Welcome to Thursday’s edition of Washington Secrets. We take a dive into the latest generic polling ahead of the midterm elections, which suggests not all is lost for Republicans. Plus, we delve into our favorite United Nations conspiracy theory, and wonder whether the president is fonder of the New York Mets than he lets on… […]
Podcaster Tucker Carlson admitted again to being “wrong on Trump” during an interview with sports and political commentator Stephen A. Smith, where Carlson explained his departure from the Republican Party. Smith asked Carlson for clarity regarding his shifting views on the Trump administration. “Why should listeners see this latest break as principle rather than another […]
Reps. Ted Lieu (D-CA) and Nathaniel Moran (R-TX) introduced a bill that would authorize the government to shut down or restrict risky artificial intelligence models, after OpenAI revealed that its models broke out of a controlled environment and hacked another company without human direction. The bill, known as the AI Kill Switch Act, would grant […]
EXCLUSIVE — The recent Supreme Court decision nuking limits on money a candidate can spend in coordination with party committees is at least partially slowing the mobilization of President Donald Trump’s gargantuan campaign war chest, according to Republican insiders. Still, the president’s political team isn’t letting outside noise, even from Republicans urging Trump to increase his […]
Georgia Republican Senate candidate Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) is taking a different approach than pundits as he talks about Sen. Jon Ossoff’s (D-GA) fundraising numbers, hitting the incumbent on the number of out-of-state donors he has received. Ossoff pulled in $20 million in the second quarter, situating him with over $42 million in cash-on-hand as […]
National Democrats on Wednesday announced plans to pour millions more into planting former Gov. Roy Cooper in the upper chamber and flipping North Carolina’s Senate seat blue. The Senate Majority PAC is injecting $11 million into Cooper’s bid against Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley, as polls indicate the GOP contender is gaining ground. The development […]
EXCLUSIVE — Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) is demanding answers from the Federal Judicial Center, the federal judiciary’s research and education agency, over its relationship with a climate training program run by the Environmental Law Institute, an organization she says has also advanced Chinese interests. Blackburn’s letter, which was sent to the agency on Thursday evening, […]
Protests broke out in Wisconsin on Wednesday after a deadly police shooting in Madison sparked controversy. Madison Police Chief John Patterson said Wednesday that the fatal shooting occurred when officers responded to a call about a man in his 30s suspected of attempting to break into cars in the Marquette neighborhood. The suspect fled police […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha emphasized the critical importance of the midterm elections for Republicans, underscoring the high stakes as Democrats need only a narrow victory to gain seats. “The message is to go on the offense and how crucial these midterms are. We always say that ‘this is the most important election of our […]
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt will brief the press on Thursday at around 11:00 a.m. TRUMP SAYS SAUDI NUCLEAR DEAL DEPENDS ON COUNTRY JOINING ABRAHAM ACCORDS Leavitt’s Thursday morning briefing comes after the 12th consecutive night of U.S. airstrikes on Iran and after President Donald Trump held a campaign-style rally in the battleground state […]
