More than two-thirds of Americans say they feel either afraid or pessimistic about the country’s future under President Donald Trump’s leadership, according to a new CNN poll. The survey found that 67% of U.S. adults said they are either “afraid” or “pessimistic” about the nation’s future, while 33% said they feel “enthusiastic” or “optimistic.” Even […]
The Senate panel chaired by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) will hold a vote on holding Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt for refusing to testify about his actions during the COVID-19 pandemic, an escalation in the long-running battle between the two men. Paul said he scheduled the vote in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs […]
When Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID) needed a boost, he reached for his 5-hour Energy shots. The soft-spoken 75-year-old chair of the Senate Committee on Finance told the Washington Examiner that the caffeine drinks and a firm Independence Day deadline from the president were the only things keeping him awake in the three sleepless days leading […]
President Donald Trump says he warned former President Joe Biden that Dr. Anthony Fauci “was no good,” but he didn’t listen. “I called Biden to tell him Fauci was no good, either didn’t have a clue, or was dishonest,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Wednesday. “The call was well received, but sadly, not acted […]
Artificial intelligence developer Hugging Face said the two autonomous OpenAI agents that orchestrated a hacking attack against its infrastructure were roaming the internet for over four days before the incident. One of the two agents — GPT-5.6 Sol and a stronger pre-release model — was in the company’s system about two and a half days […]
Welcome to Wednesday’s Washington Secrets, where we have already eaten our bodyweight in popcorn during Rand Paul’s smackdown with Anthony Fauci (or the probe into the first Trump administration’s handling of the COVID pandemic, if you really must). In the meantime, we wonder whether Pete Hegseth is safe at the Pentagon, and whether Trump voters […]
The Left repeatedly used local police statistics to suggest President Donald Trump was overreacting to crime in Washington, D.C. — but a watchdog agency’s report casts further doubt on the data. D.C.’s Office of the Inspector General exposed a “prolonged, systemic breakdown” in how the Metropolitan Police Department documented crime in a Tuesday report first […]
Former President Barack Obama formally endorsed Democratic nominee Josh Turek for Iowa’s open Senate seat on Wednesday. The former commander in chief backed the state representative, who won the Democratic Senate primary by a 24.8-point margin, in a video of the two playing basketball. Before launching his political career in Iowa, Turek won two Paralympic […]
An advocacy organization is urging donors to seek refunds for contributions they made to Graham Platner’s Senate campaign following the Democratic nominee’s withdrawal from the race after multiple sexual misconduct allegations. Reckoning Action, an organization founded by attorney and activist Cheyenne Hunt, sent text messages to Platner’s donors encouraging them to request refunds for their […]
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Democrats sought to deflect rather than defend Dr. Anthony Fauci from specific accusations from Republicans that he mishandled COVID-19 pandemic policy and misled the public. As Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent in the highly anticipated hearing Wednesday morning, Democrats declined to rebut arguments from […]
