President Donald Trump announced plans on Friday to increase tariffs on imported cars and trucks from the European Union to pressure manufacturers to produce more automobiles in America. European cars and trucks face a 15% tariff, enacted under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act. Trump had previously set the tariff rate at 25% before […]
Rep. James Comer (R-KY) on Tuesday sent a letter to the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., requesting information about an investigation into high-ranking officials allegedly manipulating crime statistics. Comer, who chairs the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform that oversees the District, sent a letter to Interim Chief Jeffery Carroll requesting that he […]
President Donald Trump will address thousands of senior citizens in Florida about Social Security and retirement funding advancements during his first outing since the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner shooting. Trump signed an executive order on Thursday promoting low-cost retirement savings options. The order emphasized that many Americans do not have access to employer-sponsored retirement […]
Meta is threatening to shut down its apps in New Mexico as the social media giant battles state Attorney General Raul Torrez and his “impossible obligations” in court over its platforms’ alleged harms to the mental health and safety of children. In a court filing on Thursday, the company said a requirement to verify with […]
Welcome to Friday’s Washington Secrets, with our regular roundup of the White House week. And something extraordinary has happened. Our Republican and Democratic judges agree! Well, sort of … Will there ever be a quiet week while Donald Trump is president? Well, there’s no sign of it yet. The weekend, of course, was notable for […]
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is calling for the release of activists detained after Israeli forces intercepted a Gaza-bound flotilla. Israeli forces boarded more than 20 vessels carrying about 175 activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla in the Mediterranean Sea near Crete. The group had sailed from Barcelona, Spain, earlier this month, aiming to […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha said COVID-19 was the “biggest scandal” of the 21st century, after a Senate report revealed Wednesday that the Biden administration failed to detect safety issues with the vaccines. “You hear there were dangers with the COVID shot, but because the auto-pen administration politically thought it wouldn’t be a good idea […]
Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) said on Friday he will not require Georgia to redraw its congressional map before the midterm elections, taking the opposite stance of his Republican counterparts in other states. The governor’s rationale is that because the state’s elections are already underway, he won’t cancel the May 19 primary. His decision comes after […]
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has moved to defer an additional $91 million in federal Medicaid funding to Minnesota, escalating a dispute over alleged fraud and oversight failures in the state’s health programs. In a video announcement, CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz said the agency notified Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) and state officials […]
Democrats are increasingly anxious that a slate of insurgent, left-leaning nominees could jeopardize their chances of capitalizing on a favorable political environment in the 2026 midterm elections, with Maine emerging as an early test case after Gov. Janet Mills (D-ME) abruptly exited the state’s Senate race. Mills’s decision to suspend her campaign cleared a path […]
