President Donald Trump demanded last-minute changes to the ballot for Alaska‘s U.S. Senate seat after a bombshell report that Democrats recruited candidates with the same name as the Republican incumbent. “It has just been determined that the Democrats in Alaska illegally searched for, and recruited, a man named Dan Sullivan to run against our distinguished […]
Fifteen people are facing charges connected to a transnational drug trafficking organization distributing methamphetamine and gamma-butyrolactone across the East Coast. U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro announced the 12-count indictment on Wednesday, the day after four of the alleged traffickers were arrested and search warrants were executed across D.C. and Pennsylvania. Officials […]
Prosecutors in Hennepin County, Minnesota, charged right-wing influencers James O’Keefe and Cam Higby on Wednesday for impersonating voters in videos they posted during the state’s Aug. 11 primary election. The purpose of the stunt was to show how easily a person could register to vote on the day of the primary without providing proof of […]
Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola’s campaign and senior Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee officials participated in a secret effort to recruit spoiler challengers against Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK), including a candidate sharing his name, the New York Times reported Wednesday. The findings bolster long-standing Republican allegations that challenger Dan J. Sullivan’s candidacy was solely intended to […]
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) railed against his Democratic challenger, state Rep. Gina Hinojosa, for bringing a “sham lawsuit” against him after a district court issued a temporary order forcing the governor to allow Hinojosa to inspect his communications with SpaceX founder and GOP donor Elon Musk. The legal battle ignited earlier this month after Hinojosa […]
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division is suing a Maryland public school system, accusing it of secretly “gender transitioning” children without parental knowledge or consent. Anne Arundel County Public Schools’ policies allegedly deny parental rights by instructing school staff to abide by the student’s self-identified name, pronouns, and gender identity without notifying their parents, according […]
Longtime Manhattan U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein, who was overseeing the trial of former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, has died at 92. 2026 MIDTERM ELECTIONS LIVE UPDATES: LATEST NEWS, RESULTS AND ANALYSIS Hellerstein was nominated to the federal bench in 1998 by then-President Bill Clinton. The case will now be randomly assigned to another judge. […]
House Democrats are looking to an inaugural program to supercharge college voters in key races for the Nov. 3 elections and flip the script against Republicans this cycle after the youth vote in 2024 helped send President Donald Trump back to the White House. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has overhauled its college and university […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to campaign with President Donald Trump in Ohio on Thursday, expanding his role on the campaign trail as Republicans travel across the country to shore up support ahead of next week’s midterm elections. Trump is returning to Ohio for the second time this month, this time bringing Rubio […]
Welcome to Wednesday’s edition of Washington Secrets. Sometimes Donald Trump just can’t get out of his own way, particularly if there is a chance to get a laugh out of a rally crowd, which is what happened in Texas last night. Plus, we look at the MAGA Right’s read on the Brazilian election, and why […]
