Magazine
Democrats turn on each other after loss to Trump
In every branch of the federal government, Democrats will find themselves on the outside looking in next year, setting off a wave of recriminations within the party…
November 20, 2024
The latest edition of the Washington Examiner magazine: Trump's softer side, end of Never Trump, J.D. Vance's new role, and McConnell's conservative legacy
Defense
Pete Hegseth, Trump’s anti-woke defense secretary pick, is ready to roil the Pentagon
“This housecleaning will be a signal to the entire world and the American military and everybody else.” — Donald Trump, Aug. 21, 2024 There was genuine surprise…
Magazine
Swearing off sex
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned at the ballot box. But after Vice President Kamala Harris’s gracious concession speech and her niece sharing a photo…
Business
Republicans eager to extend Trump tax cut law that’s set to expire
Now that Republicans are set to hold a federal government trifecta, GOP lawmakers in Congress are figuring out a legislative strategy to extend some or all provisions…
Columnists
Don’t abolish advise-and-consent
Republican Senators and members of Congress have a job, and it is not to simply hand President-elect Donald Trump the keys. The House and Senate majorities should…
Magazine - Your Land
Democrats choose politics over family
Asked at a town hall in Michigan a week before the election about one thing he would do to heal the political divide in the country, Vice…
Entertainment
Rivals has as much fun as TV can have
Based on a novel by the British romance writer Jilly Cooper, whose bestselling Rutshire Chronicles were dubbed “bonkbusters” by the British press in the 1980s, Rivals is…
Magazine
Make Veterans Day great again
I’ve written about my recent troubles with Veterans Day. I was proud to have served in the Army National Guard and in the war in Afghanistan. I…
Magazine
The danger big trucks pose to pedestrians is just another invented panic
Perhaps you didn’t notice, but there is a pedestrian fatality crisis happening right now in the United States. This phrase, “pedestrian fatality crisis,” sprouted up two years…
Magazine
Mitch McConnell and his presidents
When he turned 10 years old, little Mitchie McConnell received a radio for his birthday. But unlike other children in Georgia, he used it to tune in…