A new Justice Department opinion could give President Donald Trump a stronger legal basis to shield his communications with private advisers from congressional scrutiny if Democrats regain control of the House in November and win back their ability to lead investigations into the Trump administration. The Office of Legal Counsel quietly posted the 21-page memorandum […]
The Trump administration has awarded a second federal contract to legally represent unaccompanied immigrant children in court to an organization whose former leader was accused in federal court of human trafficking. The Department of Health and Human Services’s Office of Refugee Resettlement announced late last week the award of a $158 million contract to Our […]
Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Mike Lee (R-UT) urged the Pentagon on Monday to make President Donald Trump’s restrictions on stock buybacks for defense contractors permanent. The lawmakers urged War Secretary Pete Hegseth to support their Prioritizing the Warfighter in Defense Contracting Act, which would codify key provisions of Trump’s January executive order, such as tying executive […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha said socialist candidates are increasingly taking control of the Democratic Party’s political coalition, arguing that the party’s establishment is facing a generational shift. Concha weighed in on the Democratic Party and its internal divisions between establishment and progressive wings. He predicted that more major American cities will elect socialist candidates, […]
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he was exploring ways for the federal government to forcibly end New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s pied-a-terre tax, which targets second homes. The president wrote on Truth Social that the tax “is costing New York City and State a fortune in that the money, eventually to be gotten, […]
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has rejected repeated calls to apologize to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi over offensive and disrespectful comments he made on a comedy podcast in early July regarding an exchange at the leaders’ recent meeting. Albanese appeared to gesture in front of his chest while discussing a gift of Japanese melons […]
Russia freed former U.S. Marine Robert Gilman upon the urging of U.S. officials so he could receive medical care in the United States. Gilman, 32, was released after 1,666 days in prison, having been arrested on Jan. 17, 2022. Eric Lebson, chief strategy officer of Global Reach, an advocacy group for Americans imprisoned abroad representing […]
Welcome to Tuesday’s edition of Washington Secrets. Last week, RFK Jr. took decisive action against an organ procurement organization, detailing cases in which potential donors woke up or showed signs of consciousness on the operating table. Yet, as we show, concerns about the 55 nonprofit groups that procure organs run much deeper than that. Plus, […]
Over 10 customers have signed up for Truth Social’s new Truth API program, which offers paid subscribers the “fastest” access to posts in real-time, within the first two weeks of the product’s launch. APIs, or application programming interfaces, allow firms and businesses that would benefit from early access to influential social media posts to have […]
A New York judge presiding over Luigi Mangione’s state murder case has granted the defense lawyers’ request for unrestricted media access to the criminal defendant’s upcoming trial. At a court hearing on Tuesday, Judge Gregory Carro determined that an overflow room could be used to allow the press and the public to attend the state […]
