Washington Examiner

1 day ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Henry Olsen

President Donald Trump seems frustrated that his many attempts to resolve global conflicts, including those in Ukraine, Iran, and Gaza, appear to be stuck on hold. He shouldn’t be — he’s being stymied because the leaders he is negotiating with simply don’t want the same things that he does. Trump implicitly seems to believe that all rational leaders want peace, trade, and the prosperity that comes with it. In his worldview, the obstacles to peace are negotiable differences over temporary obstacles.

2 days ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Mike Brest

Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo reaffirmed his country’s relations with Taiwan on Thursday, as one of the dozen countries that retain formal ties to the island. Arevalo traveled to Taipei this week for the first time since taking office last year, and he said Guatemalans “will walk together” with their “brothers” in Taiwan. “We thank our ally for the support we have always received over these more than 90 years.

2 days ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Barnini Chakraborty

California officials on Friday braced for what they believe is a significant escalation in President Donald Trump‘s efforts to squeeze the state financially, possibly cutting off all federal funding to the University of California and the California State University systems. The Trump administration is gearing up to “cancel a large swath” of funding for the state, which could begin as early as Friday, according to CNN.

2 days ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Ramsey Touchberry

North Carolina Republicans in Congress are calling for the removal of what they say is a “hidden tax” on the state’s tobacco farmers tucked into President Donald Trump’s domestic policy bill, a position they’re staking out after being lobbied by the agriculture industry.

2 days ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Ramsey Touchberry

Elon Musk‘s call for Republicans to kill their One Big Beautiful Bill Act has failed to translate to a surge in pressure on lawmakers. Republican congressional offices said Musk’s push to kill the bill has not mobilized grassroots opposition to it. “We didn’t see an increase in calls at all,” one senior aide in a Republican House member’s office said on Friday. Musk, who is part of a very public and very splashy feud with President Donald Trump, has a large and loyal following.