Welcome to Monday’s edition of Washington Secrets. We’ll be with you all the way through August, even as the rest of the city slows down. Today, we dive into the Trump administration’s thinking on Cuba with someone who knows what they are talking about. Cuba may have dropped out of the headlines as Washington plots […]
Washington Examiner economics columnist Tiana Lowe Doescher pushed back on the idea that women must delay motherhood to achieve professional or political success, arguing that women can pursue influential careers while also raising families. “The idea that, oh, in order to be a full person, you have to delay motherhood,” Doescher said on CNN’s Group […]
A strong 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia and neighboring Ecuador in South America on Monday, prompting people to evacuate buildings. The epicenter was located in San Jose Del Palmar, about 250 miles west of the Colombian capital, Bogota. The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake struck at a depth of 66 miles. Colombia’s counterpart […]
Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed on Sunday said he disavowed Twitch streamer Hasan Piker’s statement that the United States “deserved” the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. El Sayed has attracted controversy for repeatedly campaigning with Piker, an increasingly popular political influencer, over that statement, among others. After previously declining to […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) denounced concerns that Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul el Sayed holds extremist views, as he campaigned Sunday on behalf of Democrats in the Wolverine State. Newsom, whose profile is rising as a likely 2028 presidential contender, traveled to the battleground state Saturday as he tours the country as a top surrogate […]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) said on Sunday she is making a “very rapid recovery” after being hospitalized for non-life-threatening injuries in a hit-and-run crash in Ohio. Kaptur, 80, was the victim of the two-person crash roughly one week ago in Toledo, located in Ohio’s 9th Congressional District, which she represents. In the latest update on […]
Sen. Chris Murphy’s (D-CT) political influence will face an early test in Tuesday’s Connecticut Democratic primary as talk of a 2028 presidential bid mounts. Murphy has thrown his support behind Rep. John Larson (D-CT), whose primary against former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin has become one of the biggest tests of the senator’s standing with Democratic […]
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin is facing a chorus of criticisms voiced by supporters of President Donald Trump, despite shepherding the federal government toward a historic rate of deportations. Mullin took over the department from Kristi Noem in the spring and has continued the president’s mass deportations agenda while largely avoiding controversies that […]
A green energy political action committee bankrolled by a California-based billionaire is upending Republican primaries this cycle, claiming Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles as its latest victim. The Invest in Tomorrow Coalition PAC, primarily bankrolled by billionaire Chris Larsen, a Democratic megadonor and the chairman of the crypto company Ripple, spent $2 million opposing Ogles’s reelection […]
Minnesota Democrats will decide on Tuesday whether the party’s next Senate nominee comes from its progressive wing or pragmatic center, making the race the latest test of an increasingly consequential battle over the Democratic Party‘s direction after its 2024 election losses. The contest between Rep. Angie Craig (D-MI) and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan comes just […]
