Republican Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-WI) blamed Democratic nominee Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley after a series of youth brawls broke out at the Wisconsin State Fair over the weekend. Videos posted to social media Sunday night showed a chaotic scene at the fair, with groups of young people running through crowds, fighting, […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci was made aware of possible COVID-19 vaccine complications by other senior-level public health officials in early 2021, according to new emails and text messages released by Senate Republicans on Sunday. Documents released by Sens. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Ron Johnson (R-WI) show Fauci, the 85-year-old former Director of the National Institute of […]
The majority of the public believes they are worse off financially than when President Donald Trump won a second term nearly two years ago, according to a new poll that painted an ominous picture of Republicans’ electability in the 2026 midterm elections. The Financial Times/Focaldata survey found that 53% of 2,152 respondents, including 24% of […]
Welcome to Monday’s edition of Washington Secrets. Can you cope with good news? It may be that the national beef herd is on the road to recovery after five years of shrinkage. It is too early to see the price of supermarket ground beef getting back to 2020 levels, but at least things may have […]
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) launched attacks on President Donald Trump at a Sunday rally in Atlanta, chastising the president over his closeness to top White House aide, Natalie Harp, opening the door for new Democratic criticism of the Trump administration. While criticizing the president’s policies in the war with Iran and behavior in office, Ossoff […]
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) distanced himself on Sunday from the agenda of the Democratic Socialists of America, while making clear that any DSA-backed candidates who win their general elections would be welcomed into the House Democratic caucus. DSA-backed and progressive candidates have gained momentum heading into the 2026 midterm elections, presenting a challenge […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha suggested that if Vice President JD Vance ultimately steps aside from the 2028 presidential race, it could open the door for Secretary of State Marco Rubio to become the Republican nominee with little opposition. “Let’s say JD Vance says, ‘You know what, I got four young children, and maybe I […]
None of the top four candidates in the Republican primary for Florida governor have been endorsed by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) ahead of Tuesday’s election. DeSantis has refused to lend his support to any of the contenders for some time now, but Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) is confident he can win the governor’s endorsement should […]
The Supreme Court denied a long-shot effort by President Donald Trump to review the $5 million civil judgment finding him liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll. The high court denied Trump’s bid for a rehearing in an orders list published on Monday, declining to elaborate on the decision not to take up the […]
President Donald Trump blamed vandals for destroying a stretch of grass on the National Mall between the World War II Memorial and the Lincoln Memorial, days after vandals allegedly filled the World War II Memorial fountain with soap, causing it to bubble. “Look what VANDALS did to the grass connecting the vandalized World War II […]
