Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is threatening to execute any U.S. nationals that the terrorist group kidnaps if the U.S. government follows through with its scheduled execution of Nidal Hasan, the 2009 Fort Hood shooter. Al Qaeda said in a statement released Monday that “the day America makes this decision,” referring to the execution […]
The British government is claiming that last month’s terrorism scare at RAF Fairford air base was “almost certainly” a scheme designed by Iran. Prime Minister Andy Burnham made the assertion on Monday in the House of Commons, where he announced that his government would take immediate action to combat Iranian infiltration of criminal networks and […]
Israeli leaders are closely watching the U.S. midterm elections, particularly the Michigan Senate race, Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) said. Lankford briefed reporters on his recent trip to Israel and Lebanon, a trip coinciding with the anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks and one that was supposed to be part of a wider Middle East tour, […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) signaled that he would run for minority leader if Republicans lose the majority in November, saying he expects his colleagues would ask him to “continue leading this conference.” “I want to be of my highest and best use to God and my country, and I feel like, at this stage […]
Democratic Socialists of America members angrily claimed over the weekend that the group’s New York City chapter cracked down on expressing pro-Hamas sentiment on social media. The chapter’s leadership criticized a joint Instagram post from DSA groups last week that called the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre in Israel “resistance against imperialism,” asking for its removal, […]
Welcome to Monday’s edition of Washington Secrets. Today, we bring you the inside story of how Donald Trump found his new press secretary, plus we get the real story about cookies in Kansas. Really! When President Donald Trump decided he needed to beef up his press operation in the final weeks of midterm campaigning, there […]
Washington Examiner economics columnist Tiana Lowe Doescher called President Donald Trump’s diesel deal with Russia a “bad deal” and questioned whether it will move forward. “[Jared] Kuschner and [Steve] Witcoff want a deal, and Trump has two factions within the White House; he oscillates between the two,” Doescher said Monday on CNN This Morning. “Scott […]
A federal judge temporarily blocked the National Park Service from cutting down any more trees at the East Potomac Golf Links after the service began removing hundreds of trees on the golf course on Saturday. Biden-appointed district judge for the District of Columbia Ana C. Reyes issued a minute order ahead of a 10 a.m. […]
Federal law enforcement agents conducted a predawn search at the Washington home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) as part of a criminal investigation, Justice Department officials announced Monday morning. “Today in the Washington, D.C, area, Homeland Security Investigations executed a judicially authorized search warrant secured by the Department of Justice. This enforcement action is part […]
Former President Barack Obama threw his support behind Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed in a new ad touting the progressive Democrat’s platform. Obama and el Sayed had announced plans to join forces later this month for a campaign rally in Detroit, but the former president had not released an endorsement video until Monday. […]
