Gov. Janet Mills (D-ME) is reminding Maine voters she remains on the ballot as pressure mounts for Democratic front-runner Graham Platner to drop out as each successive scandal jeopardizes Democrats’ chances of flipping a crucial Senate race. Mills, who suspended her campaign in April, is flirting with the idea of stepping back into the race […]
The Trump administration suffered a major setback Friday after a federal judge in Rhode Island struck down a series of immigration restrictions imposed following last year’s deadly National Guard shooting, ordering the government to resume processing immigration applications that had been frozen for months. Chief U.S. District Judge John McConnell, an appointee of former President […]
Vice President JD Vance questioned Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) on Wednesday for defending Minnesota’s record on fraud, suggesting Democrats are hiding data on corruption. The vice president weighed in on a statement Craig made during a House hearing with Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, in which the Minnesota lawmaker said the state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program […]
A new poll shows broad support among Washington, D.C., voters for youth curfews, a policy that leading mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George has opposed, even as she maintains a double-digit lead in the race to succeed Mayor Muriel Bowser. Lewis George leads her nearest rival, Kenyan McDuffie, by 11 percentage points among likely Democratic primary […]
The United Auto Workers Union endorsed Democrat Abdul el Sayed for Michigan’s battleground Senate seat on Friday, siding with the most progressive candidate in a competitive three-way primary contest. The union praised the former local health official for having a “strong working-class agenda with moral clarity” that includes support for a Medicare-for-All single-payer healthcare system. UAW’s endorsement is […]
The former CIA officer accused of stealing more than $40 million worth of gold bars and stashing them inside his northern Virginia home was ordered detained as his criminal case moves forward, a federal judge ruled on Friday. U.S. Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick ordered that David Rush remain in detention following a hearing in federal […]
President Donald Trump said that Friday’s jobs report should result in additional market growth, a line he has consistently pushed during his 17 months back in office. On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that new payrolls jumped by 172,000 in May, more than double the expectations of economic analysts. The unemployment rate stayed […]
Welcome to Friday’s edition of Washington Secrets, your guide to power and politics in the nation’s capital. As usual, we review the president’s week with the help of our political strategists. That was a week of two halves for Donald Trump. He was barely spotted last weekend, and from Monday to Wednesday, his daily public […]
French President Emmanuel Macron is floating plans to woo President Donald Trump with a rare dinner at one of history’s most ornate palaces. Macron is already set to indulge the U.S. president at the Alpine spa resort of Evian-les-Bains from June 15 to 17, but two French officials familiar with the matter told Politico that […]
Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk called out Democrats for their criticisms against her by reposting an artificially generated parody video of Democratic office culture, where they find ways to “harass and bully” her. “And this, our most important floor, is where we come up with new ways to bash, harass, and bully Erika Kirk,” […]
