Washington Examiner economics columnist Tiana Lowe Doescher criticized New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for handing a symbolic 9/11 pen to a lawyer who once represented al Qaeda. Mamdani signed executive orders on Friday, designating Sept. 11 as a citywide day of remembrance. Mamdani handed ceremonial pens to members of his staff, including New York […]
Lonnie Bunch III is stepping down from his role as the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution before the end of 2026, he announced Tuesday. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THREATENS TO CUT FEDERAL SUPPORT TO SMITHSONIAN OVER ‘IDEOLOGICAL ACTIVISM’ Bunch, 73, is the first black leader of the museum and education institution based in Washington and began his […]
Lindsay Clancy’s attorney urged President Donald Trump on Tuesday to give her a pardon before her murder case could head for another trial. Clancy is a Massachusetts woman who admitted to strangling her three young children in 2023 but argued she should not be criminally responsible due to claims she was in a state of […]
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) spent four days driving through territory that, at first glance, seems about as far from California as a West Coast politician can get. The Democratic governor visited Alabama, rural South Carolina, and labor-heavy North Carolina communities where President Donald Trump won comfortably. He talked to hundreds of […]
President Donald Trump honored two fallen American heroes who died during the September 11 terrorist attacks during a Tuesday morning speech at the White House Ellipse. Trump announced that the Coast Guard will commission a fast-response cutter named for Jeffrey Palazzo, a Coast Guard reservist and New York City firefighter. The president also announced a […]
Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL), speculated to be raising his national profile ahead of a possible 2028 presidential bid, is launching a new political action committee that plans to invest at least $20 million in Democratic House candidates running in the midterm elections. The Ready for the Fight PAC takes inspiration from a key phrase used […]
Female staff working at the Eiffel Tower were temporarily replaced with male counterparts to accommodate Hindu religious leaders, setting off a workers’ strike and prompting a government inquiry. The Société d’Exploitation de la tour Eiffel, the organization that manages the landmark, told reporters this week that monks with the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha requested […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha said the first-ever midterm convention will “own the news cycle,” giving Republicans a chance to highlight their accomplishments. The Republican Party “has to own the affordability argument, that’s what this entire election is about, because what we’re seeing in every interview and every social media post that Democrats are making […]
Welcome to Tuesday’s edition of Washington Secrets. If a friend sent you this and you’d like to sign up, CLICK HERE. We fly to Dallas today for the Republican midterm convention, unlike Marco Rubio, who has urgent business elsewhere. We dig into why he won’t be challenging for the 2028 Republican presidential nomination, plus we have […]
President Donald Trump will host law enforcement and first responders from the New York City Fire Department at the White House on Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. for a “Steel Across America” event. NEW YORKERS WERE MISLED ON POST-9/11 AIR QUALITY, DOCUMENTS SUGGEST: REPORT The event will feature a steel beam recovered from the Sept. 11, […]
