The Aporia · Emily Hallas

2026-09-04 · Washington Examiner

Lindsay Clancy judge gives defense one hour to file stay before mistrial declared

🔮 William Sullivan, who is overseeing the murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court, made the decision after the 12-member jury spent seven days deliberating and came to a third deadlock, meaning they could not reach a consensus over whether Clancy was in her right mind or experiencing psychosis when she reportedly killed her three children. mixed

2026-09-04 · Washington Examiner

Republicans denounce Lindsay Clancy mistrial: ‘Victims deserved far, far better’

🔮 William Sullivan, who is overseeing the murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court, declared a mistrial after the 12-person jury deliberated seven days but could not reach a unanimous consensus on whether Clancy was psychotic or in her right mind during the killings. mixed

2026-09-05 · Washington Examiner

Staggering debt is common among global economic powers: Why Washington’s $40 trillion debt is different

🔮 “Because the United States has historically had relatively low taxes, a smaller government, a less burdensome regulatory state, and more raw innovation and risk-taking than basically any other country in the world, that has allowed the U.S. government to sustain what otherwise would be an unsustainable fiscal policy,” he said. assertive

2026-09-08 · Washington Examiner

Qatar makes push to get US and Iran back to negotiating table

🔮 At the beginning of the month, Trump said he was not “trying to force Iran to the bargaining table,” musing he “couldn’t care less if they sign a worthless, to them, agreement.” assertive

2026-09-15 · Washington Examiner

Air Force secretary admits US weapons are stationed in outer space

🔮 Officials later specifically called out Russia and China, just days before President Donald Trump is set to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping. assertive

2026-09-15 · Washington Examiner

Eswatini says its military accidentally shot two US government workers

🔮 The small, landlocked kingdom in Southern Africa is one of the many countries on the continent that have come under Chinese influence, as evidenced by Beijing’s successful blocking of Taiwanese President William Lai from visiting Eswatini earlier this year. assertive

2026-09-16 · Washington Examiner

Cleveland City Council approves renaming portion of Lake Erie in Trump troll

🔮 “It kind of stunned me that people could be this distracted. assertive

2026-09-16 · Washington Examiner

DOGE’s ‘Fork in the road’ buyouts cost government nearly $7 billion: Watchdog

🔮 GAO’s report also emphasized that it identified limitations with the paid administrative leave data reported by federal agencies, which could overstate the actual amount used, writing that federal agencies reported 144% more paid administrative leave used in pay periods with a public holiday in 2023 through early 2025, even though holidays should not be reported as paid administrative leave. assertive

2026-09-16 · Washington Examiner

David Sacks paints AI panic as political ploy for major players

🔮 described the idea that “AI is going to end civilization within a very short amount of time,” which has been perpetuated as a possibility by Anthropic and OpenAI over the past week, as a “hoax,” during Politico’s Decoded Summit in Washington, D.C. Those companies are now calling for certain government coordination and a series of reforms they say will make the industry safer. assertive

2026-09-16 · Washington Examiner

House holds Leon Black in contempt over Epstein testimony after lawsuit

🔮 We will continue to seek transparency for the American people and justice for survivors in our investigation of the federal government’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell criminal cases,” Comer said in a statement referring to Maxwell, Epstein’s longtime confidante, who is now in prison. assertive

2026-09-17 · Washington Examiner

Hasan Piker declares US worse ‘pound for pound’ than al Qaeda as he goes on media blitz

🔮 Piker suggested he makes statements such as calling Hamas “a thousand times better” than Israel to make people start thinking, “What would they do in that situation?” and unlock “class consciousness.” assertive

2026-09-17 · Washington Examiner

El Sayed polling tight with Rogers while other Democrats dominate in Michigan

🔮 Former Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday confirmed she will campaign for el Sayed ahead of the general election, marking a critical signal Democrats are lining up behind his campaign. assertive

2026-09-17 · Washington Examiner

Tim Scott unleashes on ‘frankly weird’ el Sayed in spirited defense of the American dream

🔮 Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) on Thursday expressed confidence that Republicans will retain control over the Senate in the midterm elections, criticizing a stream of Democratic candidates with socialist leanings he warned could uproot the American dream. assertive

2026-09-17 · Washington Examiner

Piker lashes out over fallout from saying US is ‘worse’ than al Qaeda

🔮 Piker has faced backlash from some Democrats concerned that his association with their party will backfire in battleground areas such as Michigan due to his controversial positions. assertive