Washington Examiner Justice Department reporter Kaelan Deese said acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is getting closer to his confirmation after meeting with victims of the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. “Blanche was able to get this to happen,” Deese said Friday on Newsmax2’s First Edition. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) praised Blanche for his efforts in a […]
President Donald Trump directed the FBI to reopen an investigation into alleged 2020 election fraud that prompted Michigan police officers to raid a Democratic voting group, the White House announced on Thursday. Get-out-the-vote canvassers admitted to the FBI that they were signing and submitting fraudulent voter registrations in the swing state, but the Biden administration […]
Welcome to Friday’s Washington Secrets, where we bring you our regular review of the president’s week. Did he win it or did he botch it? Our two strategists give their verdict. It was a big foreign policy week at the White House, dominated by the resumption of fighting in the Middle East and then a […]
Reps. Mike Lawler (R-NY) and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) introduced a bill to dismantle the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East and redistribute its humanitarian responsibilities to regional governments. The Replace UNRWA with Real Humanitarian Assistance Act provides one of the most actionable plans to follow through on the […]
Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) is taking action to impose U.S. sanctions on Canada in light of the wildfire smoke that has enveloped the Midwest and East Coast this week. “I’ll be introducing a bill next week to sanction Canada and the responsible Canadian government officials for this atrocity,” Moreno posted on X. In a press […]
Victims of the late convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein emerged from a long-awaited meeting with acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Thursday, with some describing the discussion as a meaningful first step while others dismissed it as a political exercise tied to Blanche’s Senate confirmation fight. The meeting was the result of conditions set forth by […]
Washington Examiner columnist Salena Zito said she’s “grateful” after President Donald Trump called her to come onstage at the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit on Wednesday. “I have one word to describe it, and that is grateful. I work really hard,” Zito said on the Hugh Hewitt Show Thursday. Trump name-dropped Zito at the summit. […]
Abdul el Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Senate race for Michigan, said he will speak with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) if he wins the Democratic primary next month. Schumer supports Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI), a comparatively centrist candidate compared to el Sayed. The two contenders are running to succeed retiring Sen. Gary […]
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin is holding a press conference Friday morning on election security, after President Donald Trump raised concerns that U.S. intelligence shows voting systems are vulnerable to foreign interference. Mullin is speaking at 11 a.m. on Friday in Washington, D.C., on cybervulnerabilities, after Trump outlined on Thursday declassified intelligence documents he said indicate China […]
Former public health official Nirav Shah and former Maine state Sen. Troy Jackson solidified their status as the top two contenders in the Senate race for Maine during their first debate since former Democratic nominee Graham Platner dropped out of the race last week. Both frontrunners took the opportunity on the debate stage Thursday night […]
