Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass fired back at mayoral candidate and reality TV star Spencer Pratt over campaign ads that she said are ”taking on a violent trend.” Bass responded to attacks in Pratt’s campaign ads made with artificial intelligence during a CNN interview with anchor Elex Michaelson on Wednesday. “It is absolutely 150% fiction, […]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a $10 million settlement from Texas Children’s Hospital that legally requires the medical institution to create the nation’s first-ever “detransition clinic.” Paxton announced the news on Friday, about three years after he started investigating the Houston-based pediatric hospital over transgender procedures and treatments for minors. The detransition clinic […]
The White House is holding a historic prayer gathering in Washington, D.C., this weekend, as part of an initiative to mark the United States’s 250th anniversary. The event will take place on the National Mall from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday. It will feature faith leaders and top officials, including a video address […]
Welcome to Friday’s edition of Washington Secrets. Which means it is time for our regular rundown of Donald Trump’s week, and whether he won it or lost it. Roughly, Iran, Iran, Iran, Iran, China, China. President Donald Trump left on his postponed trip to meet Xi Jinping this week, but without any resolution to the […]
Eighty House Republicans voted on Friday for a measure to cut nearly 482 million from the military budget for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and put the money into American military bases. Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) offered the measure as an amendment to a war department appropriations bill. If passed, it would have shifted “$481,832,000 […]
The government of Latvia, a NATO and European Union member, collapsed over the fallout of two stray Ukrainian drones crashing in its territory. Prime Minister Evika Silina assumed office in September 2023, leading a coalition government of center-right parties. Her tenure saw Latvia fully in line with its hawkish Baltic neighbors, who have played an […]
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) said he ended his bid for reelection to Congress on Friday after Tennessee Republicans approved a new congressional map that dramatically reshapes his Memphis-based district. The Tennessee Democrat has been in office for over 20 years, saying it was one of the most difficult decisions he had to make in a […]
President Donald Trump declined to characterize Chinese President Xi Jinping as a “dictator” on Friday. Trump, flying back from his whirlwind bilateral summit with Xi in Beijing, was pressed to say if he believes Xi is a dictator, as former President Joe Biden frequently claimed during his term in office. “I think that President Biden […]
Vice President JD Vance is set to speak at the Annual National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service at the Capitol Friday at noon, an event during National Police Week. The event is hosted by the Fraternal Order of Police and will honor officers who have recently made the ultimate sacrifice, along with paying tribute to all […]
Congress is moving to raise the retirement age for U.S. Capitol Police officers as the department struggles with staffing shortages, overtime demands, and an increase in threats against lawmakers. The Senate unanimously passed bipartisan legislation Thursday that would allow Capitol Police officers to continue serving until age 62. A separate bill passed earlier this year […]
