Washington Examiner Senior Writer David Harsanyi expressed skepticism over the direction of President Donald Trump‘s tariffs, questioning whether they would give the United States a more fair playing field on the global market. Trump’s tariffs were announced Wednesday, which the administration deemed “Liberation Day,” with the president attempting to frame the tariffs as “reciprocal” to

President Donald Trump endorsed Rep. Anna Paulina Luna‘s (R-FL) new parent proxy voting bill on Thursday in a blow to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), who has been working hard to kill the legislation he believes is “unconstitutional.” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One Thursday that he doesn’t understand why the legislation, which provides 12

The Senate overwhelmingly rejected two resolutions of disapproval Thursday from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who revived a failed endeavor to halt the sales of $8.8 billion in U.S. bombs and other munitions to Israel. The outcome was expected but underscored the persistent rift in the Democratic Caucus over the United States’s role in the contentious

Judge James Boasberg indicated during a hearing on Thursday that he was leaning toward beginning contempt proceedings against Trump administration officials after they failed to follow his verbal order last month to return alleged Venezuelan gang members who were deported under the Alien Enemies Act. Boasberg said he believed that the Trump administration “acted in

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is running as an independent in the mayoral race, and while it gives him a shot at avoiding the crowded Democratic primary, it doesn’t look like it’ll rattle frontrunner former Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s standing. Adams announced Thursday that he’ll be running as an independent for this year’s New

A coalition of federal employee unions urged the Supreme Court Thursday not to interfere with a federal judge’s sweeping order reinstating more than 16,000 probationary federal employees fired earlier this year under a Trump administration workforce directive. In a 40-page filing Thursday, the groups led by the American Federation of Government Employees said President Donald

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum expressed relief that her country was excluded from President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs announcement. Mexico and Canada were spared from Trump’s sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs that he imposed on close to 200 nations. Sheinbaum credited the United States and Mexico’s “good relationship” as the reason her country was excluded. “This has