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Becerra leads in California governor’s race, but voters remain lukewarm

Xavier Becerra may have a commanding lead in California’s gubernatorial race, but voters don’t seem particularly excited about him. Becerra, the former President Joe Biden administration health secretary, leads Republican Steve Hilton by 18 points among likely voters, 54% to 36%, according to a new Politico-UC Berkeley Citrin Center for Public Opinion Research poll. But […]

White House report card: Panda diplomacy can’t hide AI differences

Welcome to Friday’s edition of Washington Secrets, with your guide to who is up and who is down this week. If a friend sent you this and you’d like to sign up, CLICK HERE. We run the rule over the president’s week and check in with one of Biden’s top officials. Donald Trump’s week was dominated […]

New Democratic ad in Iowa Senate ties Ashley Hinson to Jeffrey Epstein

Democrats are targeting Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) by tying the congresswoman and her donors to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. A new ad released Friday by the Win Senate political action committee, which backs Democrats running for U.S. Senate, alleges Hinson’s top donors appear in the files related to the investigation into Epstein […]

Trump and Johnson meeting with AI executives set for Tuesday

President Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) will meet with executives of top AI companies at the White House on Tuesday, the Washington Examiner confirmed. The expected meeting underscores the pressure Republicans are under to regulate the industry ahead of the November midterm elections. Johnson has rejected calls to act quickly on regulating AI models, […]

Authorities investigating incident at Missouri TPUSA event where guest called for killing of more figures like Charlie Kirk

Authorities are investigating a Thursday incident from a University of Missouri Turning Point USA event where a guest said more figures like Charlie Kirk should be killed. TPUSA’s UM chapter demanded that the school “take swift, decisive action” after the guest showed up to debate a TPUSA speaker on the Columbia campus while wearing a […]

Kyrsten Sinema’s former bodyguard and romantic partner tore through her house, causing $200,000 in damage: Police

Former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s onetime bodyguard and partner was arrested and charged with breaking into her Arizona home and causing roughly $200,000 in damage. Matthew Ammel allegedly contacted Sinema on Aug. 30 while she was away from her home and demanded that she post a video to her X account. When Sinema refused, Ammel allegedly […]

Trump touts ‘productive meeting’ and says Xi likes AI rebranding as ‘super intelligence’

President Donald Trump heralded Chinese President Xi Jinping‘s second state visit to the U.S. as a success, with one day remaining in their three-day summit. “Very productive meeting with President Xi for both the U.S.A. and China,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Friday. “Tremendous things will be happening. Like almost everyone else, he seemed […]

Cook Political Report projects Democrats will take control of the House as races shift

The Cook Political Report is projecting Democrats will win control of the House in November, after 15 House races shifted toward Democrats as new polling and advertising spending reshape battleground races. Following the changes, Democrats are favored in 208 House races rated Solid, Likely, or Lean Democratic, compared with 205 races favored for Republicans, according […]

Schumer launches new PAC to boost James Talarico’s chances in Texas

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is launching a new political action committee aimed at helping Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico in his bid to flip the reliably Republican Texas Senate seat in November. The PAC, called Texas Forever, is affiliated with Schumer’s Senate Majority PAC, the main super PAC aligned with Senate Democrats. Talarico […]

Trump tries to put out political fires but sparks others

President Donald Trump is trying to thread the political needle of addressing economic concerns while keeping important and powerful constituencies happy before November’s midterm elections. Proposals, from a temporary, limited beef tariff suspension to a U.S. diesel export ban, are an attempt to decrease consumer prices amid polling that indicates inflation is voters’ top priority […]
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