A federal judge deemed that the suspect who allegedly planted pipe bombs near the national headquarters of both major political parties in Washington, D.C., over five years ago is ineligible for President Donald Trump’s sweeping pardons given to defendants charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. In a three-page ruling issued on […]
Former Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin said he warned former President Joe Biden that his advisers were directing him toward far-left policies during the 2020 election. Manchin, who changed his party affiliation to independent over changes within the Democratic Party, argued on Fox News’s The Story With Martha MacCallum that Biden wasn’t this progressive before his […]
The Maine Democrat floated as a possible replacement for scandal-plagued Senate candidate Graham Platner is accused of previously hitting a woman with a water bottle. Political organizing group Progressive International said Monday it is investigating claims from “contacts on the ground in Maine” that former state Sen. Troy Jackson threw the bottle at the woman […]
Michigan’s senate race is heating up between the two remaining candidates, as Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) launched a website aimed at dragging Abdul el Sayed’s record ahead of their first one-on-one debate on Tuesday evening. Stevens’s campaign launched a website called Abdulfacts.com, publishing what her campaign calls “the big claims, brags, and promises Abdul El-Sayed […]
Welcome to Tuesday’s edition of Washington Secrets. Donald Trump has arrived in Turkey for the NATO summit, and there is yet more upheaval in Britain’s domestic politics thanks to Nigel Farage. But we start by sitting down for lunch with Blake Marnell to find out how he became such a well-known figure at Trump rallies, […]
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani called on Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner to withdraw from the race after new sexual assault allegations against the progressive candidate surfaced Monday. “I believe that it’s time for him to drop out of the race,” Mamdani told reporters when asked whether he planned to endorse candidates outside New […]
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday said that violence would not deter Syria’s “reintegration into the community of nations” after bombs went off near his hotel, threatening to derail his historic visit to the Middle Eastern country. Macron and Syrian President Ahmed al Sharaa addressed the matter in a joint press conference after two bomb […]
President Donald Trump’s arrival in Ankara, Turkey, for the annual NATO summit was marked by a full-on celebration led by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. As Trump deplaned Tuesday afternoon local time at Etimesgut Air Base, he was met with a turquoise carpet, akin to the red carpet used in the United States to welcome dignitaries, […]
Former Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum, who narrowly lost to Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) in 2018, was arrested by Alabama police on drug charges last week. The Democratic politician was booked into jail last Thursday on charges of possession of dangerous drugs, drug paraphernalia, and possession of marijuana, according to a local Florida news outlet. […]
President Donald Trump’s contentious relationship with NATO was on full display on Tuesday as he chastised the alliance meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is hosting NATO’s summit in Ankara. “I was very disappointed with NATO, and frankly, if we weren’t held in Turkey, where my friend happens to be a very strong […]
