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.

The front page of the Jam Jam newspaper on sale at a newsstand features a cartoon of US President Donald Trump drowning in the Strait of Hormuz with the headline "Marine Bluff" in Tehran on April 13, 2026. The failure of US-Iran peace talks has left the US President with several unpalatable options, as analysts say his order to blockade the strategic Strait of Hormuz could further complicate his next move on April 12, 2026. Any hopes that US Vice President would emerge from the marathon day of negotiations with top Iranian officials with a deal to end a war that has rippled across the Middle East were dashed when he left hosts Pakistan emptyhanded. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images) /

Trump realizes he must intensify economic pressure on Iran, not save the theocracy from itself

Tiana Lowe Doescher · April 17, 2026 5:46 am

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China keeps trying to poison America

Zachary Faria · April 17, 2026 5:43 am

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The spiritual sickness behind Trump’s blasphemous Jesus post

Peter Cordi · April 17, 2026 5:41 am

Then-Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks with Tucker Carlson during an event on Oct. 31, 2024, in Glendale, Arizona. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)

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At least Tucker Carlson doesn’t hate America

Conn Carroll · April 17, 2026 5:37 am

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We need more baby fever

Timothy P. Carney · April 17, 2026 5:35 am

United Nations against the United States

Scamming the West: What’s really behind the UN’s ahistorical transatlantic slavery resolution

David Harsanyi · April 17, 2026 5:32 am

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The president and the pope: Trump tangles with an American pontiff

Jeremy Lott · April 17, 2026 5:26 am

NASA’s Artemis II rocket launches a 10-day mission around the moon, traveling roughly 230,000 miles from Earth — the farthest humans have traveled, April 1, Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Gregg Newton/Getty Images)

How Trump put America back in space, and what comes next

Daniel Ross Goodman · April 17, 2026 5:24 am

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters outside the Oval Office.

Iranian Embassy posts AI video of Jesus violently punching and bloodying Trump

Christopher Tremoglie · April 17, 2026 5:23 am

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Trump’s prescription drugs gambit

Taylor Millard · April 17, 2026 5:21 am

From left, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa, Lebanese Ambassador to the U.S. Nada Hamadeh Moawad, and Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter in Washington, D.C.

Israel and Lebanon take a critical step forward on the road to peace

Michael M. Rosen · April 17, 2026 5:18 am

Nina Kiri in 'Undertone.' (A24)

The un-shock effects of ‘Undertone’

Peter Tonguette · April 17, 2026 5:08 am