Newly crowned Democratic Senate nominee Abdul el Sayed sought to reassure Michigan’s Jews on Wednesday, pledging that their safety would be as important to him as the safety of his own children after a primary campaign dominated by divisions over Israel. The Associated Press called the contentious primary on Wednesday morning, with el Sayed winning […]
Vice President JD Vance floated on Wednesday the possibility that in three years’ time, firebrand Michigan Democratic nominee Abdul el Sayed could be sitting in the White House as commander in chief. Vance raised the prospect of an el Sayed administration during an anti-fraud event at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, arguing that Congress needs […]
Welcome to Wednesday’s Washington Secrets. Did you see Rep. Max Miller’s two interviews last night, when he tried to defend himself against abuse allegations? They were a textbook example of how not to do crisis communications. Plus, there’s more bad news for Republicans on gas prices ahead of the midterms. A member of Congress sees […]
Comedian and podcaster Jon Stewart grilled Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) after Fetterman defended his stance on supporting Israel, which differs from many in the Democratic Party. “I can’t ever turn my back to Israel,” Fetterman said on The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart podcast on Tuesday. Stewart challenged Fetterman, suggesting that his support for Israel […]
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) endorsed the challenger to Florida colleague Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL), who is facing accusations of domestic assault and a Justice Department investigation. Luna and Rep. Mike Haridopolos (R-FL) endorsed news anchor Ryan Elijah in his bid against Mills in a joint statement Wednesday. The statement does not mention Mills by […]
The Senate Leadership Fund, a GOP super PAC, is targeting progressive Michigan Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed with a six-figure ad campaign calling the Democratic candidate “dangerously radical,” as Republican leadership seeks to flip Michigan’s open Senate seat red. El Sayed, a former public health official, clinched the Democratic nomination in Michigan on Wednesday morning, […]
The Trump administration is estimating that it has identified $230 billion in fraud and stopped $56 billion in fraudulent payments since Vice President JD Vance and Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson started co-chairing their anti-fraud task force. “Andrew and I had a meeting in my office last week, and he said, ‘Do you want […]
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating an incident where Marine One went airborne before airport operations could be paused at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The incident wasn’t a close call, and no aircraft were in immediate danger, but the breach of safety procedures raised eyebrows following last year’s fatal mid-air collision between a passenger […]
South Korean police raided the nation’s Starbucks headquarters on Wednesday to look for evidence that the coffee chain knowingly trivialized a 1980 massacre through its “Tank Day” advertisement campaign. A spokesperson for the Shinsegae Group, Starbucks Korea’s parent company, confirmed the raid was part of an ongoing investigation. The “Tank Day” promotion drew criticism when […]
Former Justice Department prosecutors who handled Jan. 6 cases are pressuring the Senate to reject President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees if they refuse to characterize the 2021 Capitol riot as an attack on American democracy or acknowledge that former President Joe Biden won the 2020 election. Twelve former government attorneys, many of whom worked under […]
