House Republican leaders asked Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) to suspend his 2026 reelection campaign on Thursday, less than a day after the scandal-ridden Texas congressman admitted he had an affair with his staffer. “The Ethics Committee has announced an investigation into Congressman Tony Gonzales’s conduct, and we urge them to act expeditiously,” the leadership team […]
President Donald Trump demanded on Thursday that Israel‘s president pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, sharply criticizing President Isaac Herzog and calling him a “disgrace” for refusing to grant clemency as the Israeli leader faces a corruption trial. In an interview with journalist Barak Ravid, Trump said Herzog should issue a pardon immediately so that Netanyahu […]
As the United States and Israel intensify military strikes on Iran, President Donald Trump is weighing whether Kurdish fighters could help open a new front against Tehran. The comments have drawn fresh attention to the Kurds, one of the largest ethnic groups in the world without their own country and a population that has repeatedly […]
Aaron Spencer, who has been accused of fatally shooting a man who sexually assaulted his daughter, has won the Republican nomination to be sheriff of Lonoke County, Arkansas. Spencer received 53.5% of the vote while incumbent John Staley received 26.5% according to election night reporting. Spencer, an army veteran and farmer, allegedly shot and killed […]
President Donald Trump told Axios Thursday that he wants to be personally involved with picking Iran‘s next leader, despite multiple senior administration officials repeatedly declaring that “regime change” is not a stated objective of Operation Epic Fury. Trump conducted an eight-minute phone interview, his second with Axios since Saturday, where he acknowledged reports that Mojtaba […]
Welcome to Washington Secrets, your daily look inside Donald Trump’s brain. Sort of. Today we bring you the burning question about this year’s White House correspondents’ dinner, we show some love for Mark Levin, and yet another Maga civil war. White House correspondents got what they wanted when Donald Trump made the surprise announcement that […]
The average price of regular gas nationwide rose to $3.015 per gallon on March 2, exceeding $3 for the first time since the end of November as the United States and Israel wage war with Iran. People’s receipts for a tank of regular gas rose an average of $0.078 per gallon from Feb. 23, when […]
Washington Examiner congressional reporter Lauren Green said that President Donald Trump can expect pushback from his voting base if he endorses Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-TX) reelection bid. Trump said he is going to endorse a candidate in the Republican Senate primary runoff between Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton after the two candidates failed […]
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) blasted his colleagues for failing to pass a resolution aimed at limiting President Donald Trump’s military campaign in Iran. The Kentucky Republican made the remarks in an opinion column published on Fox News a day after the Senate rejected a measure that would have required congressional authorization for continued U.S. military […]
Washington Examiner senior columnist Guy Benson said Wednesday that Minnesota’s leadership “coddled” the perpetrators of the state’s fraud scandal. Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison both testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Wednesday, where they admitted that Minnesota has been engulfed in a fraud scandal targeting federally funded social services […]
