House Republicans are demanding testimony from an attorney for ActBlue, accusing him of defending the Democratic fundraising platform’s foreign donor screening practices with findings that conflict with internal documents. In a letter on Monday to WilmerHale partner Ronald Machen, Chairmen Bryan Steil (R-WI), Jim Jordan (R-OH), and James Comer (R-KY) requested a transcribed interview about […]
A federal judge declared a mistrial in Washington, D.C., Councilman Trayon White’s bribery case on Monday after jurors deliberated for more than three days. The jury, composed of eight women and four men, could not come to a unanimous decision on the single count of bribery facing White. As a result, U.S. District Judge Rudolph […]
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court Monday to lift a lower court’s order barring a new regulation for federal prisons, which would stop providing inmates with transgender surgeries and procedures. The Department of Justice filed an emergency petition to the justices after a federal district court blocked a February 2026 policy from the Federal […]
The Department of Homeland Security has denied a report that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were recently instructed only to arrest illegal immigrants with criminal histories. The DHS insisted in a post to X over the weekend that federal immigration officers will arrest and detain illegal immigrants regardless of their criminal status, following a […]
The left-wing coalition that squeaked out a victory in Sweden earlier this month has hit an impasse as the feuding member parties are unable to form a government. Social Democratic Party leader Magdalena Andersson announced Monday that after multiple rounds of negotiations with fellow left-wing party leaders, she is convinced there is no immediate path forward. […]
The five men arrested on Sunday outside of RAF Fairford, a U.K. air base used by the United States in the Iran war, on suspicion of planning an attack on the base, will be released on bail, U.K. police said. Head of counterterrorism policing Laurence Taylor announced the update during a Monday press conference on […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha blasted Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed for trying to “play both sides” to appeal to Michigan voters. “Abdul el Sayed is trying to play both sides, right? In other words, in Dearborn, Michigan, that’s a big contingent of Muslims — people that would support an el Sayed, people […]
Millions of Americans who receive food assistance could see slightly higher benefits beginning Oct. 1 as new federal cost-of-living adjustments take effect for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The Department of Agriculture adjusts SNAP benefit levels and eligibility standards annually at the start of the federal fiscal year. For fiscal 2027, maximum benefits will increase […]
A Democratic candidate for Virginia prosecutor Steve Descano’s seat in June 2027 is attacking the leftist prosecutor’s record on repeat offenders. Longtime lawyer Brittany Dunn-Pirio highlighted nine cases where she says the Fairfax County commonwealth’s attorney showed undeserved leniency in a new website announcing her primary run. Descano took office in 2020 among other reform-minded […]
Welcome to Monday’s edition of Washington Secrets. If a friend sent you this and you’d like to sign up, CLICK HERE. Today, we talk to a filmmaker who is asking what went wrong in Canada, plus we send our congratulations to the new Treasury counselor, who is always easy to spot at D.C. parties… Inspiration struck […]
