President Donald Trump offered some words of praise to the White House press corps covering his second administration during a Cabinet meeting on Friday. “I want to thank a lot of the media people because many of you have been very, very fair,” Trump said while speaking at Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland. “That’s […]
Preservationists filed a motion on Thursday asking a federal judge to block the Trump administration from painting the historic Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. Cultural Heritage Partners filed a renewed motion for a preliminary injunction to stop the administration from testing samples of white paint on the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, which sits next […]
Democrats in Maine faced a barrage of attacks for supporting former Senate candidate Graham Platner, who was plagued by scandals that eventually crescendoed with sexual assault allegations from a previous romantic partner. Then came Troy Jackson, the former gubernatorial candidate, who swooped in as the party’s choice to take on incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) […]
Key players in the drama this week over Dr. Anthony Fauci’s personal journal are declining to provide basic details about the origins of the records and how they came to be made public. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is giving conflicting information about the journal entries, which became front-page news ahead […]
Two men detained in the early days of the investigation into the disappearance of NBC Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie’s mother said they plan to sue the Pima County Sheriff’s Office for wrongful arrest as the high-profile case reaches the six-month mark with no arrests or major breakthroughs. Nancy Guthrie, 84, disappeared from her Tucson, Arizona, […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci increasingly railed against “far right” critics of his approach to COVID-19 issues while describing strong support from the Biden White House in his pandemic-era diary, which was recently released by Congress. The former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director dismissed concerns around Chinese involvement in the virus’s creation and his […]
Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton on Friday unveiled a sweeping new tax proposal, as his Republican campaign hits a polling stalemate against rival James Talarico in one of the country’s tightest races. Paxton, who is also the state’s attorney general, touted the sweeping tax breaks plan as part of a new affordability campaign message highlighting […]
Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York criticized Wisconsin state Rep. Francesca Hong, who is running to be the state’s governor, for trying to ignore her socialist roots. “Right now, she is running away from all of her record,” York said on Fox News’s The Ingraham Angle on Thursday. York questioned Hong’s campaign, which denied […]
Welcome to Washington Secrets. It’s Friday. Another week over and another week closer to the midterm elections. As usual, we run the rule over President Donald Trump’s week. Plus, we have details of a new gig for Mike Pence, his former vice president. On Monday, President Donald Trump visited General Motors’s Milford Proving Ground in […]
Sen. John Fetterman (PA) is having doubts that the Democratic Party is “big” enough to welcome his values despite Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (NY) pressing the nonconformist Democrat to remain in the party. Fetterman has been dodging speculation that he may cross the aisle, but the idea seemed far-fetched until fellow Democrats started backing […]
