A federal appeals court announced Friday that it will hear arguments on Sept. 15 in Richmond, Virginia, over the Trump administration’s effort to revive criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. The development marks the latest escalation in the Justice Department’s fight to revive the cases against […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has hired veteran Washington defense lawyer Abbe Lowell as federal investigators examine people and matters in the governor’s orbit, according to a new report. Newsom and his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, hired Lowell in their personal capacities, according to people familiar with the decision, Politico reported. The sources were granted anonymity […]
Michigan candidate Abdul el Sayed on Friday urged his supporters to stop “making fun” of his rival in the race for the state’s Democratic Senate nomination, telling progressives to focus on the issues instead. Democratic voters are choosing between el Sayed, who is backed by socialists, and Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI), a comparatively centrist establishment-backed […]
The Knesset dissolved itself following a multiday deluge of legislation put forth by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition, setting the stage for elections later this year. Israeli lawmakers voted to dissolve the parliament early Friday following an overnight marathon that wrapped up days of last-minute legislative priorities for the government. The bills passed this […]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) laid out what she believes should be Congress’s legislative agenda after a bipartisan housing bill became law last week without President Donald Trump’s signature. In an opinion article published by Fox News, Warren said the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which ultimately became law after a 10-day window ran […]
China responded to President Donald Trump’s speech accusing Beijing of meddling in voting in the United States on Friday, denouncing his remarks as “malicious smears.” In his primetime address Thursday evening, Trump highlighted declassified intelligence that he claimed indicated U.S. elections are vulnerable to Chinese interference and accused “deep state” officials of previously hiding the […]
President Donald Trump is hoping to find “Vandal Proof material” to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on the National Mall. “The Reflecting Pool, so badly damaged by Deranged Vandals, has been emptied as the massive slash gets repaired,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Friday. “We are looking for a Vandal Proof material, but […]
Washington Examiner Justice Department reporter Kaelan Deese said acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is getting closer to his confirmation after meeting with victims of the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. “Blanche was able to get this to happen,” Deese said Friday on Newsmax2’s First Edition. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) praised Blanche for his efforts in a […]
President Donald Trump directed the FBI to reopen an investigation into alleged 2020 election fraud that prompted Michigan police officers to raid a Democratic voting group, the White House announced on Thursday. Get-out-the-vote canvassers admitted to the FBI that they were signing and submitting fraudulent voter registrations in the swing state, but the Biden administration […]
Welcome to Friday’s Washington Secrets, where we bring you our regular review of the president’s week. Did he win it or did he botch it? Our two strategists give their verdict. It was a big foreign policy week at the White House, dominated by the resumption of fighting in the Middle East and then a […]
