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On March 1, an immigrant from Senegal, apparently angry over the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran, donned a T-shirt that said “Property of Allah,” grabbed a Koran, a pistol, and a semi-automatic rifle, and headed toward a popular nightlife area in Austin, Texas. There, he shot and killed three people and wounded 14 others before police killed him. On March 12, an immigrant from Sierra Leone who had served years in prison for providing material support to ISIS took a rifle and, yelling “Allahu Akbar,” started shooting as he walked into an Army ROTC classroom at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. He killed one person and critically wounded two others before students jumped him and killed him. #washingtonexaminer #governmentshutdown #tsa #iranusawar #usairanwar Read more here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/4494944/the-insane-government-shutdown/ #washingtonexaminer Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Read more here:https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/4446300/why-trump-must-enforce-iran-red-line/ Set aside for a moment the enormity of Iran’s clerical tyranny having murdered tens of thousands of unarmed citizens. Even then, thinking only of America’s national security interests, without considering the moral imperative to stop a historic massacre and punish the perpetrators, it is nevertheless imperative that President Donald Trump should intervene with the U.S. military. In truth, he has already committed himself to doing so, to punishing the ayatollahs and helping Iranians liberate themselves from nearly half a century of tyranny. The question now is whether he will keep his word or will try to find a way to abandon it. The latter course, which seems less likely, would undermine the nation he leads and betray a people who are begging him to act. #washingtonexaminer #trump #usiranwar #usiranconflict  Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) defended the members of his party who refused to stand after President Donald Trump asked them to stand if they believed native citizens should be prioritized over illegal immigrants at his State of the Union address. Trump baited Democrats into a public relations blunder during his address by asking them to stand if they agreed that American citizens should take priority over illegal immigrants. All Republicans stood up and cheered, while almost no Democrats did. The president voiced his apparent surprise in the moment.#donaldtrump #trump #washingtonexaminer #politicalperspectives #sotuSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sen. Lindsey Graham’s message to President Donald Trump was clear: The president has a “generational opportunity” to reshape the Middle East by toppling Iran’s leaders. The South Carolina senator used one of his regular rounds of golf earlier this month to make one of his regular arguments, Secrets can reveal, that it was time to take on the mullahs. #washingtonexaminer #usairanconflict #lindseygraham #warzone Read more here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/4461367/lindsey-graham-trump-generational-opportunity-iran/   Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President Donald Trump’s administration is defending Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick against bipartisan calls for the Cabinet secretary to resign due to his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The latest trove of Epstein files released by the Justice Department showed that Lutnick planned to visit Epstein’s island in the U.S. Virgin Islands in December 2012 after claiming that he and his wife cut ties with the disgraced financier in 2005. Uncovered emails show that Lutnick kept in touch with Epstein after his 2008 conviction in Florida.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) will not support any funding for the Department of Homeland Security without a deal on the conduct of federal officials, a new line in the sand for congressional Democrats that increases the likelihood of a partial government shutdown later this month. Jeffries told the Washington Examiner he is a “hard no” on a full-year bill that keeps DHS funding flat, viewed by Republicans as a “fallback” in the event negotiations over immigration enforcement fall through.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) said on Tuesday that he “would beat the s*** out of” Vice President JD Vance if given the chance, a remark that underscored his frustration with calls for bipartisanship amid escalating political tensions over immigration and enforcement. Walz made the comment during an interview with Tim Miller on the Bulwark podcast while discussing the state’s response to federal immigration activity and criticism from President Donald Trump and national Republicans.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President Donald Trump marked the first year of his second term with a lengthy press conference, rattling off his achievements and lamenting his failure to break through on the economy. “Maybe I have bad public relations people, but we’re not getting it across,” Trump said of his economic performance. “I don’t like to do this, but I do it because I’ve got to get the word out.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As Venezuela‘s former dictator Nicolás Maduro left his country, captured by U.S. military forces, Maduro’s cabinet and regime officials made it out of the operation largely unscathed, still holding onto their positions of power. President Donald Trump has opted to work with Maduro’s former vice president Delcy Rodríguez, whom the Venezuelan Supreme Court tapped to serve as interim President in Maduro’s absence. But Trump has also made several looming threats to Rodríguez and the post-Maduro leadership in Venezuela, telling The Atlantic, “If she doesn’t do what’s right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) announced the first congressional hearing into the Minnesota fraud scandal and invited Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) and state Attorney General Keith Ellison to participate at a later date. The first hearing, scheduled for Jan. 7, will include testimony from state Reps. Kristin Robbins, Walter Hudson, and Marion Rarick, all of whom are Republicans. Comer has invited Walz and Ellison to testify on Feb. 10.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Susie Wiles, described by President Donald Trump as the most powerful woman in the world, has hit back at a series of Vanity Fair articles in which she made several unflattering comments about members of the administration, including her boss. Wiles, the first-ever female White House chief of staff, referred to the pieces, published Tuesday morning, as a “disingenuously framed hit piece on me and the finest President, White House staff, and Cabinet in history.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

TRUMP’S JOB IS TO STAY FOCUSED ON THE ECONOMY. If you want to see why President Donald Trump is visiting Pennsylvania to talk about affordability, and why he is planning rallies on the topic around the country in the coming weeks, just look at the simple question asked in the new Harvard CAPS Harris poll: “What would you say are the most important issues facing the country today?” The question was open-ended, and respondents could name more than one issue. The top concern, named by 36% of those surveyed, was price increases, inflation, and affordability. The No. 2 issue, named by 29%, was the economy and jobs. Put them together, and economic issues were by far the most important issue named by the voters in the poll.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A fishy reek is emanating from the latest scandal about President Donald Trump’s military campaign against drug runners in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean. U.S. forces have so far attacked more than a dozen fast boats on known drug routes, destroying them and their cargo and killing some 80 members of their crews. One might assume the fishy thing is the lack of full video of the first attack on Sept 2 that triggered the latest controversy. One might jump to this conclusion because the Pentagon has proudly distributed other videos of successful operations in which boats are seen on grainy video in the crosshairs of missile guidance systems and are suddenly incinerated in a flash of sophisticated ordnance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Washington Examiner editor-in-chief Hugo Gurdon joins chief political correspondent Byron York to discuss the six Democratic Senators that released a video for service members from the US military to not follow unlawful orders. The Pentagon has threatened Sen. Mark Kelly for a court martial. Any movement in the Russia and Ukraine peace deal and what it would take.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the final weeks of the 2024 presidential election, President Donald Trump was doing nonstop rallies, many of them outdoors despite an assassination attempt on his life in Butler, Pennsylvania, that left him bloodied after a bullet struck his ear. The rallies felt more like festivals than political events, with crowds gathering hours early amid music and pageantry. Local heroes, union leaders, elected officials, and retired military officers cycled through as warm-up speakers, firing up the audience between tracks like Oliver Anthony’s “Rich Men North of Richmond,” Village People’s “YMCA,” and Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA,” Trump’s walk-out anthem.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Democrats are about to learn the same lesson Republicans have several times before them: like a nuclear war, nobody wins a government shutdown. That’s not for lack of trying. The federal government has been shut down for more than 40 days, as it took 15 Senate votes for Democrats to relent and allow a short-term funding bill to pass.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Politicians tend to be somewhat triumphalist in moments of triumph. So Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani could have been forgiven for a little exaltation as he spoke to his electrified supporters after winning the New York City mayoral election. But his oration was more than that. He was downright sinister, glorying not just in his achievement but in having laid low his vanquished enemies and stuck it to others besides. He took off his smiling campaign mask and revealed his venomous self.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President Donald Trump’s tearing down of the White House East Wing’s facade has faced criticism, but the renovation is only the latest of over a century of redesigns. Several of these involved tearing down or gutting significant parts of the White House, to a greater extent than the most recent ballroom renovation. The White House itself was quick to respond to outrage over pictures of the East Wing facade being torn down by a backhoe, arguing it was the continuation of a “proud presidential legacy.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week saw the debut of a new alliance in the ongoing resistance to President Donald Trump. New York Attorney General Letitia James, already a hero on the left for the 2022 lawsuit she filed in an attempt to cripple Trump’s business empire, joined Democratic Socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani in a rally that was nominally about Mamdani’s campaign, but also about James’s defense against mortgage fraud charges brought against her by the Trump Justice Department. And in a larger sense, it was about the face of the Resistance in the second Trump administration. James’s message was defiance, defiance, defiance. “I know what it feels like to be attacked for just doing your job,” she shouted, as James shouts a lot in her campaign appearances. “But I also know what it feels like to overcome adversity. And so I stand on solid rock, and I will not bow, I will not break, I will not bend, I will not capitulate, I will not give in, I will not give up. You come for me, you gotta come for all of us.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you listen carefully, you can hear two distinct sounds — one of anxiety, the other of laughter — coming from Washington, D.C. Each is muffled but not very well.   The first is of timorous Democrats promising to keep the federal government shut until Republicans add $700 billion more to the national debt. They want to hang tough, but they know they are between a rock and a hard-left place.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vice President JD Vance took center stage Wednesday at the White House press briefing on the first day of the federal government shutdown, during which he insisted that Democrats were responsible for the impasse on Capitol Hill. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Vance as her special guest minutes before the briefing started, signaling Vance’s lead role in President Donald Trump’s response to the battle with Democrats. Vance spent Wednesday morning doing a heavy slate of television hits, attempting to shoulder Democrats with the blame for the shutdown.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

TRUMP’S EPIC UN ADDRESS. How to describe President Donald Trump’s speech to the United Nations on Tuesday? Epic, extraordinary, unprecedented — whatever term you prefer, Trump’s address was a sledgehammer of a message delivered to allies and adversaries around the world. The most striking passages were directed at allies, particularly those in Europe, and they focused on two enormously consequential and controversial issues that Trump called a “double-tailed monster”: migration and energy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NEW YORK ON THE BRINK. Next year will bring the 25th anniversary of 9/11, and with it, an irresistible angle for journalists and commentators: New York‘s first Muslim mayor marks anniversary of devastating radical Islamic attack on city. That mayor will be, of course, Zohran Mamdani, the socialist candidate with a huge lead over a fractured field in the Nov. 4 mayoral election. A series of recent polls suggests that, barring some huge, incredible, world-shaking unforeseen development, Mamdani will be elected mayor less than two months from now.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chief Political Correspondant Byron York and Editor-In-Chief Hugo Gurdon discuss Sen. Tim Kaine arguing human rights come from laws instead of God, Chuck Todd saying that it was against the Constitution for the US to target a boat off the shore of Venezula, and the disappointing jobs report from BLS.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York joins editor-in-chief Hugo Gurdon to discuss how Democrats have dug themselves a hole and what they are doing to do to get out of that hole. DNC Chairman Ken Martin says that Democrats aren’t being harsh enough towards President Donald Trump. Since there isn’t any clear Democratic leader, this puts extreme activists the one shaking up Democratic agenda.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You know the saying that so-and-so is living rent-free in your head? One online entry defines it as “when someone or something occupies your thoughts excessively, often without a clear reason or benefit.” Under that definition, it can be said without any hesitation that President Donald Trump is currently relaxing in a luxury condo in Gov. Gavin Newsom‘s (D-CA) head. Newsom, who desperately wants to be president, has taken to composing tweets imitating Trump’s distinctive style, down to using Trump’s favorite words, unusual punctuation, and “Thank you for your attention to this matter!” sign-off. Perhaps Newsom thinks it is funny, and maybe some Democrats agree. Let’s just say Newsom’s imitation doesn’t have the original flair.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President Donald Trump‘s public safety initiative for the District of Columbia faces two great obstacles. The first is the persistence of crime there. The second is residents, local officials, and national Democrats who will resist Trump’s efforts. “The president taking over local control of [the Metropolitan Police Department] and putting the US military onto the streets of DC under the guise of public safety is wrong,” D.C. Councilman Charles Allen posted. “It’s an extreme, outrageous, and dangerous move for our city and the safety of all our residents.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday released more than 33,000 pages of material related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the first large-scale publication of documents provided by the Justice Department under subpoena in the committee’s ongoing review of the Epstein case. The records, sent to the panel in August, include investigation files from the FBI, victim statements, and videos collected during the government’s yearslong investigation into Epstein and his former associate Ghislaine Maxwell. While the release fulfills months of Republican calls for greater transparency, a significant portion of the material has already been made public through prior litigation or press coverage. The Washington Examiner counted 27 videos and 56 audio files included in a Google Drive provided to the public by the committee.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chief Political Coorestondant Byron York and Editor-In-Chief Hugo Gurdon discussed the U.S. economy, how it highlights President Trump's success with trade negotiations and the Democrats' low approval ratings.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President Donald Trump’s sprawling domestic policy agenda narrowly passed the Republican-led Senate Tuesday after Vice President JD Vance cast the tiebreaking vote, capping off weeks of intense negotiations in the upper chamber to muscle through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The marquee legislation, which advances Trump’s second-term priorities on tax cuts, energy, and the border, now heads to the GOP-led House, where leaders are corralling votes to pass it by the president’s July 4 deadline.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York joins magazine executive editor Jim Antle to discuss President Trump’s opposition waving that the airstrikes towards Iran’s nuclear facilities weren’t as effective as reported. The Democratic Party seems to have no direction as Trump steam rolls forward with his agenda. A shakeup with the New York City mayoral primary of Zohran Mamdani beating Andrew Cuomo for the democratic candidacy. Will progressive Democrats follow Mamdani’s lead in winning over the public?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York joins editor-in-chief Hugo Gurdon to discuss if President Trump has any ideas on the handling US involvement with Iran. The distinction of American intervention and regime change in Iran. How does this affect Trump’s domestic support? How is the Democratic Party handling the Israel-Iran conflict?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Left gets one thing right about President Donald Trump’s response to the Los Angeles riots: He wants a fight. That’s not the same as saying he is to blame for the violence, as Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, also a Democrat, claim. He is not.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York joins editor-in-chief Hugo Gurdon to discuss the departure of Elon Musk from President Trump’s DOGE advisor. Is there a lack of appetite for the Trump administration to further spending cuts since Musk’s departure? Does Musk’s disdain for the tax bill make it harder for the tax bill to go through? Will Elon Musk become an enemy of the Trump administration?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York joins editor-in-chief Hugo Gurdon to discuss if President Donald Trump has a strategy with the stagnation of Ukraine and Russia peace talks as Russia pushes the offensive. Does Trump have any ideas with Iran whether to take out their nuclear facilities or have a deal? With Trump’s actions in stopping the flow of illegal immigrants coming in, does this act show Trump as a strong and decisive leader?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Washington Examiner Magazine executive editor Jim Antle joins editor-in-chief Hugo Gurdon to discuss former President Joe Biden’s announcement of his prostate cancer diagnosis. Implications of Biden and the democrats covering up his declining health over his presidency.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Washington Examiner Magazine executive editor Jim Antle joins editor-in-chief Hugo Gurdon to discuss any progressions with the tariff deal with China. How does America look in President Donald Trump’s recent tour to the Gulf. How effective can Democrats be in the Qatar gifting Trump the Boeing plane and asking to donate it to his presidential library. Republicans are failing to communicate that the tax bill only benefits the wealthy and hurts the lower class, which democrats are using to attack the bill.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York joins editor-in-chief Hugo Gurdon to discuss the Pulitzer Prize winner, photographer Doug Mills, photo of the assassination attempt of President Donald Trump. Trumps NBC News interview portrayed him questioning if he follows the constitution. AI generated photo of President Trump as Pope gets backlash. The media stirring controversy about Trump’s political career hurts them more than it hurts him.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Washington Examiner columnist Salena Zito joins editor-in-chief Hugo Gurdon to discuss if Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth shows any strain from being the focus of the Trump resistance. The similarities in reformation between former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Hegseth. With the evolution of war from Afghanistan to Ukraine, Hegseth is forward thinking in leaning out the Pentagon.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York joins editor-in-chief Hugo Gurdon to discuss House Democrats visit to El Salvador to see Kilmar Abrego Garcia. President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador seems keen on keeping Abrego Garcia in El Salvador. In the financial market, President Trump threatens to fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and then rescinds the threat. The dispute between Harvard University and President Trump.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DEMOCRATIC PASSIONS CATCH FIRE OVER DEPORTED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT. With all that has happened since January, one issue that has received less and less attention is the flow of illegal crossers over the U.S.-Mexico border. That’s because there no longer is a flow of illegal crossers over the U.S.-Mexico border. President Donald Trump stopped it in a matter of weeks. What had been a national crisis under President Joe Biden, with 10 million to 15 million immigrants entering illegally while U.S. authorities did almost nothing, was fixed quickly by the new president. Democrats, of course, were on the wrong side of the issue, so they don’t talk much about Trump’s achievement.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Washington Examiner Editor-In-Chief Hugo Gurdon and Magazine Executive Editor Jim Antle discuss Trump's abrupt decision to put a 90-day hold on tariffs on all countries except China, how the US stock market responded, and the public spat between White House advisors Peter Navarro and Elon Musk.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York joins editor-in-chief Hugo Gurdon to discuss the aftermath of elections that happened in Florida and Wisconsin. Elon Musk’s efforts in helping the Republican Party backfires and helps the Democratic Party win in the Wisconsin Supreme Court election.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Washington Examiner Editor-In-Chief Hugo Gurdon and Chief Political Correspondent Byron York discuss the how the lack of action by Democrats has allowed the continued action of ANTIFA with some activists going so far as to advocate for violence against President Trump's immigration policies. They highlight a July 4 incident where Antifa members attacked an ICE detention center, and injuring a police officer.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York joins executive magazine editor Jim Antle to discuss President Trump’s cabinets leaking the war plans of the Houthis bombing, through an accidental add of a journalist. President Donald Trump defending national security advisor Mike Waltz, instead of letting him go. What is the expected life span of this news cycle, where will this blow over?  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York joins executive magazine editor Jim Antle to discuss Byron’s interview with President Donald Trump about a potential breakthrough in the Russia-Ukraine negotiations. Since the fallout at the Oval Office between Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are they back on good terms? Trump reasons that he is animated about pushing the Russia-Ukraine ceasefire. How can Trump gain leverage on Russian President Vladimir Putin in the peace negotiations? Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3351860/trump-reveals-speaking-putin-weeks/ Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York joins editor-in-chief Hugo Gurdon to discuss lead advisor for the Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk, clarifying DOGE’s mission on waste, fraud, and abuse, not on entitlements. Musk's need to clarify indicates that he is not the best communicator. The effects of this trade war between President Donald Trump and Canada. Does Trump’s public diplomacy become so transparent that it causes unnecessary panic, compared to a more private setting?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York joins editor-in-chief Hugo Gurdon to discuss President Donald Trump’s address to Congress. House Speaker Mike Johnson kicks out Rep. Al Green (D-TX) for causing a commotion. Republicans in Congress want to get rid of the Black Lives Matter signage in DC. Read the full story here:https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3336289/7-takeaways-trump-combative-joint-address-congress/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York joins editor-in-chief Hugo Gurdon to discuss White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt's unapologetic attitude toward the Associated Press for being expelled from the POOL and access to Air Force One media coverage. What seems to be the understanding of the White House Correspondents’ Association? How should we understand the mineral deal between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Read the full story here:https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3330574/trump-boosts-newsmax-debut-shake-up-press-rotation/ Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Washington Examiner chief correspondent Byron York joins editor-in-chief Hugo Gurdon to discuss Vice President J.D. Vance's speech at Munich Security Conference; US and Russia preliminary talks in Saudi Arabia to mend relationship; President Donald Trump shifts blame to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the war. Read the full story here:https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3322279/free-speech-under-attack-home-and-abroad/ Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.