Salena Zito
Salena Zito joined the Washington Examiner in 2016 as a Pittsburgh-based columnist and reporter covering national politics and culture from a perspective outside the Beltway.
She is the author of Butler: The Untold Story of the Near Assassination of Donald Trump and the Fight for America's Heartland and The Great Revolt. She began her career at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review as a reporter and columnist covering national politics. She has been a contributor at the New York Post and Wall Street Journal and is currently a contributor at the Washington Post.
Editorials
Swalwell is just latest embarrassment in California gubernatorial race
Washington Examiner
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April 16, 2026 5:00 am
Op-Eds
The hallucinated village: Social media and the mental cost of digital residency
Jacqueline Cartier
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April 16, 2026 5:00 am
News
Virginia redistricting referendum tightens into a dead heat as early voting surges
Samantha-Jo Roth
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April 16, 2026 5:00 am
News
Fourteenth ‘narco-terrorist’ killed this week in Operation Southern Spear ‘kinetic strike’
Washington Examiner Staff
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April 16, 2026 4:06 am
News
Trump touts meeting between leaders of Israel and Lebanon that ‘will happen tomorrow’
Washington Examiner Staff
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April 16, 2026 2:00 am
Justice
California disbars John Eastman over effort to reverse Trump’s 2020 election loss
Claire Carter
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April 15, 2026 10:54 pm
Defense
Gerald R. Ford becomes longest-deployed US aircraft carrier since Vietnam War
Claire Carter
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April 15, 2026 9:37 pm
Energy and Environment
Federal court halts planned ICE detention center in Maryland
Christine Valora
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April 15, 2026 8:26 pm
World
Iran used Chinese spy satellite to target US bases in Middle East
Claire Carter
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April 15, 2026 8:18 pm
Justice
Pirro opens tip line for alleged Swalwell sexual misconduct
Claire Carter
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April 15, 2026 7:48 pm
How red and blue state tax cuts differ in 2026 legislative session
Molly Parks
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April 15, 2026 7:41 pm