Christian Datoc

Washington, D.C.

White House Correspondent at Washington Examiner

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Articles

Gabbard to reschedule Senate Intelligence briefing as Iran conflict escalates

1 week ago | denvergazette.com | Christian Datoc |David Sivak

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard's briefing before the Senate Intelligence Committee was delayed on Wednesday as President Donald Trump weighs his options over the evolving situation in Iran. Trump administration officials and one Capitol Hill aide confirmed to the Washington Examiner that Gabbard planned to brief panel members at the Capitol on Wednesday afternoon but had to attend meetings at the White House instead.
Trump links Biden aide Lisa Monaco to autopen and immigration crisis

2 weeks ago | denvergazette.com | Christian Datoc |Kaelan Deese |Marisa Schultz

President Donald Trump on Tuesday attempted to link former Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco to the immigration crisis and former President Joe Biden's use of an autopen in office. Trump, speaking to reporters during a wildfire briefing at the White House on Tuesday morning, faced down a number of questions regarding protests and riots opposing his deportation agenda.
Biden autopen use in DC was more widespread than previously known

2 weeks ago | denvergazette.com | Kaelan Deese |Christian Datoc

Former President Joe Biden relied on a mechanical autopen to sign official documents far more often and under more questionable circumstances than previously reported.
Trump signs executive orders on drones

3 weeks ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Christian Datoc

President Donald Trump signed three executive orders Friday regarding the use of drones and other aviation technologies. White House officials said the orders are in direct response to a string of bizarre sightings along the East Coast last year. Dozens of civilians and military personnel reported seeing unexplained anomalous phenomena in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania in November and December 2024.
Trump considering ditching his Tesla after breakup with Musk

3 weeks ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Christian Datoc

President Donald Trump is considering unloading the Tesla he purchased earlier this year following Thursday’s very public breakup with former adviser Elon Musk. White House officials told the Washington Examiner that the president has yet to make a final decision regarding the vehicle, a red Model S that was parked between the West Wing and the Eisenhower Executive Office Building Friday morning.
‘One Big Beautiful Breakup’: What’s next for Trump and Musk?

3 weeks ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Christian Datoc |Naomi Lim |Mabinty Quarshie |Lauren Green |Lauren Green

Private tensions between the world’s most powerful man and the world’s richest spilled out into a public war on Thursday, ending the alliance between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk in the most dramatic way possible. Since Musk, the billionaire tech entrepreneur and former leader of Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, started cozying up to Trump before last year’s election, pundits have speculated when the working relationship would dissolve given their competing egos.
‘One Big Beautiful Breakup’: What’s next for Trump and Musk?

3 weeks ago | denvergazette.com | Christian Datoc |Naomi Lim |Mabinty Quarshie |Rachel Schilke

Private tensions between the world’s most powerful man and the world’s richest spilled out into a public war on Thursday, ending the alliance between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk in the most dramatic way possible. Since Musk, the billionaire tech entrepreneur and former leader of Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, started cozying up to Trump before last year’s election, pundits have speculated when the working relationship would dissolve given their competing egos.
Trump: Biden’s use of autopen was ‘disrespectful to our country’

3 weeks ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Christian Datoc

President Donald Trump said Thursday that former President Joe Biden’s use of an autopen to sign executive actions was “disrespectful to our country,” but suggested his predecessor may not have been aware of the use of his automated signature. Trump has consistently raised concerns about Biden’s health decline and whether his aides were really in charge of the White House.
Trump tempers reality TV strategy in Oval Office meeting with German chancellor

3 weeks ago | gazette.com | Christian Datoc |Naomi Lim

President Donald Trump took a markedly different approach to his Thursday bilateral meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz compared to recent meetings with other foreign leaders. Last month, Trump derailed the visit from South African President Cyril Ramaphosa by rolling out a television in the Oval Office, playing clips of opposition leaders calling for the killing of Afrikaner farmers, and repeatedly pressing Ramaphosa to address claims of genocide in his country.
Trump 2.0 takes decisive judicial nominations role amid frustrations with Supreme Court justices

3 weeks ago | denvergazette.com | Naomi Lim |Kaelan Deese |David Sivak |Christian Datoc

President Donald Trump is asserting far greater control over the judicial nomination process in his second term, determined not to repeat what he views as past missteps in selecting judges who later bucked his agenda.