Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) said the House judiciary committee issued a new subpoena as part of an investigation into the use of confidential sources around the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, raising questions about whether any were paid by the Southern Poverty Law Center. “Were any of the guys they were paying — was the […]
President Donald Trump denied that he deployed an aircraft carrier strike group to the Caribbean to intimidate Cuba one day after his Justice Department indicted former Cuban President Raul Castro. “No, not at all,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Thursday when asked if the deployment was an intimidation tactic. Trump, describing U.S. […]
President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the United States has “more corrupt elections” than some third-world nations. Trump made the remarks during an Oval Office event when expressing his frustration with Senate Republicans for not passing the SAVE America Act. “We have more corrupt elections than third-world countries have, and we ought to get […]
The Supreme Court dismissed a case on Thursday about how to consider intelligence tests when evaluating if a person is sufficiently intellectually disabled to be disqualified from the death penalty, effectively sparing a death row inmate in Alabama from execution. The high court issued a brief per curiam ruling, saying it had improperly granted review in […]
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer will reportedly turn himself in to police on Thursday after being charged last month for an incident that occurred during his deployment to Minnesota as part of the agency’s Operation Midway Blitz. An attorney for ICE employee Gregory Morgan Jr. said his client will surrender to authorities following the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office’s […]
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a lottery for $50 World Cup tickets to 1,000 New Yorkers on X Thursday. “What can $50 get you in New York City?” the mayor asked in the video. “Twenty-five cups of street cart coffee. Ten months of hard-hitting journalism,” Mamdani wrote. “Infinite rides on the Staten Island Ferry. […]
The United States withdrew its sanctions on U.N. Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese following a U.S. court intervention. The Trump administration sanctioned Albanese last year over her heavy criticism of Israel’s military conduct in Gaza, including claims that it amounted to genocide. Albanese’s husband and daughter sued on free speech grounds, and […]
California’s gubernatorial race is packed with seasoned officeholders, deep-pocketed candidates, and high-profile politicians who want the chance to lead the state. It is also home to what may be the most unintentionally entertaining ballot in America. Among the 61 candidates running in the state’s wide-open governor’s race is Barack D. Obama Shaw — not to […]
President Donald Trump admitted Thursday that he was uncertain if his grip on the Senate Republican majority was slipping. Trump was asked during an Oval Office event about the controversy on Capitol Hill over funding White House security upgrades tied to the new East Wing ballroom. “I don’t know, I really don’t,” the president responded […]
Welcome to Thursday’s edition of Washington Secrets. We spent Wednesday getting our FreeCon or something, hanging out with one of the factions in the Republican Party preparing for what comes after Donald Trump. Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA) delivered a “fireside chat” — there was no fire or fireside — in which he said he wished […]
