EXCLUSIVE — The National Institutes of Health is facing congressional scrutiny after two of its scientists were charged with allegedly smuggling vials of the infectious monkeypox virus and other biological samples into the United States, according to a copy of a letter shared exclusively with the Washington Examiner on Tuesday. NIH researchers Vincent Munster and […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) accused President Donald Trump of using the Justice Department to “send a message” to political opponents, warning that those who challenge Trump risk retaliation. “Go after Donald Trump and he’ll send the DOJ after you, your family, and anyone else who stands in his way,” the Newsom Press Office wrote Tuesday […]
Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem denied on Tuesday that her congressional testimony from March was a flashpoint that ultimately led to her dismissal as a Cabinet member. “I know it seemed that way to the American public, but the president and I had been talking about it for about a week or two before […]
Vice President JD Vance criticized the Left and Democrats for what he called “political violence” and “dangerous rhetoric” after the FBI thwarted a drone attack plot targeting UFC’s Freedom 250 event. “We’ve got to tell everybody to tone it down, and I hate to say this, but it’s true: You see more political violence and […]
Hungarian lawmakers approved on Monday a constitutional amendment meant to prevent former Prime Minister Viktor Orban from returning to power. The parliament approved the change, which caps an individual’s tenure as prime minister at eight years. Anyone who has held the office for that amount of time “cannot be elected prime minister” and cannot run […]
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) on Monday gave an update on Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), saying he is ready to come back to Capitol Hill following his most recent hospitalization. McConnell, 84, was hospitalized Sunday for reasons that haven’t been made public, after experiencing visible symptoms of aging in the last several years. The […]
Americans’ views on religion, family, and national identity have shifted significantly over the past three decades, yet they still embrace the same principles, according to a new survey from the American Enterprise Institute. The survey, conducted among a random sample of 5,306 adults between Feb. 12-18 and published Tuesday, compared Americans’ attitudes to those recorded […]
Former Chicago mayor and expected Democratic 2028 presidential candidate Rahm Emanuel is calling on Democrats to embrace a more diversified energy portfolio, similar to that of Texas, that includes both clean energy and fossil fuels. Emanuel argued that the oil and gas state diversified its energy portfolio after Winter Storm Uri in 2021, which induced […]
Welcome to Tuesday’s edition of Washington Secrets. Today, we take a look at the Situation Room. Is it possible that someone could record and then leak sensitive discussions? And how do White House background briefings work? The Situation Room is meant to be the most secure place in the White House, where classified raids to […]
An Atlanta-based federal judge on Monday recused herself from a voter roll lawsuit brought by the Department of Justice against Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross, a nominee of former President Barack Obama, granted the DOJ’s motion that sought her disqualification from the case because of her reported appearance at […]
