The University of Washington is considering tougher student conduct measures after more than two years of chaotic Gaza war-inspired protests. University proposals from July would target rioters who wear masks, expand the definition of “disruption” and “vandalism,” and add “doxing” to its list of prohibited conduct, among other changes. The Trump administration has repeatedly scrutinized […]
Second lady Usha Vance said she has always felt loved and embraced by Vice President JD Vance’s family after she was drawn into a clash between her husband and Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul el Sayed. The comments came after a campaign rally where el Sayed appeared to take a swipe at Usha’s Indian heritage […]
U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham will lobby for Ukraine to obtain some of the United States’s limited Patriot interceptor missiles when he visits the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Burnham met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday in Kyiv, during which Zelensky repeated his desperate appeals for more Patriot interceptor missiles to […]
Over one month after Graham Platner suspended his Senate campaign in Maine due to a series of sexual assault allegations, his supporters said they are planning to write his name first on the ranked-choice voting ballot in November over Democratic nominee Troy Jackson. The move was revealed in a private Facebook group announcement in which […]
The Justice Department is facing a Tuesday deadline to comply with a federal judge’s order to release grand jury records related to former CNN anchor Don Lemon’s indictment. Judge Laura Provinzino, who was appointed by former President Joe Biden, ordered the DOJ to provide her with certain grand jury materials as prosecutors battle over whether […]
Israeli security forces forcibly seized and removed the employees inside the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees Kalandia Training Center in East Jerusalem on Tuesday. The building had been UNRWA’s oldest vocational training center and had been open for more than seven decades. UNRWA said in a statement, “at least four armored […]
Target apologized after pulling a Halloween costume from its stores that critics said evoked racist blackface and minstrel imagery. “As a company, we know we got this wrong, and we are deeply sorry,” Target said in a statement on Monday. “The costume is offensive and should never have been part of our assortment.” The costume, […]
Welcome to Tuesday’s Washington Secrets. We sat down with thriller writer Simon Conway to hear about his new novel, The British Agent. It touches on two very real questions about national security: How can you be sure that weapons sent to Ukraine won’t be used for nefarious ends, and how well can you protect the […]
Canada is striking back against President Donald Trump’s latest round of tariffs by imposing identical trade penalties on goods from the United States. Francois-Philippe Champagne, the Canadian minister of finance, announced the measures at a Tuesday press conference in Ottawa. Lamenting that Canada is facing “a trade dispute we did not choose,” he said the […]
Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson told a supporter at an August rally that Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) will use the National Guard to help watch over the 2026 elections. After an event Jackson held in mid-August in Columbus, Georgia, a rally-goer came up to the Republican candidate and told Jackson that he was worried […]
