One of the survivors of the Fort Hood mass shooting in Texas nearly 17 years ago finds the Pentagon’s plan to livestream the firing squad execution of the perpetrator questionable. Nidal Hasan, 56, is set to be executed at Fort Hood at 1 p.m. local time on Dec. 3 — around the same time he […]
Former President Barack Obama has been increasing his involvement in the 2026 elections this week, lending his name to a new effort to boost Democrats‘ chances and endorsing a handful of candidates in battlegrounds. The former president appeared in a new series of digital ads for the Democratic National Committee aimed at driving voter turnout, […]
Welcome to Friday’s edition of Washington Secrets. If a friend sent you this and you’d like to sign up, CLICK HERE. As usual, today we run the rule over the president’s week with two political strategists. Plus, who did the chief executive of Anthropic label as “Benedict Arnolds?” As so often, you can rely on […]
Protesters camping out near an Arizona border wall construction site are now getting friendly press coverage from a New York outlet under congressional investigation for ties to China. A BreakThrough News correspondent spent five days in the camp to document the demonstration against Immigration and Customs Enforcement and what she called “U.S. imperialism,” according to […]
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin adamantly defended federal immigration officers involved in the shooting of Oscar Belgal, an illegal immigrant from the Dominican Republic, in New York on Thursday. Mullin told reporters at a Friday morning press conference at the DHS headquarters in Washington that the man U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers attempted to […]
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops condemned on Friday the Trump administration’s plan to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan on Dec. 3. “It is with shock and great sorrow that I have learned of the Department of War’s decision to publicly livestream the execution of Nidal Hassan. Our God is […]
President Donald Trump has formed a committee to investigate Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook over alleged mortgage fraud, an escalation after his previous effort to fire Cook was blocked by the Supreme Court. A White House memo said the group will look into whether Cook made “false statements in connection with one or more mortgage […]
A Virginia county on Thursday filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s proposed new monument in Washington, D.C., marking the latest opposition to the soaring Triumphal Arch. Trump is looking to construct the Arch between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery, in honor of the United States’ 250th anniversary. The monument has already cleared […]
The Department of State is taking its most dramatic action yet against the International Criminal Court, directly sanctioning the institution and demanding that allies follow suit. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the decision in a Friday address, declaring that the U.S. will restrict international transactions with the court and seek to isolate it both materially […]
Election forecaster Cook Political Report shifted 18 midterm election races in favor of Democratic candidates on Friday, with just under one month until voters head to the polls on Election Day. “The most likely outcome at this point is that Democrats flip a net of nine to 19 seats, resulting in Democrats holding 224 to […]
