Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said Wednesday that if Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who was hospitalized last month, is unable to provide the public with an update on his health, he should resign. “If he can’t give us an update, he should resign,” Ocasio-Cortez told reporters. “Absolutely.” McConnell, 84, has not been seen in public after […]
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed Thursday that President Donald Trump is paying attention to the blowback WNBA star Sophie Cunningham has received over her political views. Cunningham, a guard for the Indiana Fever, has been labeled a “MAGA Barbie” over comments she made in an ESPN interview earlier this week about not wanting young girls competing […]
Senate health committee Chairman Bill Cassidy (R-LA) pledged to support President Donald Trump’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention nominee, Dr. Erica Schwartz, after nearly a week of uncertainty over whether Cassidy would join with Democrats to block her over doubts about her support for encouraging the public to get vaccinated. Cassidy said, after speaking […]
Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico proposed reforms for data center development on Wednesday that bore significant similarities to Gov. Greg Abbott’s (D-TX) recent recommendations for Texas, signaling a bipartisan consensus in the Lone Star State’s approach to the industry. Though Talarico and Abbott sit at opposing ends of the political spectrum, both men support ending […]
The Justice Department on Thursday updated its federal religious liberty guidance to reflect recent Supreme Court rulings, expanding instructions for executive agencies on protecting religious expression, parental rights, and the autonomy of religious organizations. The guidance revises a memorandum first issued by then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Oct. 6, 2017, during President Donald Trump’s first […]
A new report concluded that the second Trump administration’s Senate-confirmed officials have experienced the highest turnover rate in recent history, with more leaving at this point in his term than at any other. In the first 18 months of President Donald Trump’s second term, 27 of his Senate-confirmed officials have resigned from their posts, representing […]
Welcome to Thursday’s edition of Washington Secrets. We take a dive into the latest generic polling ahead of the midterm elections, which suggests not all is lost for Republicans. Plus, we delve into our favorite United Nations conspiracy theory, and wonder whether the president is fonder of the New York Mets than he lets on… […]
Podcaster Tucker Carlson admitted again to being “wrong on Trump” during an interview with sports and political commentator Stephen A. Smith, where Carlson explained his departure from the Republican Party. Smith asked Carlson for clarity regarding his shifting views on the Trump administration. “Why should listeners see this latest break as principle rather than another […]
Reps. Ted Lieu (D-CA) and Nathaniel Moran (R-TX) introduced a bill that would authorize the government to shut down or restrict risky artificial intelligence models, after OpenAI revealed that its models broke out of a controlled environment and hacked another company without human direction. The bill, known as the AI Kill Switch Act, would grant […]
EXCLUSIVE — The recent Supreme Court decision nuking limits on money a candidate can spend in coordination with party committees is at least partially slowing the mobilization of President Donald Trump’s gargantuan campaign war chest, according to Republican insiders. Still, the president’s political team isn’t letting outside noise, even from Republicans urging Trump to increase his […]
