Iran’s top prosecutor is insisting that no executions of protesters have been canceled due to foreign pressures, contradicting White House accounts. President Donald Trump repeated his claim on Thursday to have unilaterally prevented the executions of over 800 protesters in Iran while speaking with reporters on Air Force One. “I said, ‘If you hang those […]
With a massive winter storm set to ravage parts of the United States, President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to throw shade at environmentalists, serving with a side of caution for Americans in the storm’s path. “Record Cold Wave expected to hit 40 States. Rarely seen anything like it before,” Trump wrote on Friday. […]
EXCLUSIVE — Vice President JD Vance sat for a half-hour interview with the Washington Examiner, during which he spoke about Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Minneapolis, President Donald Trump‘s designs for Greenland, “realistic” expectations for the anti-abortion movement, and more. The interview took place on Thursday aboard Air Force Two, sandwiched between Vance’s affordability-focused stop […]
Welcome back to Washington Secrets. Our tame strategist and pollster are back from their New Year break to run the rule over Donald Trump and his first weeks of 2026. Now there’s just time to hunker down for the winter storm that is rolling in. This will be a pivotal year. Democrats head into midterm elections […]
President Donald Trump’s agenda to beautify the country’s capital ahead of the United States’s 250th anniversary of independence is taking shape just across from the White House. In keeping with Trump’s January executive order, the National Park Service is renovating aspects of at least 18 historic structures and monuments across Washington, D.C., including Lafayette Square. […]
Venezuela’s government, led by acting President Delcy Rodriguez, has advanced reforms to open its state-controlled oil sector to foreign and private investors. Venezuela’s National Assembly backed legislation on Thursday that would reduce state dominance and grant oil companies greater control to operate fields and market output independently. To make these ventures more attractive, the plan […]
The following is an installment of “On This Day,” a series celebrating America’s 250th anniversary by following the actions of Gen. George Washington, the Continental Congress, and the men and women whose bravery and sacrifice led up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Jan. 23, 1776 Gen. George Washington writes a letter to […]
Disgraced former Olympic snowboarder and alleged cocaine kingpin Ryan Wedding, who was among the FBI’s 10 most wanted fugitives, has been arrested in Mexico following a yearlong international manhunt. Ryan Wedding, 44, competed for Canada in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City before authorities say he pivoted from elite sports to running a […]
EXCLUSIVE — Vice President JD Vance told the Washington Examiner the anti-abortion movement needs to “be realistic” about what is achievable in the national political environment and organize on getting wins at the state level. Vance, who is the headline speaker at Friday’s March for Life in Washington, sat for a lengthy interview with the […]
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) is backing Michigan state senator Mallory McMorrow in the Senate race to replace retiring Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI). Murphy’s endorsement is notable because he picked a state politician over Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI), who is running for the same Senate seat this year. “Right now we need fighters in the U.S. […]
