https://www.washingtonexaminer.com Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government Sun, 12 May 2024 20:32:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-favicon-32x32.png https://www.washingtonexaminer.com 32 32 https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/2999740/biden-trump-compete-wisconsin/ Sun, 12 May 2024 21:00:00 +0000 https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/?p=2999740 Washington Examiner White House Reporter Haisten Willis joins Magazine Executive Editor Jim Antle to discuss Joe Biden‘s recent campaign stop in Wisconsin, the political dynamic in the swing state, and the reaction to the president’s threat to withhold aid to Israel.

]]> https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/reporters-notebook/2999791/debrief-byron-york-trumps-hush-money-trial/ Sun, 12 May 2024 10:45:00 +0000 https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/?p=2999791 Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York joins investigations editor Sarah Bedford to discuss former President Donald Trump‘s hush money trial, including Stormy Daniels‘s testimony on the stand, the net effect of her testimony, if there is evidence that Trump is the one who falsified documents in 2017 when he was president, and what the voters‘ reaction would be seeing this as a very weak case.

]]> https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/reporters-notebook/2999688/reporters-notebook-social-security-medicare-trust-funds-running-out-of-money/ Sat, 11 May 2024 21:00:00 +0000 https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/?p=2999688 Washington Examiner economics reporter Zach Halaschak joins Magazine Executive Editor Jim Antle to discuss the concerning news on Social Security and Medicare trust funds, the job market, and how Republicans hope they’d have unified control of the elective branches of the federal government after November.

]]> https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/reporters-notebook/2981370/reporters-notebook-aid-to-ukraine-signed-into-law/ Sun, 28 Apr 2024 22:00:00 +0000 https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/?p=2981370 Washington Examiner defense reporter Mike Brest joins Magazine Executive Editor Jim Antle to discuss the Ukraine aid package finally passed and signed into law, what it could mean for the Ukrainians, and where things currently stand on the battlefield. They also discuss if there would be some cooling of the tension between the U.S. and Israel regarding the war in Gaza, and the latest on the Israel-Iran issue.

]]> https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2981356/trump-biden-duke-it-out-in-pennsylvania/ Sun, 28 Apr 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/?p=2981356 Washington Examiner National Political Correspondent Mabinty Quarshie joins Magazine Executive Editor Jim Antle to discuss Pennsylvania‘s impact on the electoral vote in 2024, former President Donald Trump‘s problems with suburban voters in the state, and President Joe Biden‘s efforts to court former Republican candidate Nikki Haley’s supporters.

]]> https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/reporters-notebook/2972478/reporters-notebook-the-economic-consequences-of-the-israel-iran-conflict/ Mon, 22 Apr 2024 10:45:00 +0000 https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/?p=2972478 Washington Examiner Economics Reporter Zach Halaschak joins Magazine Executive Editor Jim Antle to discuss what the broader economic consequences would be if we saw a wider conflict between Iran and Israel. And amid fairly persistent inflation, they also discuss whether there will be any interest rate cuts due to the war.

]]> https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/reporters-notebook/2972392/the-debrief-david-mark-future-of-mike-johnson/ Sun, 21 Apr 2024 23:00:00 +0000 https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/?p=2972392 Washington Examiner Magazine editor David Mark joins investigations editor Sarah Bedford to discuss Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) finally advancing a foreign aid bill in the House and whether it is for real this time. They also discuss Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) making noise about potentially taking Johnson out and if that is a real risk, and if Johnson and former President Donald Trump are allies.

]]> https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/reporters-notebook/2972408/the-debrief-hugo-gurdon-bidens-steel-tariffs/ Sun, 21 Apr 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/?p=2972408 Washington Examiner Editor-in-Chief Hugo Gurdon joins investigations editor Sarah Bedford to discuss President Joe Biden increasing steel tariffs on China, the close association of these tariffs with former President Donald Trump’s tariffs, and whether it is part of the platform Trump ran on in 2016. They also discuss a top Biden White House aide saying that one of these high tariff policies is important because the U.S. can produce steel more cleanly than China, and whether this is true.

]]> https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/videos/2972450/reporters-notebook-biden-takes-advantage-trump-trial/ Sat, 20 Apr 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/?p=2972450 Washington Examiner White House Reporter Haisten Willis joins Magazine Executive Editor Jim Antle to discuss the first trial of former President Donald Trump, what President Joe Biden‘s reelection campaign is doing to capitalize on his absence from the campaign trail, and how Biden has had a lot of support from union leaders but the Teamsters union seems to be in the opposite direction.

]]> https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/2964658/reporters-notebook-abortion-and-third-party-candidates-complicate-arizona-in-2024/ Mon, 15 Apr 2024 10:45:00 +0000 https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/?p=2964658 Washington Examiner Congressional Reporter Samantha-Jo Roth joins Magazine Executive Editor Jim Antle to discuss Arizona’s ban on abortion and its effects on the presidential race, Donald Trump’s campaign, and third-party candidates. They also talk about the House’s small GOP majority and how it is causing a lot of headaches for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).

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