A lawsuit seeking to block President Donald Trump’s planned UFC event on the White House South Lawn has ignited debate over how presidents use the executive mansion’s grounds. The lawsuit, filed by a political activist and military veteran from Virginia, argues the administration improperly authorized Saturday’s “UFC Freedom 250” event under rules intended for the […]
First lady Melania Trump touted the launch of a “Fostering the Future” savings account initiative with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday morning. The accounts are the latest tactic from the Trump administration to tackle the affordability crisis, an issue that has dominated this year’s midterm elections, and builds on the GOP tax law Republicans […]
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) blasted Vice President JD Vance and former U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi over an alleged cover-up of Epstein files. The Epstein files consist of more than 3.5 million pages of records, gathered by the FBI and the Department of Justice, as part of their investigation into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey […]
The European Central Bank became the first central bank to raise interest rates over inflation brought by the war with Iran. The bank announced on Thursday that it was raising three key ECB interest rates by 25 basis points to keep inflation under control at 2% in the medium term. The ECB was a natural […]
The man who was charged with the political assassinations of a top Minnesota Democrat and her husband pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday, following a plea agreement in which he would not face the death penalty. On June 14, 2025, Vance Boelter was charged with murdering Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark […]
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries cut the expected global oil demand for 2026 again on Thursday. OPEC’s June report showed a slightly downward trend in forecasted oil demand worldwide for the rest of the year, releasing the report during a heightened week of tensions in the war between the United States, Israel, and […]
Welcome to Thursday’s Washington Secrets, where we are World Cup-ready. A team hat is in the mail, and our wall chart is ready to go. In the meantime, we spent yesterday with conservative supporters of Ukraine as they pondered how to push back against pro-Russia voices on the Right. But there are signs that the […]
Michigan’s new Gordie Howe International Bridge on Thursday faced further delays in opening, amid Washington’s feud with Canada over the massive infrastructure project. The 1.5-mile-long crossing will connect Detroit to Ontario, with its half-mile span over the Detroit River making it the longest of any cable-stayed bridge in North America. President Donald Trump has railed […]
The Trump administration has tracked down 146,000 unaccompanied migrant children who came over the U.S.-Mexico border during the Biden administration and were lost after the government released them to unvetted sponsors, according to senior officials. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin announced on Thursday a massive increase in the number […]
Vice President JD Vance’s chief of staff, Jacob Reses, will depart the Trump administration by the end of summer, according to multiple reports on Thursday. Reses began working as Vance’s chief of staff since President Donald Trump reentered the White House in January 2025, but he has been by the vice president’s side since he […]
