A Texas grand jury has returned an indictment for an ICE officer who struck a pedestrian with his vehicle while searching for an illegal immigrant earlier this month. Mario Morales, 33, faces a felony charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, which was the officer’s unmarked vehicle. Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare, a […]
Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York argued President Donald Trump faces a tougher midterm challenge than former President Barack Obama in rallying voters, as Trump works to turn out Republicans who typically vote only when he is on the ballot. “I think Trump has the harder job because what he is trying to do […]
Leftists convicted in a 2023 vandalism attack said Thursday they will return to jail rather than testify in a federal grand jury investigation in New Hampshire. Bridget Shergalis and Sophie Ross, of the activist movement Palestine Action, spoke out about the subpoenas they received on Oct. 16, which were leaked to the leftist publication The […]
Washington Examiner columnist Salena Zito ripped Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola’s campaign for allegedly orchestrating a scheme to confuse voters and undermine Sen. Dan Sullivan’s (R-AK) reelection bid. “There’s always been shenanigans in American politics, but this one cuts deep,” Zito said Thursday on Fox Business’s Big Money in the Morning. The controversy started […]
Welcome to Friday’s edition of Washington Secrets. As usual, we review Donald Trump’s week with grades from two top political strategists. Plus, how optimistic was Barack Obama’s 2012 campaign manager about the midterm elections? Donald Trump pulled the plug on weekend rallies in Iowa and Kansas after a whirlwind tour of red-state America, only to […]
President Donald Trump will hold rallies in Iowa and Kansas over the last weekend before the midterm elections after the events were canceled just one day earlier, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to the Washington Examiner. “The rallies are back on,” the source said. “President Trump loves his supporters, and in addition to […]
Christa Pike, who survived lethal injections in Tennessee last month, broke her silence on the botched execution. In a public statement released by her attorneys on Friday, Pike said she is recovering but noted that “healing is not the same as being okay.” Her comments come exactly one month after the execution attempt. “One month […]
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) rebuked Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul el Sayed’s views on Jews and Israel on Thursday, marking notable pushback in the battleground race from one of his party’s top power players. Pelosi, a longtime leader of House Democrats, sent the message that some of el Sayed’s positions are alarming as he hits […]
Vice President JD Vance will no longer be traveling to Minnesota to hold a press conference on fraud later Friday. The decision came after President Donald Trump canceled his now-rescheduled rallies in Iowa and Kansas, which were initially scheduled for this weekend. The president explained the schedule change by saying he can have a broader […]
Pope Leo XIV may become the first-ever pope to vote in a secular election, let alone a U.S. one, as he ordered a mail-in ballot for the 2026 midterm elections. Kim Fladhammer, Will County clerk’s office chief of staff, told the Chicago Sun-Times that the leader of the Roman Catholic Church requested a mail-in ballot […]
