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. […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Ukrainian, U.S., and Russian officials would be holding trilateral talks in the United Arab Emirates on Friday and Saturday. Zelensky made the announcement at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. It would be the first meeting of its kind involving the United States since the war began. WHO […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) fired back at Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday by posting a meme parodying the secretary’s description of the governor. Bessent described Newsom as a cross between Patrick Bateman, the main character of American Psycho, played by Christian Bale, and “Sparkle Beach Ken,” the clueless boyfriend of Barbie, during a speech […]
France seized a sanctioned Russian oil tanker in the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday, escalating its efforts to crack down on Russia’s financing of its war in Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron announced the seizure in a post on X, along with a picture of a military helicopter hovering above a ship. He said the vessel […]
TOLEDO, Ohio — Vice President JD Vance implored residents in his home state of Ohio to continue putting their trust in the Trump administration’s ability to lower the price of everyday goods, which he branded “the great American comeback,” ahead of the November midterm elections. Speaking at the Midwest Terminals shipping facility in northwest Ohio, […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized his fellow European leaders for making little progress in helping end the war and expanding their national defenses in a fiery speech at the Davos World Economic Forum. “Europe loves to discuss the future, but avoids taking action today, action that defines what kind of future we will have. That […]
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on Thursday morning that the Justice Department arrested a “key” suspect involved in the storming of a Minnesota church service over the weekend by anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protesters. The DOJ previously teased federal charges against the people who disrupted Sunday service at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, earlier […]
Inflation rose one-tenth of a percentage point to 2.8% for the year ending in November 2025, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday in an update to the personal consumption expenditures index, which is the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge. Thursday’s report is the last the Fed will receive before it votes on interest rates next week. […]
Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York pointed to what he described as “classic Trump” strategies that helped secure a deal regarding Greenland. President Donald Trump announced he “will not be imposing the Tariffs that were scheduled to go into effect on February 1st” as a result of a framework deal with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte. […]
