Author: Sydney-Topf-Washington-Examiner

Washington Examiner Chief Political Correspondent Byron York argued that some Republicans have lost the “message discipline” during the government shutdown by negotiating on the side with Democrats over the Obamacare subsidies. The government shut down on Oct. 1, after Congress failed to pass a stopgap bill that would keep the government funded. Since the shutdown…

Washington Examiner Chief Political Correspondent Byron York said that Democrats won’t let go of Virginia Democratic attorney general nominee Jay Jones, following the Virginia gubernatorial debate last week between Former Virginia Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger and Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears. “The election is three-and-a-half weeks away, Democrats are not going to let Jay Jones…

Former Vice President Kamala Harris criticized President Donald Trump and urged Democrats to reclaim Congress during the Washington, D.C., stop of her 107 Days book tour Thursday. The event was scheduled to start at 7 p.m., and the line to enter snaked around the block ahead of doors opening at 6 p.m., causing long wait…

Oscar-winning actress and progressive activist Jane Fonda has relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment, a free speech initiative that was launched in response to the rise of “McCarthyism” during the 1940s. Nearly 600 figures from the entertainment industry co-signed onto the newly relaunched committee, including Aaron Sorkin, Barbra Streisand, and Gracie Abrams. “The federal…

A federal workers’ union filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education on Friday for changing the Department’s employees’ automated emails to include partisan language about the government shutdown. The American Federation of Government Employees, which is represented by the Democracy Forward and Public Citizen Litigation Group, sent a cease-and-desist letter and filed a lawsuit…

Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York said the 2025 government shutdown is a “complete reversal” from previous ones because most shutdown fights in the past had Republicans pushing for some policy, not Democrats. York agreed with Fox News’s America’s Newsroom anchors that the White House has a lot of leverage to “stick it” to…

Washington Examiner Senior Writer Joe Concha discussed how free speech is under attack, following reports that people in the United Kingdom are getting arrested for liking social media posts. Podcaster Joe Rogan said on his show Wednesday that people in the United Kingdom are getting arrested or investigated for liking or viewing social media posts.…

Attorney General Pam Bondi said the “weaponization” of the Department of Justice and other government agencies ended because President Donald Trump is in office, following the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey. Bondi said “everything is on the table” to end the weaponization of justice in an interview on Fox News’s Hannity “Whether you’re…