President Donald Trump said Monday that National Guard members deployed as part of his national crime initiative will begin receiving active-duty benefits. Trump announced the move during a visit to Tennessee to highlight the work of the Memphis Safe Task Force, described by White House officials as “a decisive, aggressive federal intervention involving the National […]
President Donald Trump rejected the latest attempt by Senate Republicans to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, dismissing a plan that would fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a later date. White House aides briefed the president on the plan Sunday, according to two sources familiar with the matter, as Democrats demand new guardrails on […]
President Donald Trump reupped his call for voter identification to be included in any deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security, telling Senate Republicans to cancel their upcoming recess if necessary. Trump said Monday during a Safe Task Force Roundtable in Memphis, Tennessee, that any funding for the DHS should be tied to voter […]
President Donald Trump is being sued over his plans to close and renovate the Kennedy Center for a two-year period starting on July 4. The plaintiffs, comprised of eight architectural and historical preservationist groups, warn that the performing arts center and its nearly 55-year legacy are “in peril.” Their lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha laughed off the “tone deaf” visits that various Democratic activists are taking to Cuba as the nation is experiencing blackouts. Various online influencers, including Twitch streamer Hasan Piker and Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) daughter, Isra Hirsi, traveled to the island as it recently endured its third blackout this month, where, […]
The suspect charged in the fatal shooting of a Loyola University Chicago student was in the United States illegally, the Department of Homeland Security said. Jose Medina-Medina, 25, was arrested by Chicago police on a charge of first-degree murder for allegedly killing 18-year-old Sheridan Gorman, a freshman from New York, while walking with friends early […]
Pope Leo XIV called for a sweeping ban on aerial bombardment, declaring that no one should live in fear of “death and destruction” from the sky as the Iran war enters week four. Speaking during a meeting with a delegation on Monday from Italy’s ITA Airways, the carrier that usually transports the pontiff on international […]
President Donald Trump is visiting Memphis on Monday to participate in the Memphis Safe Task Force roundtable and is expected to deliver remarks at 1 p.m. EXCLUSIVE: THUNE PLEADS WITH VOTERS FOR PATIENCE ON RISING GAS PRICES AMID IRAN WAR Since Trump deployed the National Guard to Memphis in September 2025 as part of the […]
As the SAVE America Act draws attention on Capitol Hill despite long odds of passage, the Republican National Committee is pursuing a far-reaching legal strategy that could reshape the nation’s election rules through the courts. The RNC is involved in over 100 cases in 30 states regarding voter ID laws, election administration, noncitizen voting, and […]
Welcome to Monday’s Washington Secrets, after a busy weekend for the capital’s political elite. We try to explain the point of Polymarket’s “Situation Room,” laugh with (not at) Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s “perfect smoky eyes,” and reveal how the British prime minister is sticking with the same playbook on how to manage Donald Trump … Jacob […]
