Female staff working at the Eiffel Tower were temporarily replaced with male counterparts to accommodate Hindu religious leaders, setting off a workers’ strike and prompting a government inquiry. The Société d’Exploitation de la tour Eiffel, the organization that manages the landmark, told reporters this week that monks with the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha requested […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha said the first-ever midterm convention will “own the news cycle,” giving Republicans a chance to highlight their accomplishments. The Republican Party “has to own the affordability argument, that’s what this entire election is about, because what we’re seeing in every interview and every social media post that Democrats are making […]
Welcome to Tuesday’s edition of Washington Secrets. If a friend sent you this and you’d like to sign up, CLICK HERE. We fly to Dallas today for the Republican midterm convention, unlike Marco Rubio, who has urgent business elsewhere. We dig into why he won’t be challenging for the 2028 Republican presidential nomination, plus we have […]
President Donald Trump will host law enforcement and first responders from the New York City Fire Department at the White House on Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. for a “Steel Across America” event. NEW YORKERS WERE MISLED ON POST-9/11 AIR QUALITY, DOCUMENTS SUGGEST: REPORT The event will feature a steel beam recovered from the Sept. 11, […]
The United Kingdom announced new trade restrictions Tuesday on Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including a ban on imports from the settlements, marking the latest international move against the Israeli communities in Palestinian territories. “Today, we’re calling out the occupation of Palestine as unlawful,” Ed Miliband, the U.K.’s Secretary of State for Foreign and […]
Saudi Arabia promised to retaliate against the Houthis, an Iran-backed militia based in Yemen, on Tuesday after the rebel group wounded at least 73 Saudi civilians in airstrikes. The kingdom blamed the Houthis for the latest attacks on its energy infrastructure. Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy said the attacks caused fires at some of its […]
Iceland summoned the United States’s ambassador to the country for a discussion after President Donald Trump posted a map featuring the Arctic island and several other countries falling under the American flag. The graphic showed Iceland, Greenland, Canada, Mexico, and Cuba among the countries that the United States hypothetically annexes in this scenario. Trump made […]
PARIS (AP) — Thieves stole four valuable Renoir paintings Tuesday from a small museum on the French Riviera, but abandoned two of them as they fled, the local mayor said. Police are searching for the perpetrators. A group of “well-equipped” and “well-informed” thieves entered the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer via the garden, the town’s mayor, Bryan Masson, […]
Qatar on Tuesday urged the United States to resume peace negotiations with Iran aimed at fully opening the Strait of Hormuz, as President Donald Trump continues to downplay the talks. A Qatar foreign ministry spokesman said it is working with partners, including China, to resume peace talks between the U.S. and Iran. The announcement came after Qatari Prime Minister […]
A group of Michigan rabbis and Jewish leaders is circulating a petition with five “nonnegotiable” demands for any Michigan Democratic candidate who wants their support. The letter appeared to be aimed at Abdul el Sayed, the Democratic nominee running for the state’s open Senate seat. The petition makes it clear that candidates’ refusal to agree […]
