Welcome to Monday’s edition of Washington Secrets. We take a look at the prediction market rivalry with profound implications for regulators … and why you may have seen it play out on bus stops, plus what definitely NOT to wear at next week’s royal garden party. Polymarket has 245 active markets on the war in […]
FBI Director Kash Patel filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit against the Atlantic and reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick on Monday after the magazine reported that he had a drinking problem that could threaten national security, in addition to allegations that he had been difficult to find on different occasions. The 19-page lawsuit, filed in the U.S. […]
President Donald Trump rejected claims that Israel pressured the United States into initiating Operation Epic Fury, a joint operation that launched the Iran war in late February. “Israel never talked me into the war with Iran, the results of Oct. 7th, added to my lifelong opinion that IRAN CAN NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON, did,” […]
Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) announced the death of his adult daughter, Madison, on Monday. She was 36. “We are heartbroken beyond words by the passing of our beloved daughter, Madison, 36, after a decades-long battle with juvenile diabetes and other health issues,” Warner said in a joint statement with his wife, Lisa Collis. “She filled […]
Four former presidents issued a message of hope for the United States’s future as it marks 250 years of independence. In an excerpt of an interview set to air in full on Tuesday, former presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden told NBC News that while the country faces challenges, there […]
The Supreme Court denied a petition to hear a case challenging a Massachusetts school district’s policy of hiding student gender transitions from parents, despite the justices issuing a key ruling on the matter on its emergency docket last month. The high court declined on Monday to take up Foote v. Ludlow School Committee, after scheduling […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha argued that Democratic leaders are increasingly embracing policies he characterized as “socialist.” Concha’s comments come after former President Barack Obama appeared with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani as part of an initiative promoting expanded government-backed programs for free child care. “It is official, the Democrats have embraced socialism,” Concha […]
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is addressing members of Parliament on Monday over his controversial appointment of Lord Peter Mandelson as U.K. ambassador to the United States. Mandelson was removed from the role last fall due to his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Labour Party politician was arrested in February and subsequently […]
President Donald Trump refuted Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s statement that gas prices may not fall below $3 before 2027, remaining confident that prices will drop once hostilities cease between the United States and Iran. Trump told the Hill that gas prices will fall below $3, “as soon as this ends,” alluding to the war in […]
Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) is launching a new federal PAC aimed at boosting Democratic support in rural areas. Walz’s new Small Town PAC will look to recruit new Democratic candidates in small towns, supporting them in hopes of picking up seats across the country, according to Politico, which first reported the news. Walz took a […]
