The United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, and the Netherlands voiced their joint readiness to contribute to an effort to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The United States’s European allies have given a lukewarm response to the war with Iran, with several condemning it as outside international law, and others openly questioning what the objective […]
A protest outside a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Utah on Wednesday ended with tensions high, after a handful of demonstrators committed vandalism. Hundreds gathered for the protest against ICE’s newly purchased detention center in Salt Lake City. The demonstration during the day was largely peaceful. But as the evening wound down, several […]
House Republican leaders are lining up behind an 18-month extension of FISA Section 702, placing the GOP behind President Donald Trump’s push to renew the surveillance authority before it expires next month, even as many conservatives remain wary of the intelligence community’s history of abuse. The effort was laid out on Thursday by House Permanent […]
An Israeli airstrike on the world’s largest natural gas field in South Pars, Iran, has raised fears of escalatory attacks on energy infrastructure across the Middle East. The Wednesday strike on South Pars marked the first U.S.-Israeli attack on Iranian energy production infrastructure of the war, and triggered a series of retaliatory strikes on Gulf […]
Welcome to Thursday’s edition of Washington Secrets, where we are looking ahead to a big summer wrapped in the Stars and Stripes. Also, we were at the Trump-Kennedy Center last night for a reception and dance performance ahead of the Japanese prime minister’s visit today (and a reminder that even the best-laid plans can get […]
Washington Examiner investigations editor Sarah Bedford said Senate Democrats “don’t really have a cohesive argument” against the SAVE America Act. Senate Democrats are speaking against the voter identification legislation that President Donald Trump and Republicans are pushing. Prominent senators, such as Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA), have previously opposed the […]
Cyprus is warning that there will be “frank discussions” about the future of British bases on the island after the current Middle East conflict is over. President Nikos Christodoulides said at the European Council summit on Thursday that the “British bases in Cyprus are something that is a colonial consequence” and must be reexamined when […]
The Nevada Commission on Ethics on Wednesday fined Lt. Gov. Stavros Anthony for using state resources to promote his task force on transgender-identifying athletes. In a 3-2 vote, the commission determined Anthony violated state ethics laws. As part of their formal rebuke, members imposed a $3,000 civil penalty and mandated completion of ethics training. There […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha said this week’s primary election results in Illinois show that “so-called reasonable” Democrats are defeating “far-left” candidates. The Democratic primary election in Illinois’s 9th Congressional District saw Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss prevail over progressive candidate Kat Abughazaleh, despite the latter being backed by Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Ilhan Omar […]
The Senate Homeland Security Committee voted to proceed with the confirmation of Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) as the next Homeland Security Secretary by a vote of 8 to 7, as two senators crossed party lines in their votes. Committee chairman Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) voted no, bucking the confirmation of Mullin after sparring with the […]
