Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) knocked Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan (D-MN) after reports revealed the latter had written an American Israel Public Affairs Committee position paper, despite making a pledge not to accept corporate PAC money in her bid to represent Minnesota in the U.S. Senate. Since launching her progressive campaign for the Democratic nomination, Flanagan […]
The FBI opened an investigation into then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions on May 10, 2017, one day after President Donald Trump fired then-FBI Director James Comey, over allegations that Sessions made false statements to Congress about contacts with Russian officials, newly declassified records show. The investigation began nearly two months after Sessions supplemented his disputed testimony […]
An organization funded by leftist megadonor George Soros’s nonprofit network runs a program paying students to protest “the Military Industrial Complex” on their campuses. Dissenters, a Chicago-based activist group, invited college students “impacted by war and militarism” to apply for an “Anti-Militarist Organizing Fellowship” by Aug. 7 in a July 31 Instagram post. The program […]
The White House said Monday that over 16,000 arrests have been made in Washington, D.C., due to President Donald Trump’s anti-crime campaign in the city. The operation began one year ago Tuesday, when Trump signed an executive order creating the Make D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force, which the administration said marked the “largest, most […]
Washington Examiner economics columnist Tiana Lowe Doescher said Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed’s victory in the primary exposed a broader coalition than just rural and progressive voters. “It’s not just rural voters,” Doescher said on CNN’s Group Chat Monday. “He’s appealing to the black voters that overwhelmingly went for Haley Stevens.” Doescher’s comments […]
Sen. Darline Graham Nordone (R-SC), who is campaigning in a special Senate primary this week after succeeding her late brother, is battling one of her opponents’ accusations that she pushed diversity, equity, and inclusion while leading a South Carolina agency that helps blind people. Before taking the place of Lindsey Graham last month, Graham Nordone […]
Welcome to Monday’s edition of Washington Secrets. We’ll be with you all the way through August, even as the rest of the city slows down. Today, we dive into the Trump administration’s thinking on Cuba with someone who knows what they are talking about. Cuba may have dropped out of the headlines as Washington plots […]
Washington Examiner economics columnist Tiana Lowe Doescher pushed back on the idea that women must delay motherhood to achieve professional or political success, arguing that women can pursue influential careers while also raising families. “The idea that, oh, in order to be a full person, you have to delay motherhood,” Doescher said on CNN’s Group […]
A strong 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia and neighboring Ecuador in South America on Monday, prompting people to evacuate buildings. The epicenter was located in San Jose Del Palmar, about 250 miles west of the Colombian capital, Bogota. The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake struck at a depth of 66 miles. Colombia’s counterpart […]
Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed on Sunday said he disavowed Twitch streamer Hasan Piker’s statement that the United States “deserved” the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. El Sayed has attracted controversy for repeatedly campaigning with Piker, an increasingly popular political influencer, over that statement, among others. After previously declining to […]
