Washington Examiner economics columnist Tiana Lowe Doescher slammed President Donald Trump for letting a bipartisan housing bill automatically become law after he refused to sign it in protest over the Senate’s stalling on the SAVE America Act. The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act became law on Saturday, in accordance with the Constitution, which states […]
Approximately 1.3 million illegal immigrants who have been protected from deportation through the Temporary Protected Status program have up to two additional weeks to work in the United States legally as they await the final decision on when they must leave the country, according to the federal agency that manages TPS. Department of Homeland Security […]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the state’s GOP nominee for U.S. Senate, is set to rally in the Rio Grande Valley with nominees for critical House seats. Paxton will appear alongside Webb County Judge Tano Tijerina and former federal prosecutor Eric Flores, in addition to National Border Patrol Council President Paul Perez, in McAllen on […]
British Prime Minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham is expected to back a proposal from the Home Office to tighten immigration procedures despite opposition from his own party, though he may tweak aspects to make it more palatable. Burnham, who is expected to become the leader of the Labour Party and therefore the nation’s prime minister next week, […]
The War and Justice departments announced Monday they would be teaming up for a task force cracking down on individuals who leak sensitive Pentagon information to the media, framing the effort as in the name of protecting personnel. The new joint task force solidifies the Trump administration’s mission to crack down on what it views […]
The sudden death of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) this weekend marks a shocking blow for Senate Republicans who leaned on his decades of experience and close relationship to the White House. In the short term, it’s also complicating their already shaky whip count as leadership deals with a pile-up of legislative headaches, the most immediate […]
Welcome to Monday’s edition of Washington Secrets. Today, we get the inside line on President Donald Trump’s plans for the midterm convention and how he will use it to seize control of November’s elections. Plus, we cast our eye on an interestingly brief tribute to Lindsey Graham from one of his most quotable colleagues … […]
Daylight saving time could be on the way out as Congress takes up legislation that would make the seasonal time change permanent. The House is expected to vote this week on the Sunshine Protection Act, which would require the nation to recognize daylight saving time year-round. If the bill passes, the Senate will take it up next. […]
President Donald Trump called for Darline Graham Nordone, sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), to serve as a placeholder senator in the wake of his death. Graham, who had previously been diagnosed with arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, died over the weekend after an emergency medical episode. Graham was 71 years old. “I recommended, to […]
The late Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-SC) Democratic opponent, Annie Andrews, is making her appeal to South Carolinians, seeing a chance to flip the seat after the longtime incumbent’s death. Prior to the four-term senator’s death on Saturday, the race seemed cut-and-dried, as Graham was widely viewed as a shoo-in for the general election in November. […]
