Crews have put up scaffolding ahead of the Friday deadline to take President Donald Trump’s name off the Kennedy Center. WHO IS MORE DESPERATE FOR A DEAL: TRUMP OR IRAN? A federal judge ordered last month that his name must come off the building, and renovation plans that would’ve closed the center for two years […]
The bystander who was struck during a Secret Service-involved shooting near the White House last month has been identified as a soldier. The 25-year-old victim, Benjamin Del Real, was shot near a Secret Service checkpoint on May 23. He was touring Washington as the gunfight broke out. It remains unclear if he was wounded by […]
President Donald Trump tapped Jay Clayton as his pick to be the next director of national intelligence on Thursday after facing pushback over his recent choice to fill the acting role, Bill Pulte. If confirmed by the Senate, Clayton would take over the office of the permanent director from Tulsi Gabbard, who resigned in late […]
A federal judge maintained a block on the Department of Justice’s $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund Friday, despite the DOJ claiming they have abandoned the planned fund aimed at compensating allies of President Donald Trump and others who say they were politically targeted by the DOJ during the Biden administration. U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema, an appointee of former […]
At least one person is dead, and 10 are injured from an active shooter situation on Friday in Midland, Texas, Mayor Lori Blong said. Shots were heard coming from a building near West Wall St., according to authorities. There was only one known suspect involved, and the motivations behind the shooting are unknown. The investigation […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha praised comedian Jerry Seinfeld for telling off an anti-Israel influencer after a New York Knicks game Wednesday. “He’s just going to say what he feels and good for him for just blowing off these ridiculous people when all he wants to do is just enjoy the next Knicks championship,” Concha […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha said Democrats should be thanking tech billionaires such as Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos for creating “millions of jobs” through their businesses. “You could tax them out the wazoo but it does not matter,” Concha said on Fox Business’s Evening Edit Thursday. “What they’re producing for the American people … […]
Welcome to Friday’s Washington Secrets, where we are gearing up for the United States Men’s National Team (is that the worst nickname in soccer?) to take on Paraguay (La Albirroja or “The White and Red”) at the World Cup tonight. As usual, we bring you our review of the president’s week with our two political […]
A federal appeals court upheld Friday the fraud conviction and prison sentence of Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the failed FTX cryptocurrency exchange. His appeal loss came days after he applied for a presidential pardon to wipe his criminal record. In November 2023, a New York federal jury convicted Bankman-Fried on all seven counts of […]
The U.S. Navy is escorting ships through the Strait of Hormuz despite the threat from Iran, guiding more than 20 crude oil carriers on some nights, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said. Some are ultra-large tankers that hold 2 million barrels of crude, Burgum said Friday on CNBC. The comments add detail to the claims made […]
