Mike Brest

Mike Brest is a defense reporter at the Washington Examiner. Prior to joining the defense beat, he spent two years covering breaking news for the Washington Examiner, and he worked at the Daily Caller in a similar capacity before that. Mike graduated from American University and is originally from the suburbs of Philadelphia.

Richard Cox mug shot.

Transgender sex offender gets massive win as Virginia locker room trial is paused

Amy DeLaura · March 26, 2026 5:54 pm

Ukraine drone defense

Zelensky visits Saudi Arabia to shore up drone defense exchange

Brady Knox · March 26, 2026 5:48 pm

Federal Communications Commission building.

FCC exploring ways to require call center workers to be proficient in English

Lauren Green · March 26, 2026 5:05 pm

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Vice President Kamala Harris wave during a campaign event at the IBEW-NECA Joint Apprenticeship Training Center in San Leandro, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Newsom speaks on rumored tumultuous relationship with Harris: ‘She goes first’

Molly Parks · March 26, 2026 5:04 pm

Police car in D.C.

‘You can do everything right’: Crime reporter on sexual assault survival and lack of justice

Amy DeLaura · March 26, 2026 4:59 pm

President Donald Trump, accompanied by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks with reporters while in flight on Air Force One, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, as they were returning to Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Republicans skeptical of Iran war sound off about Lindsey Graham’s ties to Trump

Rena Rowe · March 26, 2026 4:57 pm

FBI agents are seen at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center.

Judge blocks Fulton County bid to force FBI testimony over seized election records

Kaelan Deese · March 26, 2026 4:55 pm

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz gather for a photo together with French President Emmanuel Macron, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof.

NATO reports 20% increase in spending by allies

Molly Parks · March 26, 2026 4:16 pm

Rod Blagojevich arrives for the Public Homegoing Service for the Rev. Jesse Jackson

Rod Blagojevich says Trump backed him for possible office run last year

Asher Notheis · March 26, 2026 3:46 pm

Vice Admiral Molyneux Shuldham a Royal Navy officer and colonial administrator who served for a time as the governor of Newfoundland. (Photo courtesy Mount Vernon.)

On This Day: Washington studies the British fleet as it lingers in Boston Harbor

Salena Zito · March 26, 2026 3:41 pm

Maine Democratic primary.

Graham Platner holds comfortable lead over Janet Mills in Maine Senate race: Poll

Rena Rowe · March 26, 2026 3:35 pm

U.S. Central Command headquarters at MacDill Air Force Base.

Siblings charged in connection with explosive device found outside CENTCOM headquarters as brother flees to China

Mike Brest · March 26, 2026 3:30 pm