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1 week ago | 
washingtonexaminer.com | Haisten Willis
If he had his way, Joe Biden would be in the White House today. Instead, the former president is searching for newfound relevance in the second Trump era, making occasional speeches to remind the public that he’s still around and lashing out at his old rival. “What makes us distinct from the rest of the world comes down to basic, in my view, fundamental American values,” Biden said in a Chicago speech aimed at highlighting what Democrats say are GOP-led threats to Social Security. “Nobody’s king.
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1 week ago | 
washingtonexaminer.com | Haisten Willis
Former President Joe Biden slammed his successor without naming him in a speech on Social Security that marked his first major address since leaving the White House. “They’ve taken a hatchet to the Social Security Administration, pushing an additional 7,000 employees, 7,000, out the door,” Biden said at a Chicago conference for disability advocates on Tuesday evening.
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1 week ago | 
washingtonexaminer.com | Haisten Willis
President Donald Trump will sign a memorandum aimed at cracking down on Social Security fraud, with the White House emphasizing its efforts to prevent illegal immigrants from incorrectly receiving benefits. “The memorandum will direct the [Trump] administration to ensure that ineligible aliens are not receiving funds from Social Security Act programs,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said while announcing the memorandum Tuesday.
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1 week ago | 
washingtonexaminer.com | Haisten Willis
President Donald Trump threatened Harvard University‘s tax-exempt status, the latest escalation in a battle over its campus policies. “Perhaps Harvard should lose its Tax Exempt Status and be Taxed as a Political Entity if it keeps pushing political, ideological, and terrorist inspired/supporting ‘Sickness?'” Trump posted on Truth Social.
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1 week ago | 
washingtonexaminer.com | Haisten Willis
The long-running friendship between MAGA World and Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele was upheld Monday at the White House. Bukele has met members of President Donald Trump‘s inner circle multiple times over the years. Most recently, former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, Trump’s former attorney general nominee, met with the Salvadoran president over the weekend ahead of his visit to the White House on Monday.
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1 week ago | 
denvergazette.com | Haisten Willis |Mabinty Quarshie
President Donald Trump will send legislation to Congress asking for nearly $10 billion in spending cuts, the White House has confirmed to the Washington Examiner. An official said the rescissions package, which rescinds previously approved funding, will be sent to Capitol Hill when Congress returns from its Easter recess on April 28.
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1 week ago | 
washingtonexaminer.com | Haisten Willis
Democrats have spent the last two weeks railing against President Donald Trump‘s tariff scheme, calling it reckless and unnecessary, and even accusing him of illegal market manipulation. In response, Trump allies have dug through the vault to hit them with their own words. “Interestingly, Chuck Schumer and Crazy Nancy wanted to do this for years,” Trump said Wednesday outside the White House, referring to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).
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1 week ago | 
washingtonexaminer.com | Haisten Willis
President Donald Trump’s closely watched physical on Friday continued a long tradition of scrutiny over the health of the U.S. president, one that has been exacerbated due to the advanced age of recent White House occupants. Trump’s predecessor, former President Joe Biden, was the oldest man ever elected president, and his deteriorating health has become a public scandal now that he is out of office and former aides are coming clean.
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1 week ago | 
washingtonexaminer.com | Haisten Willis
The White House said President Donald Trump would be “gracious” if China came forward to make a trade deal, though that has not happened yet. The United States and China spent this week going tit for tat in an escalating trade war. China upped tariffs on U.S. imports to 125%, and the U.S. taxed goods, going the other way, at 145%. Trump has insisted he is ready to make a deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping and said he has a good relationship with him.
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1 week ago | 
washingtonexaminer.com | Haisten Willis
The White House on Friday called out the “myth” that the recently passed Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or SAVE Act, could prevent married women from voting if they change their last name. “This act is a commonsense measure that would require proof of citizenship for voting in our elections,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. “The Democrats have been fearmongering about this bill,” she continued.
