Christian Datoc

Christian Datoc is a White House reporter for the Washington Examiner. He previously covered the White House, Congress, and campaigns for the Daily Caller. Christian, who hails from Atlanta, Georgia, graduated from Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, in 2013, where he majored in political science and played varsity baseball.

Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks during a news conference at LaGuardia Airport, Monday, March 23, 2026, after an Air Canada jet collided the night before with a Port Authority firetruck shortly after landing in New York.

Sean Duffy yanks $73 million in federal funding to New York over CDL dispute

Emily Hallas · April 16, 2026 5:16 pm

Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought appears before the Senate Budget Committee at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 16, 2026.

Takeaways from Trump budget director Russ Vought’s congressional testimony

Zach Halaschak · April 16, 2026 4:58 pm

Artist renderings and diagrams for President Donald Trump's new triumphal arch.

Federal agency approves Trump’s plan for triumphal arch ahead of America 250

Emily Hallas · April 16, 2026 4:27 pm

Democratic United States Representative Eric Swalwell attends the SEIU-United Service Workers West (SEIU-USWW)'s Gubernatorial Candidate Worker Forum at Meruelo Studios in Los Angeles, California, on January 10, 2026. (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP via Getty Images)

Swalwell facing DOJ investigation over sexual misconduct allegations

Kaelan Deese · April 16, 2026 4:17 pm

A fisherman carries supplies to a boat in the Port of Galilee.

USDA opens new Office of Seafood

Molly Parks · April 16, 2026 4:09 pm

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the Health and Human Services Department, arrives to testify

Takeaways: RFK Jr. navigates tough day of hearings in House

Gabrielle M. Etzel · April 16, 2026 3:57 pm

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA).

Mike Johnson scrambles to strike FISA deal with privacy hawks

Hailey Bullis · April 16, 2026 3:52 pm

Minnesota ICE

Minnesota state attorney charges ICE officer with two counts of second-degree assault

Sydney Topf · April 16, 2026 3:49 pm

Erica G. Schwartz.

Trump nominates veteran of his first term to be CDC director

Gabrielle M. Etzel · April 16, 2026 3:46 pm

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House.

Trump says Iran talks to continue over weekend and Tehran ‘agreed’ to no nuclear weapons

Mabinty Quarshie · April 16, 2026 3:32 pm

Eleven House Republicans broke with their party and voted with nearly every single Democrat to overturn President Donald Trump's effort to end Temporary Protection Status for Haitian migrants.

Ten House Republicans vote to rebuke Trump and protect 350,000 Haitian migrants

Lauren Green · April 16, 2026 3:21 pm

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Daily on Energy

Daily on Energy: Europe is running out of jet fuel, White House pressures oil drillers, and EPA unveils AI water reuse plan

Callie Patteson and Maydeen Merino · April 16, 2026 3:06 pm