Vice President JD Vance took a shot at another speculated 2028 presidential candidate, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), during a rally in Iowa on Friday. “A lot of people who run spend 20 years learning how to say nothing,” Vance told a crowd on Friday in Council Bluffs. “Some politicians are very good at it — […]
The Justice Department concluded Friday that the federal government cannot criminally enforce a prohibition on licensed dealers selling handguns to law-abiding adults ages 18-20 because the restriction violates the Second Amendment. The department’s Office of Legal Counsel said in a 49-page opinion that young adults are among the people whose right to keep and bear […]
President Donald Trump is set to make an announcement related to Medicaid reform from the White House on Friday at 2:30 p.m. WASHINGTON SECRETS — AI LEADERS FIND A NEW MESSAGE FOR TRUMP: YOUR BILLIONS ARE IN DANGER WITHOUT GUARDRAILS Trump is expected to announce a “most favored nation” pricing plan for some drugs covered […]
Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Hasan Piker has a right to his own opinions, but people are also free and obligated to call out speech they consider hateful. Piker, a popular Twitch political streamer who has become a visible figure on the Democratic Party’s left flank, has campaigned and appeared with progressive candidates ahead […]
The United Nations lamented the “declining” state of “gender equality” worldwide in a Thursday report that blamed its loss of government funds for the backslide. Agencies across the U.N. are reporting “actual or anticipated weakening of their gender equality efforts” among other setbacks stemming from government agencies pulling back taxpayer funds from the international body, […]
Days after Canada agreed to pursue an ill-defined and counterintuitive “associate membership” with the European Union, the continental alliance is handing out further invitations to countries on the other side of the world. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen invited Canada on Wednesday to join the 27-nation bloc as its first associate member, framing […]
Democratic Senate nominee Abdul el Sayed said he and former Vice President Kamala Harris have discussed the fallout from the Biden administration’s Gaza policy as the two prepare to campaign together in Michigan next week. Harris’s appearance with el Sayed will be their first joint campaign event since she endorsed him after his August primary […]
The U.S. Institute of Peace’s former board members filed an emergency motion Thursday to block President Donald Trump’s name from being engraved into the building. The State Department renamed the institution in Washington after Trump in December 2025. At the time, the president’s name was added to the building’s exterior in removable silver lettering. The […]
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), a former physician, reflected on his vote to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary as Cassidy finishes out his final months as a U.S. senator, refusing to say whether he regrets the crucial vote. The Louisiana senator, who lost his reelection primary after President Donald Trump endorsed his challenger, […]
Welcome to Friday’s edition of Washington Secrets. If a friend sent you this and you’d like to sign up, CLICK HERE. As usual, we run the rule over Donald Trump’s week, and we celebrate the New York Times reaching 175 years of age with an “editor’s note” for the ages, plus we ask whether AOC would even want […]
