Emily Hallas

Emily Hallas is a breaking news reporter for the Washington Examiner. A 2022 graduate of Bob Jones University with majors in business administration and international studies, she held previous press positions on Capitol Hill. She's proud to have been born and raised in South Carolina. Emily is a big fan of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Joan Didion, and Virginia Wolff. Follow her on X: @HallasEmily.

A sign for the Otay Mesa Detention Center sits in front of the building Tuesday, July 7, 2020, in San Diego. The early absence of facial coverings, lack of cleaning supplies and mixing symptomatic detainees with others preceded the first big outbreak at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's 221 detention centers. While the point of origin is unclear, accounts of how the virus spread at the Otay Mesa Detention Center expose shortcomings and inherent difficulties of managing the world's largest immigration detention system during a pandemic. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Why ICE is buying warehouses and could purchase privately owned detention sites

Anna Giaritelli · March 15, 2026 5:00 am

Aircraft on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln.

Trump should finish the job in Iran

Washington Examiner · March 15, 2026 5:00 am

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) at a press conference.

Popular reforms keep dying in Congress — thanks to the old guard

Mehek Cooke · March 15, 2026 5:00 am

The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.

State Department urges Americans to leave Iraq ‘now’ after US embassy hit

Zach LaChance · March 14, 2026 11:53 pm

Simmons and Klinner.

Six US troops killed in Iraq military plane crash identified

Zach LaChance · March 14, 2026 10:27 pm

President Donald Trump.

US may strike Kharg Island again ‘just for fun,’ Trump says

Zach LaChance · March 14, 2026 8:49 pm

Abu Musa Island.

Iran claims US also hit another island during Kharg bombing

Zach LaChance · March 14, 2026 6:57 pm

Tucker Carlson and Donald Trump.

Tucker Carlson says voters feel let down by Trump over Iran war

Sydney Topf · March 14, 2026 5:51 pm

FCC head Brendan Carr.

Carr threatens to strip broadcasters of FCC licenses over Iran coverage

Zach LaChance · March 14, 2026 5:05 pm

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi looks on during a meeting

Iranian foreign minister says there’s ‘no problem’ with new Supreme Leader

Molly Parks · March 14, 2026 4:22 pm

Law enforcement respond to the scene of a shooting at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Mich., on Thursday, March 12 2026. (Jacob Hamilton/Ann Arbor News via AP)

National Security

Jewish group fights for $1 billion in funding for security personnel

David Zimmermann · March 14, 2026 4:13 pm

People with the group No Labels hold signs during a rally on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 18, 2011. The Arizona Democratic Party is looking to force No Labels to disclose its donors or lose its status as a political party, an escalation of Democrats' efforts to block a group they worry will boost former President Donald Trump's chances of returning to the White House.

No Labels makes appeal to Washington amid America 250: ‘Make sure this experiment continues’

Emily Hallas · March 14, 2026 3:39 pm