French President Emmanuel Macron returned from his visit to the Gulf states this week triumphant, having secured a deal that would provide his country with an additional 200,000 metric tons of diesel per month. But the timing of his trip — right in the middle of violent and destructive riots that have thrust France into […]
A federal judge has ordered President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition by Dec. 11 in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation, after the broadcaster accused him of repeatedly delaying questioning in the case. U.S. Magistrate Judge Enjolique Lett issued the order after BBC attorneys earlier this week asked a […]
The Department of Justice is sending election monitors to Utah ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections, state officials said Thursday. Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson announced on social media that the Justice Department had notified the state of its plans to deploy monitors, though she did not specify how many would be sent or […]
Welcome to Thursday’s edition of Washington Secrets. If you thought you were hearing a lot about the Trump administration’s efforts to tackle fraud in government programs, then get set: You’re going to be hearing a lot more about it in the next week and a half. We talk to a top Trump strategist about why […]
Vice President JD Vance is holding a rally in North Platte, Nebraska, around 1 p.m. Thursday, just under two weeks out from the midterm elections. WITHOUT DON BACON, CAN REPUBLICANS WIN NEBRASKA’S ‘BLUE DOT’? Vance’s rally in a state that voted for President Donald Trump by over 20 percentage points in 2024 comes as Republicans […]
CINCINNATI — Vice President JD Vance is hoping his native ties to Ohio can help save Republican candidates in the state’s most competitive races. During a three-stop swing through the Buckeye State on Wednesday, which included a surprise, private drop-in to a Cincinnati Bengals practice session at Paycor Stadium, Vance provided a forceful defense of […]
Washington Examiner investigations editor Sarah Bedford said there may not be a sweeping “blue wave” in the midterm elections, but Democrats could still win key races. “I think there’s a really good chance that we could be writing a headline about the blue wave being a lot smaller than some of the sweeping predictions we’ve […]
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky mocked U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff on Thursday for calling Russian president Vladimir Putin a “humanitarian” as the two countries exchanged overnight strikes. “Three waves of ballistic missiles have been launched at Kyiv by Russian ‘humanitarians’ since yesterday evening. They used 21 missiles. Unfortunately, numerous sites across the city have been […]
Officials released a photo and details on Thursday about a suspected arson attempt on an Atlanta immigration facility in the latest of several such incidents this year. A man threw a bottle that served as “an improvised incendiary device” at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building on Tuesday night, but it was caught on a […]
Gov. Mike DeWine (R-OH) is urging Republican gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy to pull an advertisement featuring the estranged mother of his Democratic opponent, Amy Acton. DeWine, who is term-limited and cannot seek reelection, has backed Ramaswamy to succeed him in the governor’s mansion despite the controversy surrounding the advertisement. Speaking to reporters at the Statehouse […]
