Israeli government agents are set to testify under pseudonyms in an unusual federal case against a suspected Gaza terrorist captured in Louisiana. Two Israeli Security Agency officials and one “potential” Israeli military witness may keep their aliases while taking the stand against Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub al Muhtadi, an alleged participant in Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, […]
DENVER — House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’s (D-NY) appearance at a Democratic conference was disrupted by protests demanding he consider progressive priorities as he prepares to become the next speaker of the House. While Jeffries was onstage alongside moderator Jessica Tarlov for a panel discussion, protesters began shouting, “When is it time for a Green […]
Alaska’s Senate race remains uncalled more than a week after Election Day, with former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola leading Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) by 5,800 votes as election officials continue counting absentee ballots and prepare for a ranked choice tabulation. According to the Associated Press, 88% of the vote had been counted as of the […]
Sen.-elect Scott Colom (D-MS) is set to become the fourth Senate Democrat who has an identical twin outside the upper chamber of Congress. The other three are Sens. Patty Murray (D-WA), Brian Schatz (D-HI), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ). Colom’s brother, Andrew, helped plot the script for the viral “pick another protein” campaign ad that mocked […]
Sen.-elect Scott Colom (D-MS) this week downplayed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) influence in his Mississippi race, as the upper chamber’s top Democrat faces growing turmoil within his ranks. Colom’s win against Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) was arguably the biggest surprise of the midterm elections. Last week, the New York Times interviewed Schumer for […]
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said Thursday evening that Alexander Hamilton was right to call the judiciary the “least dangerous” branch of government, arguing that its limited power leaves it especially vulnerable to Congress and the president. “We are the least dangerous branch, which is not to say that the federal judiciary cannot be dangerous […]
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) on Thursday criticized President Donald Trump for blaming economic issues on the previous Biden administration. The Louisiana Republican slammed Trump’s No. 2, Vice President JD Vance, for blaming the GOP’s midterm losses last week on the Iran war. Kennedy suggested that he believed voter perceptions about the economy were more to […]
Welcome to Friday’s edition of Washington Secrets. As usual, we will review the president’s week with the help of our two top political strategists. Plus, has peace broken out between two election forecasters? And make sure you scroll down for the correction of the day. Sunday brought a fresh immigration controversy when 60 Minutes aired […]
DENVER – Democrats are calling on their party to get to work during the final two years of President Donald Trump’s administration, saying the risk is too high to not find areas of common ground. At the two-day What’s Next conference in Denver, a celebration of the Democratic Party’s historic election gains, strategists and lawmakers […]
White House chief of staff Stephen Miller is cracking down on internal meetings with lobbyists in Washington, D.C., marking a departure from his predecessor. Susie Wiles, a former managing partner and lobbyist at Ballard Partners, was known for cultivating relationships with the lobbying industry during her time serving President Donald Trump. But now that she […]
