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"Now they are hitting everything. Nowhere is safe. But don't worry, we are okay," one Iranian woman texted her American relative.

President Trump has repeatedly attacked German Chancellor Friedrich Merz for comments he made about the U.S. role in the Iran war, targeting a leader who has worked hard to be in the president’s good graces and a country considered to be one of the U.S.’s strongest allies. ​The comments escalate Trump’s attacks on European nations...

The Corporate Transparency Act requires the owners of almost all corporations registered in the states to report their personal information to the federal government to be collected in a massive database. As history has shown, large databases of Americans’ personal information, especially those kept by the government, are not secure. What’s worse, the CTA is […]

This story is the first in a series of monthly snapshots from the Washington Examiner, titled Midterm Countdown, gauging the state of the 2026 election cycle. Scroll down to the bottom of the story for the latest prediction market odds of who is going to win. Democrats hold the early advantage in the battle for […]