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.

Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI), chairman of the House Administration Committee, arrives for a hearing about noncitizen voting on Capitol Hill.

Congressional stock trading ban legislation passes out of House panel

Lauren Green · January 14, 2026 1:36 pm

Maryland General Assembly

Poll finds 94% of Marylanders want General Assembly to review hospital pricing

Brady Knox · January 14, 2026 1:20 pm

Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN).

Somali fraudster convicted in Feeding Our Future scheme tied to recent recipient of Minnesota funding

Mia Cathell · January 14, 2026 1:17 pm

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shoots pepper spray at a protester in Minneapolis.

ICE officer who killed Renee Good sustained internal bleeding after being hit by her vehicle: DHS

Emily Hallas · January 14, 2026 1:16 pm

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) walks beside a photograph of Renee Good, the woman shot and killed in her car by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, during a news conference with the Congressional Progressive Caucus as they announce an effort to limit funding for the Department of Homeland Security at the Capitol.

WATCH LIVE: House Homeland Security Committee Democrats hold presser on killing of Renee Good in Minnesota

David Zimmermann · January 14, 2026 1:14 pm

Members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, from left, Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., and Rep. Chuy Garcia, D-Ill., stand beside a photo of Renee Good, the woman shot and killed by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, as they announce they will work to limit funding for the Department of Homeland Security, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

DOJ says ‘no basis’ for civil rights investigation of Minneapolis ICE shooting

Kaelan Deese · January 14, 2026 1:13 pm

Visitors at the China International Exhibition Center look at Nvidia-built robots in Beijing

White House approves Nvidia chip sales to China despite bipartisan concerns in House

Timothy Nerozzi · January 14, 2026 1:02 pm

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) introduces Adm. Kevin Lunday, acting commandant of the Coast Guard, during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing on the nomination Lunday for commandant of the Coast Guard.

WATCH LIVE: Lindsey Graham holds press conference on FDA abortion policies

Ross O'Keefe · January 14, 2026 1:01 pm

President Donald Trump gestures as he walks from Marine One after arriving on the South Lawn of the White House.

WATCH LIVE: Trump holds signing ceremony as tension with Iran rise

Brady Knox · January 14, 2026 12:58 pm

In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, a 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron B-1B Lancer deployed to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing prepares to taxi on April 13, 2018, and launch a strike mission from Al Udeid AIr Base, Qatar, in support of the multinational response to Syria's recent use of chemical weapons. Two B-1Bs, deployed to Al Udeid AB from Ellsworth AFB, S.D., employed 19 Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range (JASSM-ER), marking the first combat employment of the weapon.

Qatar readies for possible Iranian military action targeting US forces

Mike Brest · January 14, 2026 12:04 pm

New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press conference.

James joins fray over rent-subsidized NYC apartments

Center Square · January 14, 2026 11:50 am

The Georgia State Capitol is seen from Liberty Plaza in downtown Atlanta, April 6, 2020.

Raffensperger says law bars release of additional voter information

Center Square · January 14, 2026 11:45 am