Heather Hunter

2 days ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Heather Hunter

Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought issued a stark warning Wednesday during a House Appropriations Committee hearing, saying the United States could face a recession and steep tax hikes if President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” fails to pass. “I think we’ll have a recession,” Vought said during testimony on the administration’s fiscal 2026 budget request. “Economic storm clouds will be very dark.

2 days ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Heather Hunter

Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre set off a political firestorm on Wednesday after she announced her departure from the Democratic Party and the release of a tell-all memoir about what she calls a “broken” Biden administration. Jean-Pierre, who served as former President Joe Biden’s top spokeswoman for nearly three years, revealed the move alongside news of her book, Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines, set to be released on Oct. 21.

2 days ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Heather Hunter

The hosts of The View speculated on Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s ally and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has the power to destroy Trump’s legislative agenda, and that the president should be “afraid” of him. In a segment, cohosts Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, and Alyssa Farah Griffin insisted Musk could hurt Trump’s proposed tax and budget bill. “Trump should be afraid of him,” Behar said of Musk.

4 days ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Heather Hunter

In the wake of the terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) called for urgent action on gun control and a national reckoning with violent hatred and extremism. The man suspected of carrying out the firebomb attack during a peaceful pro-Israel demonstration has been charged with a federal hate crime and numerous state-level offenses, including multiple counts of attempted first-degree murder.

4 days ago | denvergazette.com | Heather Hunter

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