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2 days ago | 
washingtonexaminer.com | Mark Judge
One of the most baffling and depressing realities of life in the digital (and now AI) world is the way young people resist books that challenge their worldview. The problem is particularly bad among liberal, college-aged students. Now, with all the world’s literature available to download on a phone, students still resist reading books that might upset their ideology.
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2 days ago | 
washingtonexaminer.com | David Sivak
Senators will likely forfeit their weekend as Republican leaders contend with GOP holdouts and policy setbacks on President Donald Trump’s tax and spending proposal. Balancing fiscal hawks concerned about increasing the national debt and “Medicaid moderates” opposed to slashing the low-income government healthcare program is complicating the Senate GOP’s path to passing the filibuster-skirting bill.
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2 days ago | 
washingtonexaminer.com | David Sivak
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), an “unabashed free trader” and one of the loudest megabill holdouts, proposed codifying President Donald Trump’s tariffs into law to reduce the deficit. Johnson has voiced skepticism at Trump’s tariffs and previously said the United States should not count on the revenue when crafting his “big, beautiful bill.” But he told reporters Thursday he might be freshly receptive to them as further spending cuts become unlikely in the Senate.
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2 days ago | 
washingtonexaminer.com | Kaelan Deese
The Trump administration may attempt to deport Salvadoran national Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a third country as early as this weekend, according to concerns raised by the defendant’s attorneys on Thursday during an emergency court call.
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2 days ago | 
washingtonexaminer.com | Kaelan Deese
The Justice Department announced a civil rights investigation Thursday into the University of California over Trump administration concerns that its faculty hiring practices plan may violate federal anti-discrimination laws. At issue is the university system’s “UC 2030 Capacity Plan,” which the DOJ said may contain race- and sex-based employment quotas in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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2 days ago | 
washingtonexaminer.com | David Sivak
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is rebuffing an upswell in anger at the Senate’s parliamentarian after she dealt a blow to major elements of Republicans’ tax bill. It would be a mistake to overrule Elizabeth MacDonough, Thune told reporters on Thursday after she struck Medicaid reforms designed to recoup hundreds of billions in savings. “That would not be a good outcome for getting a bill done,” Thune said.
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3 days ago | 
washingtonexaminer.com | Adam Geller
When Donald Trump descended the golden escalator at Trump Tower a decade ago, everything in the Republican Party changed instantly. Almost overnight, the businessman-turned-reality-star-turned-presidential-candidate remade the GOP on an array of well-documented issues, ranging from border security to domestic energy, tariffs, and foreign policy. During that same summer of 2015, another event occurred where President Trump did not receive the credit he deserved: Obergefell v.
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3 days ago | 
washingtonexaminer.com | David Sivak
EXCLUSIVE — Andre Bauer, the former lieutenant governor of South Carolina, is adding his name to the list of Republicans contemplating a bid for Sen. Lindsey Graham‘s (R-SC) seat next year. In an interview, Bauer told the Washington Examiner he is leaning toward running in the 2026 Senate primary, laying the groundwork for what would be a challenge from Graham’s right. “I’m giving it careful consideration,” he said, before criticizing Graham’s hawkish stance on foreign policy and bipartisan streak.
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3 days ago | 
washingtonexaminer.com | Kaelan Deese
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Orange County, California, registrar of voters, accusing the local election office of concealing voter information about noncitizen residents who were unlawfully registered to vote. In a 10-page complaint filed in Santa Ana, DOJ attorneys alleged that Registrar Robert Page failed to turn over unredacted voter registration records as required under federal law.
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3 days ago | 
washingtonexaminer.com | Kaelan Deese
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an illegal immigrant from El Salvador whose case has become a political flashpoint for deportation efforts by the Trump administration. However, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement could soon make efforts to detain him and may move to deport him for a second time, even as federal prosecutors are still seeking to bring him to criminal trial for human smuggling.