President Donald Trump inaugurated his “Board of Peace” at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday. After extending 60 invitations to join the new body focused on resolving geopolitical issues, 22 member states accepted the invitation to what Trump calls “one of the most consequential bodies ever created.” A total of 19 world […]
Barron Trump, the youngest son of President Donald Trump, was cited in a criminal case in the United Kingdom as a “very brief” witness. The Crown Prosecution Service confirmed to the Washington Examiner that Trump called law enforcement in London after witnessing an assault of a woman he was on a video call with on […]
FBI Director Kash Patel credited the Trump administration’s law-and-order policies for producing the U.S.’s largest-ever drop in murders in the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term. The Council on Criminal Justice released a report, notably leaving out the top two murder rates in national cities per capita, showing that U.S. murders dropped by […]
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis’s (R-NY) seat representing Staten Island is in jeopardy after a New York judge gave the go-ahead for a new state congressional map. New York Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey Pearlman ruled that the current, 2024 legislative map must be redrawn by the state’s Independent Redistricting Commission by Feb. 6. The state’s GOP is […]
The House is one step closer to passing the final slate of appropriations bills after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) successfully staved off rebellions from his center and right flanks, setting up the legislation for a final vote later this afternoon. The chamber cleared a key hurdle on Thursday when House Republicans voted to bring four […]
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) called the scheme in Minnesota that defrauded organizations feeding hungry children “disgusting behavior,” becoming the latest progressive lawmaker to condemn the scandal. “Fraud is disgusting, especially to steal money from hungry kids for a program to feed hungry kids,” Sanders said on the This Weekend with Theo Von podcast. “That is […]
A former Uvalde, Texas, school police officer was acquitted on Wednesday on 29 felony counts of child abandonment and endangerment related to the May 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting. After seven hours of deliberation, the Corpus Christi jury found Adrian Gonzales not guilty on all counts. Prosecutors emphasized that Gonzales was one of the first […]
The House unanimously passed an amendment to a government funding bill stripping senators swept up in the “Arctic Frost” investigation of the ability to sue the federal government for $500,000 in damages. The amendment will make passing the final spending bills in the Senate an uphill battle. It came the same day that former special […]
Welcome to the latest edition of Washington Secrets. Today, I get the lowdown on how anti-abortion activists prepare for arrest, how JD Vance sweet-talked the second lady into having a fourth child, and the odds of it being named Donald… Randall Terry has been arrested 50 times. By the time you read this, he will have […]
Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) said on Thursday that federal immigration enforcement agents are part of a “proto-militia that [President Donald] Trump is developing” during her first national interview since being sworn into office. Sherrill, a Democrat and former Navy helicopter pilot, took office Jan. 20 after a decisive 14-point victory centered on an affordability agenda. […]
