Congressional Democrats are pushing FBI Director Kash Patel for answers over his use of taxpayer-funded resources after a private letter from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) raised many of their same concerns about the director’s spending patterns. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), the top Democrats on the House and […]
Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) on Thursday said he’s unsure if Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is alive following weeks of speculation since the lawmaker’s hospitalization following a medical emergency last month. McConnell was hospitalized in June for a medical event that his office has not disclosed. The event has triggered questions about whether he will be […]
Ship traffic traveling through the Strait of Hormuz has ground to a halt since President Donald Trump called the ceasefire between the United States and Iran “over.” The Strait of Hormuz is a major world oil shipping hub. Located between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, control over the strait is currently being […]
Hunter Biden, son of former President Joe Biden, announced he’s releasing chapters about the past seven years of his life on Substack. Biden made the announcement Thursday on X. “Over on Substack I’m writing about the last seven years of my life. It’s the first draft of the whole story. All of it,” Biden said. […]
Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico’s campaign announced on Wednesday it had raked in $30 million in donations, more than triple the figure Republican rival Ken Paxton was able to fundraise in one of the country’s most closely watched races. Talarico, a state representative, is challenging Paxton, Texas’s attorney general, in a bid to succeed […]
Ohio gubernatorial Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy was hit with an ethics complaint over how he filed credit card payments in his campaign finance report, adding new drama to the neck-and-neck battle between the billionaire entrepreneur and Democrat Amy Acton. State Senate Democrats filed the complaint with the Ohio Secretary of State on Tuesday, alleging Ramaswamy […]
Welcome to Thursday’s edition of Washington Secrets. We take a detour to Maine today, in case you want to read even more about Graham Platner. We reckon there is probably good news for the crew that guided his campaign. Democrats are in such a heaving mess that Team Platner will still find takers for their […]
The taped testimony of Tyler Robinson’s former roommate and lover is set to be played in court on Thursday during Robinson’s preliminary hearing, after his lawyers fought against playing it in the public courtroom earlier this week. Robinson is accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk, and he has so far faced several days of […]
Maine state Rep. Valli Geiger, one of Graham Platner’s possible replacements to run for U.S. Senate in his stead, is refusing to condemn the now-withdrawn Democratic nominee accused of sexual assault — despite sponsoring legislation that she designed to hold rapists accountable. Geiger, a self-described “longtime feminist,” issued a statement on Tuesday declaring that she […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha declared establishment Democrats “dead,” as the socialist movement within the party gained “momentum” following numerous primary victories. “Socialists are gaining such momentum right now because they can get people out for primary votes, where the establishment is dead,” Concha said on Fox Business’s Kudlow Wednesday. “If you’re a Democrat, and […]
