California officials urged the Supreme Court this week not to block the state’s new congressional map, warning that granting the California GOP’s request to do so would be entering the “political fray” of redistricting battles. The California Republican Party filed an appeal to the Supreme Court’s emergency docket earlier this month, asking the high court […]
Democrats criticized the Justice Department for “weaponizing” the federal government after former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested Thursday night during an anti-immigration enforcement protest in a Minnesota church. Lemon, who was arrested alongside three other people, maintains that he was there in an official capacity as an independent journalist and had no connection with […]
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Friday that none of the documents released in the latest Jeffrey Epstein file drop were redacted or withheld for national security or foreign policy reasons. The Justice Department will release more than 3 million pages of records tied to the late financier’s investigations. Blanche outlined the scope of the […]
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday aimed at holding an IndyCar race in Washington. “We’re going to be celebrating greatness with American motor racing,” Trump said during a signing in the Oval Office attended by Roger Penske, who owns IndyCar. “I think it’s going to set a record for racing.” The order […]
The Justice Department will soon release an additional 3.5 million pages of investigative material related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including roughly 2,000 videos and more than 180,000 images, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Friday. Blanche announced the disclosure at a news conference, describing it as part of the department’s effort to comply […]
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel did not mince words on Friday when he reacted to President Donald Trump’s latest round of economic punishments on the communist island nation. Condemning the White House’s new round of tariffs on Cuban imports, he lambasted the administration as a “clique” run by “fascist, criminal, and genocidal” leaders who have “hijacked […]
Welcome back to Washington Secrets. Our friendly strategist and pollster sink their teeth into President Donald Trump’s week. And the results are not very good. Stay warm this weekend everyone … It has been a busy week for President Donald Trump. Today, he unveiled his pick for Federal Reserve chair, last night, he was in […]
Washington Examiner columnist Tiana Lowe Doescher said that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is “very happy” about Kevin Warsh’s nomination because it gives him a “permission structure” to leave. President Donald Trump announced Friday morning that he is nominating Warsh, a former Federal Reserve governor, to serve as the next chairman of the central bank’s […]
Less than ten days into President Donald Trump‘s second year in office, his Cabinet is facing a season of scandal threatening to overtake the administration’s messaging strategy on affordability. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is under investigation over allegations of an “inappropriate” relationship with a subordinate, and several employees in the Department of Labor have been […]
A federal judge ruled on Friday that Luigi Mangione is exempt from the death penalty after he was accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson roughly one year ago. Judge Margaret Garnett of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York blocked federal prosecutors from pursuing the death penalty in the case, […]
