The Department of Justice scolded the plaintiff who is suing over President Donald Trump’s proposed White House ballroom, arguing the space is needed in light of the correspondent’s dinner shooting. In a court motion filed late Monday, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and two other DOJ officials slammed the National Trust for Historic Preservation for […]
How do you navigate a jetlagged king and queen through a garden party of 600 guests so that the VVIPs get through it in time for dinner and your assortment of senators, business leaders, and celebrities all get a handshake or a photo? The answer at the British ambassador’s residence on Monday afternoon involved a […]
The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday it is exiting OPEC and the broader OPEC+ as of May 1, marking a major loss for the oil-producing bloc as global energy markets remain volatile in light of the Iran war. The UAE said it has participated in the organization for the greater global benefit, but it […]
Exclusive – Speaker Mike Johnson told Washington Secrets that King Charles III will get a “warm welcome” when he delivers a speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday. Transatlantic relations have been strained by the war in Iran and President Donald Trump’s attacks on the British prime minister. But Johnson said the day […]
The Secret Service once again finds itself playing defense, this time over how it planned and carried out security measures for senior government officials who attended the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday following a shooting that targeted President Donald Trump. The Department of Homeland Security agency faced criticism from lawmakers and national security […]
Democrats rebuffed calls from the Trump administration on Monday to lower the political temperature after the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. In a series of interviews with the Washington Examiner, Democrats argued that Trump and Republicans needed to look internally before placing the blame on them for the […]
The national average price for regular gas rose to $4.176 per gallon on Tuesday. It’s the fifth straight day of increases at the pumps after fuel costs had dropped to as low as $4.02 per gallon just a week ago. Tuesday’s gas prices also set a new high for the year, breaking the previous record […]
The Southern Poverty Law Center allegedly paid operatives embedded within the Aryan Nations, after effectively suing the extremist organization out of existence two decades ago, as part of what prosecutors say was a self-enrichment scheme to justify the law center’s purported bigot-fighting work. Federal investigators are alleging that the SPLC has been operating a covert […]
The shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday has sparked new scrutiny over how the presidential line of succession is protected at high-profile events that blend government officials with the public and press. As well as President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, several Cabinet officials in the line of succession […]
In the aftermath of the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, congressional lawmakers have begun offering their official policy reaction and so far it all points in one direction: building Trump’s ballroom. Within hours of the shooting, several GOP lawmakers from both the House and Senate announced they […]
