A codefendant charged alongside former CNN host Don Lemon in a federal case stemming from an anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protest inside a Minnesota church is asking a judge to dismiss his charges. Ian Davis Austin, one of nine defendants charged over a January disruption at St. Paul’s Cities Church, filed a motion on Friday […]
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is facing a risky vote in the House that will block resolutions to repeal President Donald Trump’s tariffs until July, with at least two Republicans firmly against the measure and a handful of others threatening to make passage difficult. A procedural vote, called a rule, on Tuesday to advance a slate […]
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he spoke to President Donald Trump on Tuesday and reminded him that Ottawa paid to build the new Detroit-Ontario border crossing bridge. “We discussed the bridge. I explained that Canada has paid for the construction of the bridge, over $4 billion,” Carney said. “The ownership is shared between the […]
Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement director Todd Lyons on Tuesday declined to apologize for the Trump administration’s characterization of two U.S. citizens killed during ICE-related operations in Minnesota as “domestic terrorists.” In response to a line of questioning during a Senate hearing from Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Lyons refused to comment on whether he would […]
Howard Lutnick, President Donald Trump’s commerce secretary, denied on Tuesday that he misled the public on his past interactions with the late Jeffrey Epstein and downplayed his association with the disgraced child sex offender. During questioning from Democrats at a Senate appropriations committee hearing on broadband, Lutnick, who for years lived next door to Epstein’s […]
Welcome to Washington Secrets, your guide to who’s up and who is less up. Today, we take a look at Will Lewis’s two years at the Washington Post and rate the chances of a full funding deal for the Department of Homeland Security — spoiler: 1% if you are lucky. Plus there’s more from the […]
Former Rep. Tom Malinowski conceded the special election primary for New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District to activist Analilia Mejia. Malinowski was seen as a more centrist establishment candidate, with his defeat marking another triumph for the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. He congratulated Mejia on her “hard-won victory,” and said he would support her […]
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) is taking the Justice Department to task for redacting the names or personally identifiable information of alleged co-conspirators to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after the congressman viewed unredacted versions of the Epstein files on Monday. Massie disclosed the latest revelations from his first viewing of the Epstein files in a […]
A proof of citizenship and voter ID bill is hitting the floor for the third time in the House, granting Republicans another opportunity to push one of its strongest, election-tested messages as the party scrambles to recapture public opinion on immigration. Eyes will also be on House Democrats to see whether they support the bill, […]
Washington Examiner senior writer Joe Concha rejected on Monday Olympic skier Hunter Hess’s criticism of the United States. On Sunday, Hess said his representation of the U.S. in the Olympics “brings up mixed emotions” amid current events. He added that wearing the U.S. flag “doesn’t mean I represent everything that’s going on in the U.S,” […]
