Welcome to Washington Secrets. Kristi Noem is hitting the road as she tries to get Homeland Security back on track after a difficult week, the Kennedy Center PR machine catches up with the president’s social media posts, and which candidate for California governor is in the Epstein files??? EXCLUSIVE — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is holding a press conference ahead of a key vote to end a partial government shutdown. The press conference is scheduled for 10 a.m. THE SENATE PUSHED DHS FUNDING INTO THE HOUSE’S ARMS. WHAT’S NEXT? The bill to avert a shutdown passed a procedural vote on Monday and is now […]
Prosecutors in Paris searched the office’s Elon Musk’s social media platform X on Tuesday as part of an investigation into the alleged misconduct linked to the platform’s Grok artificial intelligence tool. Investigators from the Paris prosecutor’s cybercrime unit, with the support of the European Union’s police agency Europol, executed the search as part of an […]
A New York jury handed a $2 million judgment to a woman who accused a psychologist and surgeon of rushing her into gender transition surgery as a minor, finding the pair liable for malpractice in a landmark case that could pave the way for future litigation. The jury in Westchester County court awarded Fox Varian, […]
President Donald Trump said on Monday his extensive, “fully financed” renovations to the Kennedy Center, estimated to cost $200 million, will not include fully tearing down the venue. “I’m not ripping it down. I’ll be using the steel,” he told reporters in the Oval Office. “So, we’re using the structure, we’re using some of the […]
Former CNN anchor Don Lemon said he offered to turn himself in prior to his arrest last week but was detained by federal agents to “embarrass” him. “I had told them weeks before, maybe once or twice, that we would,” Lemon said. “I think my attorney tried to contact them once, maybe twice, that I […]
March 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be issued to recipients in 24 days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of a month, but March’s payment will go out on Feb. 27. When the first of a month falls on a weekend or holiday, SSI payments are issued […]
President Donald Trump’s sagging approval ratings give Democrats an opening in the midterm elections, but strategists warn it will not be enough. Winning competitive races, they say, hinges on persuading voters that Democrats can be trusted on the economy and everyday costs. Trump’s approval rating sits at 37%, according to the Pew Research Center, down […]
President Donald Trump has taken significant steps toward helping the people of East Palestine, Ohio, rebuild their lives following the 2023 Norfolk Southern train derailment, but senior administration officials concede that it will likely be years before the community can fully recover. Trump leaned into the derailment on the 2024 campaign trail, claiming that the […]
Teachers unions are helping organize protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement that sometimes end in violent clashes with federal law enforcement. At some clashes, activists are bringing children into potentially dangerous situations. Late last month, Oregon’s largest teachers unions began activating their member base to rise up against ICE outside the federal detention facility in […]
