Welcome to Friday’s edition of Washington Secrets. As usual, our strategists run the rule over Trump’s week to see if he’s winning or losing. (Spoiler alert: The Democrat comes to a different conclusion to the Republican.) Secrets is taking a break next week, so will be missing from your inbox on Monday and Tuesday, but […]
The Justice Department is seeking to revoke the citizenship of a former U.S. ambassador accused of secretly working as a Cuban spy for decades. Federal prosecutors filed a civil complaint on Thursday in Miami against Victor Rocha, a Colombian-born former diplomat who pleaded guilty in 2023 to acting as an illegal agent for Cuba. Rocha […]
The National Capital Planning Commission voted unanimously on Thursday to ask for details from the White House on its plan to paint the exterior of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building white. The Trump administration wants to beautify the 19th-century landmark in Washington, D.C., but preservationists are concerned that the aesthetic makeover may irreversibly damage the […]
Washington Examiner columnist Guy Benson criticized Democratic Los Angeles mayoral candidates Nithya Raman and Karen Bass, who are running against reality television personality Spencer Pratt, for doing a “terrible job.” “Leftie mayors do a terrible job, and people are angry, and the voters decide, ‘Let’s make it worse and go further Left,’ and they might […]
President Donald Trump will host a brunch on Friday honoring the mothers of American service members killed in combat and people killed by illegal immigrants. Trump is slated to speak at noon in the White House Rose Garden, the second Mother’s Day celebration hosted by the White House this week. The Daily Wire reported Friday morning that […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha disagreed with critics who say there is a “civil war” in the MAGA movement, arguing President Donald Trump is following through on issues he campaigned on. “We keep hearing about this MAGA civil war, and oh boy, all these people are very, very upset with the president, right now,” Concha […]
Washington Examiner homeland security reporter Anna Giaritelli appeared Thursday on NewsNation’s Katie Pavlich Tonight to discuss allegations surrounding the manipulation of crime statistics in Washington. Giaritelli, who was assaulted near the Capitol in 2020, said her own case was not reflected in the city’s reported crime data. “I was assaulted near the Capitol, and police […]
The Supreme Court of Virginia invalidated a voter-approved redistricting referendum on Friday, ruling that lawmakers failed to follow the constitutional process required to place the measure on the ballot and halting Democrat-led efforts to implement a new congressional map. The majority held that lawmakers acted too late when they approved the amendment proposal after more […]
The Trump administration on Friday announced the release of declassified government files on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, hailing it as an effort to bring “unprecedented transparency” to the matter. The Department of War said the government is releasing “new, never-before-seen” UAP files, in conjunction with the White House, FBI, the Department of Energy, the Office of […]
Cole Tomas Allen filed a motion Thursday to have federal prosecutors disqualified from the court case in which he is accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump. Allen’s legal team argued U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche should be recused from the case because they […]
