Welcome to Monday’s edition of Washington Secrets, where we say hello to hardworking members of the House of Representatives. They return from their summer vacation today just in time for the Labor Day holiday, the holiday established for people who don’t get enough vacation. Senators, of course, see the bigger picture and have no intention […]
Republican Rick Jackson and Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms will take the debate stage in October for a gubernatorial town hall as margins tighten between the two candidates vying to lead Georgia. Atlanta News First reported Monday that Jackson and Bottoms have agreed to participate in a live debate on Oct. 6 in Atlanta. Erik Schrader, […]
Captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro shared photographs of himself from his Brooklyn prison over the weekend, calling the images a “small gift of love and hope” to his family and supporters. “I send these photos as a small gift to all my grandchildren, to the boys and girls, and to all the good people who […]
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene clashed with right-wing influencer Laura Loomer over her inflammatory remarks about Democratic Senate candidate Angie Nixon. Over the weekend, Loomer and Nixon got into an increasingly heated verbal confrontation, with the influencer repeatedly calling the candidate a “Ghetto black communist b****,” among other obscenities. Greene, who used to occupy a […]
Democratic Senate nominee Abdul el Sayed is seeking to repair his relationship with Michigan’s Jewish community after facing months of criticism over comments he made following a terrorist attack on a Jewish synagogue. At an event hosted by the Michigan Democratic Jewish Caucus, el Sayed apologized for remarks he made after the March attack on […]
President Donald Trump criticized the rising wave of anti-data center sentiment, clashing with his administration’s aggressive efforts to build out the domestic artificial intelligence sector. Trump has placed a concerted focus on making the U.S. the global leader in AI, but voters have steadily voiced concerns about building the data centers needed to power the […]
A District of Columbia police officer died Monday after suffering a gunshot wound in a police station. The officer’s gunshot wound appeared to be self-inflicted, according to a preliminary statement from the Metropolitan Police Department. “Nothing currently indicates that another party was involved,” an MPD spokesperson said. The shooting occurred around 5:02 a.m. Monday in […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son was evacuated from the United States after Israeli intelligence received word of an assassination threat. Yair Netanyahu, 35, moved to Miami, Florida, in 2023, and remained there for most of the war following Hamas’s surprise attack on Oct. 7 of that year. A statement from Shin Bet said he […]
President Donald Trump on Monday vowed to retaliate against Iran following the latest attack on a U.S. base in Jordan, marking a return to military action after weeks of relative calm. “We’re going to hit them hard. There will be a response,” Trump told Fox News reporter Trey Yingst in a phone call Monday morning. […]
The death toll from sudden and deadly floods in Nepal, China, and Tibet topped 900, with the total certain to rise considerably as rescuers try to reach those trapped by the disaster. Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority put the latest number of confirmed dead at 903. Some of the bodies were recovered […]
