The White House is encouraging people to download its app to watch livestreams after members of the media pool announced a boycott in solidarity with banned outlets. “Get real-time updates and live events streamed DIRECTLY to your phone,” the White House wrote on X. “No noise. Just the news that matters most – straight from […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s party dominated the weekend elections for the State Duma, with results that did not surprise observers familiar with the country’s tightly controlled election system, but outcomes on the fringes show Moscow might be losing its grip. United Russia, the country’s governing party, claimed a continued mandate to power on Monday, with […]
EXCLUSIVE — A Virginia mental hospital escapee blamed his past murder charge on Islam-inspired delusions that made him kill without “realizing what he was doing,” records obtained by the Washington Examiner show. Virginia officials said in 2025 that illegal immigrant Abdulloi Toshpulodzoda showed progress in overcoming “persecutory paranoia and hyper-religious thoughts” since the victim’s 2019 […]
President Donald Trump slammed critics of his artificial intelligence policies and promised to continue the industry’s growth on Monday, shutting down hopes that the federal government would step in to regulate AI. AI concerns hit a fever pitch this month as several industry researchers and engineers suggested that the technology was advancing and learning at […]
Paramount Skydance appears to have settled two antitrust lawsuits, one filed by 12 states and the other by the Writers Guild of America, over its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery on Monday. The landmark settlement is expected to be announced shortly after Paramount representatives met with California Attorney General Rob Bonta and others over the […]
EXCLUSIVE — Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) raised more than $250,000 for Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) and another six figures for Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) in his first fundraising swing since Labor Day, the Washington Examiner has learned. Thune traveled to Lexington, Kentucky, for a Thursday evening fundraiser on behalf of Barr, the GOP […]
Vice President JD Vance will attend a campaign rally for North Carolina Republican Senate nominee Michael Whatley on Monday and is set to deliver remarks at 12:45 p.m. TRUMP BLAMES ROY COOPER AND HIS ‘BAND OF COMMUNISTS’ FOR NORTH CAROLINA CRIME Vance’s visit to Greensboro, North Carolina, follows President Donald Trump’s visit to the state […]
Retiring Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) is throwing his weight behind Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY), a rare show of bipartisan support between sitting lawmakers. Golden, who has increasingly bucked his party in recent weeks, wrote in an op-ed Monday that he “strongly” backs Lawler, who cosponsored his bill supporting Maine lobstermen, which passed in the House […]
Welcome to Monday’s edition of Washington Secrets. If a friend sent you this and you’d like to sign up, CLICK HERE. Today, we run the rule over Pete Hegseth’s testosterone-fueled weekend, plus what’s next for the White House TV pool, and who denied they were a lesbian? Texas got the full Pete Hegseth treatment over the […]
Vice President JD Vance pushed back against accusations that President Donald Trump banning three media outlets, Politico, CNN, and MS Now, from the White House is a violation of free speech. “So he’s not banning media outlets,” Vance told reporters Monday morning as he heads to North Carolina to campaign with Republican Senate nominee Michael […]
