President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would personally speak with Hezbollah leadership if asked to do so by Lebanese President Joseph Aoun. Unlike past presidents, Trump has repeatedly flouted norms regarding direct American negotiations with terrorist groups, something he himself referenced during a bilateral meeting with Aoun at the White House. “I speak to […]
Hunter Biden claimed there is a “closeted gay mafia” of Republicans in Washington, D.C., arguing that years of suppressing their sexuality have left some GOP lawmakers with “blackened hearts.” Speaking on the I’ve Had It podcast, Biden said what he called the nation’s “closettocracy” poses a greater problem than the “oligarchy,” contending that closeted Republicans […]
President Donald Trump accused the Iranian government of indiscriminately killing protesters during a bilateral press conference with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Tuesday. “I believe that by doing what we did, by terminating Iran… very evil people leading that country, you saw the number of protesters that they killed, 52,000-plus,” Trump said while speaking to reporters in […]
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) questioned the effectiveness of his endorsement power Tuesday in South Carolina’s special GOP Senate primary to replace the late Sen. Lindsey Graham. Thune’s comments came after he declined to join President Donald Trump and much of the Senate GOP leadership in endorsing interim Sen. Darline Graham Nordone (R-SC), who is seeking […]
Welcome to Tuesday’s edition of Washington Secrets. Today, we look at a new bloc of voters and how they might impact the midterm elections, as well as more details on the new British government and how it might work with Donald Trump. The nation is headed for an extreme set of midterm elections in November, […]
Arrests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have surged in recent weeks to the highest levels seen in the Trump administration, according to new government data released overnight. In the first 11 days of July, ICE averaged 1,593 arrests of suspected illegal immigrants daily, up from the previous record of just over 1,300 arrests per […]
President Donald Trump is meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun for the first time on Tuesday, as the two leaders discuss a Lebanese proposal to target Hezbollah fighters who control swaths of the Middle Eastern country. The pair is holding talks around 11 a.m. Eastern at the White House in Washington, D.C, on Tuesday, after […]
Washington Examiner economics columnist Tiana Lowe Doescher blasted the anti-ICE suspect who claims he is a “revolutionary” for detonating an incendiary device in New York City Monday. “Throughout history, there have always been, you know, fringe, disaffected young men who do insane things Luigi Mangione style,” Doescher said on NewsMax’s The Right Squad Monday. “The […]
Sen. Darline Graham Nordone (R-SC), the sister of late Sen. Lindsey Graham, on Tuesday announced details for her brother’s funeral services, which will be held next week in Washington, D.C., and South Carolina. The services will take place July 28 in Washington and July 29 in Columbia and Pickens County, South Carolina. The Washington service […]
South Carolina voters will participate in a special primary election in August to name a GOP nominee to fill the seat formerly held by Sen. Lindsey Graham in the upper chamber. Sen. Darline Graham Nordone (R-SC) was sworn in to fill the remainder of her late brother’s unexpired term last week after Gov. Henry McMaster (R-SC) […]
