Welcome to Wednesday’s Washington Secrets. Today, we offer a handy list of the shifting reasons for Donald Trump’s conflict in Iran, and we explain why Rubio is ready to “unleash Chiang” … You could hear the irritation as Marco Rubio addressed reporters, contempt dripping from every word. “Listen, let me explain to you guys this […]
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will hold a press briefing on Wednesday at 1 p.m. This will be her first briefing since the U.S.-Israel joint operation in Iran began over the weekend. PENTAGON IDENTIFIES FOUR US TROOPS KILLED IN IRAN CONFLICT President Donald Trump announced the operation in Iran over the weekend after launching […]
Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York said Tuesday that President Donald Trump needs to keep domestic politics in mind when engaging in foreign affairs, such as with Iran. York said he believes it’s not up to the United States to help every nation that “cannot handle its own affairs,” but the U.S. bears some responsibility when “we’re the ones […]
The House Ethics Committee launched an investigation into Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) over sordid allegations of an affair with a staff member. The committee announced it would be investigating “engaged in sexual misconduct towards an individual employed in his congressional office” and “discriminated unfairly by dispensing special favors or privileges.” The investigation will revolve around […]
The race between the Republican leader of the North Carolina Senate and his primary challenger remains too close to call, after residents cast their ballots in Tuesday’s election. Unofficial results showed just two votes separated incumbent lawmaker Phil Berger from Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page on Tuesday evening. With all precincts fully reported, Page received […]
NATO forces on Wednesday shot down an Iranian missile headed for Turkey, as the United States’s decision to target Tehran militarily continues to spark wider regional conflict. A spokesman for President Recep Erdogan said that the capacity to ensure Turkey’s security “is at the highest level.” A fragment of a preventive missile fell into an […]
Texas, North Carolina, and Arkansas led the country as the first states to hold 2026 primaries on Tuesday, with the results showing some tough outcomes for incumbent candidates. In Texas, the results that trickled in left Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) set to face a runoff election with state Attorney General Ken Paxton, as neither candidate […]
The United States and Ecuador launched joint military operations against “designated terrorist organizations” in the South American nation, U.S. Southern Command announced late Tuesday. In its statement, SOUTHCOM did not specify which terrorist organizations were being targeted — only that they were narco-terrorists. “We commend the men and women of the Ecuadorian armed forces for […]
Political donors are shattering attorney general fundraising records across the country as the candidates for top cop jobs draw increasing attention in their efforts to challenge federal policy and defend states’ jurisdiction. The Republican and Democratic Attorneys General Associations — the primary campaign arms for top state prosecutors — each broke their all-time annual fundraising records in 2025, raising […]
This week, the Senate unveiled revamped bipartisan housing legislation that it billed as a compromise between competing housing legislation in the House and the Senate. Here are the highlights of the measures included in the bill. The legislation is meant to boost the housing supply and ease the affordability crisis plaguing the nation. It would be the most significant […]
