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Soros-funded group offers to pay students protesting ‘war and militarism’

An organization funded by leftist megadonor George Soros’s nonprofit network runs a program paying students to protest “the Military Industrial Complex” on their campuses. Dissenters, a Chicago-based activist group, invited college students “impacted by war and militarism” to apply for an “Anti-Militarist Organizing Fellowship” by Aug. 7 in a July 31 Instagram post. The program […]

White House touts over 16,000 arrests made since Trump crime crackdown in DC

The White House said Monday that over 16,000 arrests have been made in Washington, D.C., due to President Donald Trump’s anti-crime campaign in the city.  The operation began one year ago Tuesday, when Trump signed an executive order creating the Make D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force, which the administration said marked the “largest, most […]

‘Dearborn vs. Detroit’ proves how Abdul el Sayed cut into Stevens’s black vote: Tiana Lowe Doescher

Washington Examiner economics columnist Tiana Lowe Doescher said Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed’s victory in the primary exposed a broader coalition than just rural and progressive voters.  “It’s not just rural voters,” Doescher said on CNN’s Group Chat Monday. “He’s appealing to the black voters that overwhelmingly went for Haley Stevens.” Doescher’s comments […]

Darline Graham Nordone fights DEI accusations in work for state agency that helps the blind

Sen. Darline Graham Nordone (R-SC), who is campaigning in a special Senate primary this week after succeeding her late brother, is battling one of her opponents’ accusations that she pushed diversity, equity, and inclusion while leading a South Carolina agency that helps blind people. Before taking the place of Lindsey Graham last month, Graham Nordone […]

Cuba expert: Trump more likely to tighten screws than send in troops … for now

Welcome to Monday’s edition of Washington Secrets. We’ll be with you all the way through August, even as the rest of the city slows down. Today, we dive into the Trump administration’s thinking on Cuba with someone who knows what they are talking about. Cuba may have dropped out of the headlines as Washington plots […]

Tiana Lowe Doescher: The idea you must delay motherhood to be ‘full’ is regressive

Washington Examiner economics columnist Tiana Lowe Doescher pushed back on the idea that women must delay motherhood to achieve professional or political success, arguing that women can pursue influential careers while also raising families.  “The idea that, oh, in order to be a full person, you have to delay motherhood,” Doescher said on CNN’s Group […]

Strong 7.4 magnitude earthquake strikes Colombia and neighboring Ecuador

A strong 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia and neighboring Ecuador in South America on Monday, prompting people to evacuate buildings. The epicenter was located in San Jose Del Palmar, about 250 miles west of the Colombian capital, Bogota. The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake struck at a depth of 66 miles. Colombia’s counterpart […]

El Sayed backs away from Hasan Piker’s controversial takes ahead of general election

Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed on Sunday said he disavowed Twitch streamer Hasan Piker’s statement that the United States “deserved” the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. El Sayed has attracted controversy for repeatedly campaigning with Piker, an increasingly popular political influencer, over that statement, among others. After previously declining to […]

Newsom becomes el Sayed’s wingman in Michigan with pitch against ‘extremist’ narrative

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) denounced concerns that Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul el Sayed holds extremist views, as he campaigned Sunday on behalf of Democrats in the Wolverine State. Newsom, whose profile is rising as a likely 2028 presidential contender, traveled to the battleground state Saturday as he tours the country as a top surrogate […]

Marcy Kaptur moving on to rehabilitation after being hospitalized from hit-and-run

Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) said on Sunday she is making a “very rapid recovery” after being hospitalized for non-life-threatening injuries in a hit-and-run crash in Ohio.  Kaptur, 80, was the victim of the two-person crash roughly one week ago in Toledo, located in Ohio’s 9th Congressional District, which she represents. In the latest update on […]
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