The Supreme Court declined to revive a lawsuit Carter Page, a former aide for President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, brought against former FBI officials, including former Director James Comey, over the government’s secret spying on him as part of the FBI’s Trump-Russia investigation. The high court did not elaborate on its decision not to take […]
President Donald Trump’s peace deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is in jeopardy before it can even take effect, as Israeli leaders signal no sense of obligation to end their war in Lebanon. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Monday that “the memorandum of understanding to end the war between Iran and America is […]
Multiple world leaders are prepared to greet each other in Evian-les-Bains, France, for the 52nd G7 Summit on Monday. President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and European leaders allied with Ukraine are expected to be in attendance for the three-day summit. Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be there, since Russia was ousted from […]
A fan-created website for Luigi Mangione, who is facing murder charges, has raked in over $1.5 million in donations for his legal fund. Mangione is accused of killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in midtown Manhattan in December 2024, while Thompson was en route to an annual business meeting. Mangione’s attorneys will go to state […]
House Democrats will travel to Newark, New Jersey, on Wednesday to hold a congressional forum on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility Delaney Hall, following weeks of protests and riots over alleged inhumane conditions inside. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), the top Democrat on the House homeland security committee, announced over the weekend that some […]
Actress Julia Roberts told her audience to “breathe in all that hope” and “breathe out all that fear” in an appearance at the “Rise Up, Sing Out” concert for the First Amendment on Sunday. “We all feel like ‘I can’t turn the news on, I don’t want to hear it,’” the Pretty Woman star said. […]
A senior White House lawyer warned that suspending habeas corpus protections for illegal immigrants would likely trigger a major constitutional battle, cautioning President Donald Trump against taking up a strategy once used during the Civil War era under President Abraham Lincoln. Two sets of memoranda obtained by New York Times reporters Jonathan Swan and Maggie […]
The Supreme Court announced it would take up a case deciding whether the federal government can hold criminal immigrants in detention indefinitely pending removal, adding to the immigration cases the high court has heard in recent years. The high court said Monday that it would hear the case Genalo v. Black, part of an orders […]
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is expected to bring landmark housing legislation back to the Senate floor this week after negotiators reached an agreement, signaling a win for the backers of the bill, who say it will increase housing supply and address high prices. The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act will be voted […]
Welcome to Monday’s installment of Washington Secrets. Donald Trump has just landed on French soil, so we look at whether his G7 hosts can give him the European edition of the “Trump Show” he so dearly wants, and whether they can do better than the Canadian version last year (with their well-meaning but worthy meetings). […]
