President Donald Trump floated the idea of a “friendly takeover” of Cuba as the Trump administration’s oil blockade had amped up pressure on the nation’s communist regime. “The Cuban Government is talking with us,” Trump told White House reporters on Friday. “They’re in a big deal of trouble, as you know. They have no money, […]
President Donald Trump on Friday said Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick would comply with a subpoena after Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) said Democrats have enough support to force the secretary to testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee about his reported connections to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Speaking to reporters before heading […]
President Donald Trump has expressed his displeasure with the progress of talks with Iran as talk of another U.S. strike on the country’s nuclear capabilities kicks into gear. “Well, we’re not happy with what’s going on,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Friday. “They should make a deal, they’d be smart if they […]
Marie Hurabiell, a San Francisco nonprofit executive and political organizer, is jumping into the race to replace Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), launching an outsider bid for a congressional seat shaped by nearly four decades of Democratic power and national influence. Hurabiell, who leads the advocacy group ConnectedSF, announced this week that she will seek the […]
Former President Bill Clinton said he had no knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal conduct and “did nothing wrong,” according to opening remarks released publicly on Friday as he appeared for a closed-door deposition before the House oversight committee. “I had no idea of the crimes Epstein was committing,” Clinton said in the prepared statement posted […]
Colombia has arrested a key leader of the Venezuelan-based terrorist organization Tren de Aragua with the support of United States law enforcement officials. The U.S. State Department Bureau of Counterterrorism announced on Friday that the officials captured Jorge Luis Laez Cordero, nicknamed “Cucaracho,” this week. The bureau said Cucaracho was one of seven Tren de […]
The FBI is investigating thousands of hours of video footage as part of its investigation into Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance. Authorities have not detained a suspect in the case since Guthrie was reported missing from her Arizona home roughly four weeks ago. The FBI said Thursday it has collected up to 10,000 hours of video related […]
Dozens of influential divisions within the Trump administration‘s Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services are headed by holdovers from the Obama and Biden administrations, a Washington Examiner review has found. Those officials could complicate the Trump administration’s stated plans to ramp up a crackdown on fraud in the Medicare and Medicaid systems. A Washington Examiner […]
Welcome to Friday’s edition of Washington Secrets. Is it still only February? Today, we have our weekly assessment of Donald Trump’s week, a reminder that not all D.C. journalists are beta nerds (or at least, weren’t back in the day), and why Kristi Noem is not going to be fired any time soon (cut it […]
Former President Bill Clinton is set to testify Friday before the House oversight committee, where Republicans say they plan to press him about Jeffrey Epstein’s visits to the White House and his past travel aboard the late disgraced financier’s private plane. The closed-door deposition is scheduled for 11 a.m. at the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center […]
