Former Republican Rep. Mark Sanford is launching a comeback bid for his old House seat, eight years after losing a primary to a challenger backed by President Donald Trump. Sanford was ousted in a 2018 Republican primary by candidate Katie Arrington, who went on to lose the general election to Democratic Rep. Joe Cunningham. Rep. […]
Former National Counterterrorism Director Joe Kent urged his followers on X to contact the White House and their lawmakers to oppose deploying U.S. ground troops in Iran. Kent resigned from the Trump administration earlier this month over the war in Iran, claiming in his resignation letter that Iran “posed no imminent threat to our nation” […]
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will host a White House news briefing at 1 p.m. The briefing comes amid the funding battle for the Department of Homeland Security and the war in Iran intensifies. TRUMP STATES ‘PREFERENCE’ TO TAKE OIL FROM IRAN LIKE WITH VENEZUELA The briefing is also likely to cover President Donald […]
The leader of Taiwan’s conservative opposition party will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping ahead of the U.S.-China summit in May. Cheng Li-wun, leader of the Kuomingtang, “gladly” accepted an invitation to speak with Xi in Beijing next month — promising to use the opportunity to advocate cross-strait peace. “We want to prove to the […]
Second lady Usha Vance unveiled her new story time podcast of reading children’s stories on Monday. The podcast, Storytime with the Second Lady, features either her reading books or inviting a special guest to read, and is part of her initiative to increase childhood literacy rates. Three episodes, approximately 10 minutes long, have been released […]
Welcome to a new week of Washington Secrets. We are in a reflective mood today, looking back at CPAC and why the big divides were such a small story in the end. (It comes down to demographics.) Plus, we have an exclusive for you with news that Greg Bovino, Border Patrol’s immigration enforcer before his […]
Washington Examiner Executive Editor Bob Cusack said he doesn’t see an “easy compromise” as congressional Republicans continue to butt heads on how to end the partial government shutdown. Republicans in both the House and the Senate have two different proposals for how to fund the Department of Homeland Security and end its weekslong shutdown. The […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has revoked a ban that prevented the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and holding services. The decision came hours after Israeli police blocked Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the top Roman Catholic leader in the Holy Land, from accessing the site, where Christians believe Jesus […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha said he finds it hard to believe the nationwide “No Kings” protests are “organic.” A network of around 500 groups with an estimated annual revenue of $3 billion was behind the coordinated No Kings protests held Saturday, according to a Fox News Digital investigation. Concha said the only word he […]
President Donald Trump on Sunday said he is open to taking over Iran’s oil industry, as his administration did in Venezuela. “To be honest with you, my favourite thing is to take the oil in Iran, but some stupid people back in the US say: ‘Why are you doing that?’ But they’re stupid people,” he […]
