 arrests have been made in Washington, D.C., due to President Donald Trump’s anti-crime campaign in the city. The operation began one year ago Tuesday, when Trump signed an executive order creating the Make D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force, which the administration said marked the “largest,…
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Israel restarts airstrikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon
The Israeli military renewed its airstrike campaign against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon on Wednesday as Israeli and Lebanese negotiators met in Rome for a second consecutive day of talks aimed at securing a lasting peace. An Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese town of Tebnine killed one person and wounded 11 others after striking a…
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Ossoff sends RFK Jr. another letter outlining concerns about cyclosporiasis monitoring funds
U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., sent another letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. demanding answers for the cuts to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‘s Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, which ended the program’s monitoring of cyclospora. Ossoff initially sent a letter to Kennedy on July 16, requesting additional…
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Secret Service agent for Vance under review for alleged leaks
A member of Vice President JD Vance’s Secret Service detail has been placed under investigation for allegedly compromising informational and operational security, the Secret Service confirmed to the Washington Examiner. The Secret Service agent is suspected of leaking information to MS Now for a report claiming the vice president’s personal travel plans have been frustrating…
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Trump says U.S. troops deaths ‘a shame’ but necessary to prevent Iranian nuke
President Donald Trump said that the deaths of U.S. troops in the war with Iran were “a shame” but portrayed it as a necessary sacrifice to prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Trump said the two soldiers killed in Jordan on Friday gave their lives for a greater cause, speaking with the New York…
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Lawmaker says he was detained on West Bank
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) on Saturday suggested he was unlawfully detained in the West Bank, warning, “they made a huge mistake.” Khanna said in a post to X that he made a “trip to Palestine,” where he said he was detained by “Israeli settlers, brandishing American-made M4s.” He said that when the Israeli military arrived…
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Judge grants DOJ’s motion to dismiss case against Proud Boys over Jan. 6
A federal judge granted the Department of Justice‘s request to vacate the seditious conspiracy convictions of Proud Boys members, tossing the most serious criminal judgments stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, an appointee of President Donald Trump, dismissed with prejudice the indictment against former Proud Boys Ethan Nordean, Joseph…
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Judge grants DOJ’s motion to dismiss case against Proud Boys over Jan. 6
A federal judge granted the Justice Department‘s request to vacate the seditious conspiracy convictions of Proud Boys members, tossing the most serious criminal judgments stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, an appointee of President Donald Trump, dismissed with prejudice the indictment against former Proud Boys Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs,…