Author: CHRISTIAN DATOC Washington Examiner

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Decarlos Brown Jr., the suspect in the killing of a Ukrainian refugee in North Carolina in August, deserves the “death penalty.” A man, whom police identified as Brown, was caught on video stabbing 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light rail train on Aug. 22. The release of the…

President Donald Trump is sticking with his tariffs, despite new data published Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics showing that the country added roughly 1 million fewer jobs than previously reported over the past year. Under former President Joe Biden, and even during the early months of the second Trump administration, government officials pointed…

As Republicans embark on their monthlong sprint to meet the September deadline to avoid a government shutdown, GOP lawmakers are looking to give President Donald Trump another opportunity to rebrand a long-standing government institution in patented, Trumpian fashion. Congress is expected to vote this week on one of its 12 appropriations bills to fund the…

EXCLUSIVE — President Donald Trump is suspending New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell and former New Orleans Police Department officer Jeffrey Vappie from the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s funding procurement process weeks after the pair were indicted on fraud and obstruction of justice charges. The Justice Department indicted Cantrell and Vappie on Aug. 15 over…

President Donald Trump‘s desire to force the sale of the Chinese-owned app TikTok has fallen victim to his own agenda, with a deal remaining out of reach as his administration prioritizes trade negotiations with Beijing. Since entering office, Trump has extended the deadline for TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to divest to American buyers or…

EXCLUSIVE — Roughly 70 occupations are expected to qualify for the “No Tax on Tips” provision of President Donald Trump‘s “one big beautiful bill.” The Washington Examiner on Monday reviewed a preliminary list of the qualifying occupations compiled by Department of the Treasury officials. The list names 69 jobs across eight sectors “that customarily and…

EXCLUSIVE — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says that President Donald Trump may declare a national housing emergency in the coming months. Since entering office, Trump has declared nine national emergencies, allowing him to expand his executive powers to address issues such as immigration and trade. He also declared a “crime” emergency in August to tackle violent…

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended President Donald Trump’s Wednesday decision to fire Dr. Susan Monarez, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Trump’s move followed days of fighting between Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Monarez, who was just confirmed in July. Reports indicate that Monarez…

President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum Thursday afternoon ordering an investigation into whether federal grant funding was being used to lobby the government. United States law prohibits any funds distributed through federal grants from being diverted to lobby government employees or lawmakers, but Trump wrote Thursday that “funding reviews by my Administration have revealed…