Joseph Lawler

Joseph Lawler is the policy editor for the Washington Examiner, having previously been an economics reporter. Before joining the Washington Examiner, he worked for RealClearPolicy. He is a native of Massachusetts and a graduate of the University of Notre Dame.

FILE - Fishermen work in front of oil tankers south of the Strait of Hormuz Jan. 19, 2012, offshore the town of Ras Al Khaimah in United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

Energy and Environment

Trump offers assistance to oil shippers to halt price spike from Iranian threat

Callie Patteson · March 3, 2026 3:12 pm

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass speak at their respective press conferences.

Newsom ‘broadly’ supports Karen Bass for reelection as LA mayor

David Zimmermann · March 3, 2026 2:55 pm

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks as President Donald Trump looks on, during an event on fuel economy standards in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, in Washington.

Judge rules NYC congestion pricing legal in battle with federal government

Claire Carter · March 3, 2026 2:52 pm

Travelers land in Romania after being evacuated from Israel.

State Department deploying military aircraft to evacuate US citizens from Middle East

Timothy Nerozzi · March 3, 2026 2:52 pm

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos

Michigan Democrats appear hesitant to expand early voting when it could help GOP in state race

Robert Schmad · March 3, 2026 2:30 pm

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), left, and, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, right

Senate Republicans berate Kristi Noem over DHS leadership

Anna Giaritelli · March 3, 2026 2:24 pm

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio addresses the press.

Beltway Confidential

The ‘Israel dragged us into war’ canard

David Harsanyi · March 3, 2026 2:03 pm

President Donald Trump and Iran.

Trump eradicates 47 years of feckless foreign policy

David Harsanyi · March 3, 2026 2:00 pm

Smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes in Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon.

Trump dismisses concerns of diminished US stockpiles in wake of Operation Epic Fury

Mike Brest · March 3, 2026 1:59 pm

State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, chairman of the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, watches as the Senate votes on measure to reduce the state budget deficit at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday,, April 11, 2024.

Beltway Confidential

California’s absurd, insane desire to hide transgender children from their parents

Zachary Faria · March 3, 2026 1:58 pm

President Donald Trump meets with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, March 3, 2026, in Washington.

Trump skewers Starmer over not cooperating on Iran: ‘Not Winston Churchill we’re dealing with’

Brady Knox · March 3, 2026 1:48 pm

Iranian Shahed exploding drone.

Beltway Confidential

Ukraine shows how to defeat Iranian drones

Ani Chkhikvadze · March 3, 2026 1:47 pm