A remarkable coincidence took place after beloved country singer Dolly Parton’s death, when a tropical storm that formed over the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday was given the preselected name Tropical Storm Dolly. The name “Dolly” was chosen 30 years ago by the international committee of the World Meteorological Organization as part of a “strict procedure,” […]
Bosnian Serb leader Ratko Mladic, known widely as the “Butcher of Bosnia,” died Thursday after a long illness while serving a life sentence on genocide charges in The Hague. He was 84. Mladic served as the leader of the Army of Republika Srpska, the ethnic Serbian entity that attempted to break away from Bosnia and […]
Virginia prosecutor Steve Descano faces a third recall effort for lenient treatment of a criminal, this time from a group that helped elect a Republican district attorney in New York. Murder victim Stephanie Minter’s mother, Cheryl, and the Victims’ Rights Reform Council launched an online petition on Wednesday to recall the Fairfax County Commonwealth’s attorney, […]
Washington Examiner Executive Editor Bob Cusack highlighted the difficult uphill battle Republicans will face in November’s midterm elections but said socialists may be making the job easier. “I do think with the rise of DSA, they’ve got a lot of material,” Cusack said on CNN’s Laura Coates Live on Wednesday. The party in power historically […]
A Florida grand jury determined that the state government acted inappropriately when it directed millions from a Medicaid settlement to first lady Casey DeSantis’s Hope Florida Foundation, and concluded the funding was further misappropriated to fund political activities. There is insufficient evidence to press criminal charges over the first lady’s charity scandal, according to a […]
Welcome to Thursday’s edition of Washington Secrets. Robert Kennedy Jr.’s stance on vaccines may be wildly polarizing, but he is a key figure in the coming midterm elections. We dive into why he is in demand on the campaign trail. Plus, saying goodbye to the Butcher of Bosnia, who — as far as we know […]
A Coast Guard cutter deployed near Puerto Rico interdicted a suspected drug boat carrying approximately $54.5 million worth of cocaine that authorities believe was headed to the United States from Latin America. The crew of the CGC Richard Dixon intercepted five people aboard a small boat roughly 50 miles south of the Caribbean U.S. territory […]
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) joined his Democrat and Jewish colleagues in condemning controversial streamer Hasan Piker, whose previously inflammatory comments about American Jews have drawn scrutiny from both sides of the aisle. Troves of House Democrats moved to condemn Piker after he said, “eventually, someone is going to come around and take action … against American Jews” if […]
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, who is running against Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) in November, indicated he would reluctantly comply with New York’s new anti-ICE law. But in doing so, he intends to join a federal lawsuit challenging the measure. The law in question bans local police from entering into or continuing their cooperation agreements […]
Departing White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt offered a simple piece of advice to her yet-to-be-named successor: remember that President Donald Trump is his “own best spokesperson.” Leavitt told reporters on Thursday outside the West Wing that she and White House communications director Steven Cheung joke that Trump is the “true communications director and press […]
