Welcome to Monday’s edition of Washington Secrets. If a friend sent you this and you’d like to sign up, CLICK HERE. Today, we run the rule over Pete Hegseth’s testosterone-fueled weekend, plus what’s next for the White House TV pool, and who denied they were a lesbian? Texas got the full Pete Hegseth treatment over the […]
Vice President JD Vance pushed back against accusations that President Donald Trump banning three media outlets, Politico, CNN, and MS Now, from the White House is a violation of free speech. “So he’s not banning media outlets,” Vance told reporters Monday morning as he heads to North Carolina to campaign with Republican Senate nominee Michael […]
Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) spoke for the first time on his weight-loss journey, revealing he has consistently used a GLP-1 drug to help him lose 80 pounds. The public admission comes as the Illinois Democrat weighs a potential 2028 presidential campaign. In the meantime, he is seeking a third term as governor. Pritzker reflected on […]
President Donald Trump announced Monday that the United States is negotiating a deal to secure fertilizer from Belarus amid a trade war with Canada. The president and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney have exchanged escalating tariffs as the row between Washington and Ottawa came to a head over the summer, leading to significant pain among […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio began the United Nations General Assembly, a major week in diplomacy, by ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. The ceremony serves as a time marker, signaling the start and closing of an official session. The bells were first used at the exchange in the […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha said Ed Sheeran should have stayed away from politics at his concert after receiving backlash for dropping Macklemore from his tour after the rapper made pro-Palestinian comments onstage. “Ed Sheeran should’ve just let this go and just gone to Philadelphia and performed the songs that people wanted to hear,” Concha […]
Major television networks in the White House TV press pool have said they will boycott covering President Donald Trump to stand in solidarity with CNN after the president banned the outlet on Friday. In a joint statement on Monday, ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox News said that they will not provide coverage of Trump after […]
Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) has announced he will lead the Center for the Political Future at the University of Southern California at the conclusion of his final term in the Senate. Peters, 67, said in January 2025 he would not seek reelection for a third term, noting that he intends to spend more time on […]
Democratic candidate David Jolly is skipping all debates with his Republican opponent in the race for Florida governor. Jolly announced his decision on Sunday, a little over six weeks before the general election. He accused Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) of peddling “repeated lies” and acting in “bad faith.” For that reason, Jolly argued the debates […]
Germany’s right-wing Alternative for Germany party won its second regional election in a major victory on Sunday, dealing another blow to the country’s embattled, center-right Chancellor Friedrich Merz. AfD won in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania’s elections on Sunday with 38% of the total vote. The Social Democratic Party on the Left came in second with 35% of […]
