President Donald Trump called on Republicans to replace Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough on Wednesday after she blocked an effort to include funding for his White House ballroom in an appropriations bill. Earlier this week, reports indicated that Trump called Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and demanded MacDonough be fired, though Thune resisted. The White […]
Welcome to Wednesday’s edition of Washington Secrets. We’ll be at the Freedom Conservatism conference in D.C., so do say hello if you are there. Today, we look at one wrinkle in Team Trump’s dominance on Tuesday night, more turmoil at the British embassy, and how JD Vance did in his briefing room audition. You will […]
The two suspects in a shooting at a mosque in San Diego who killed three people praised other religious-inspired shootings in an alleged manifesto, as well as spewing hatred toward Jews, Islam, and women. Cain Clark, 17, and Caleb Vazquez, 18, are reportedly the two suspects who charged into the Islamic Center of San Diego […]
President Donald Trump, fresh off his unseating of Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) Tuesday night, voiced support for Spencer Pratt‘s Los Angeles mayoral campaign but stopped short of endorsing the fellow reality television star. Pratt, a registered Republican who formerly starred on MTV’s The Hills, is running as an independent in the race and has made […]
Janeese Lewis George holds a narrow lead over Kenyan McDuffie in Washington, D.C.’s crowded Democratic mayoral primary, according to a new poll released just weeks before the election. A City Cast DC survey found Lewis George leading McDuffie 39% to 34% among Democratic voters, while no other candidate in the seven-person field surpassed 7% support. […]
The Senate Budget Committee advanced the reconciliation bill to fund immigration enforcement after a vote along party lines. The bill aims to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, which were excluded from budget negotiations under a deal to end the most recent government shutdown. Democrats voiced their usual protests over the […]
President Donald Trump joked on Wednesday that he would have won California if “Jesus Christ had come down” and counted the votes because of GOP support from Hispanic voters in 2024. Trump made the comments when asked about Spencer Pratt’s run for mayor of Los Angeles, California. “I’d like to see him do well. He’s […]
President Donald Trump is delivering the keynote commencement speech at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in Connecticut on Wednesday morning. Trump is expected to address students at 11 a.m. His remarks at the graduation, which is being held at Cadet Memorial Field in New London, mark his first visit to the Constitution State since his […]
Two incumbent Georgia Supreme Court justices won their elections Tuesday, fending off challengers who were backed by high-profile Democrats. Incumbent justices Charles Bethel and Sarah Warren, who were appointed to the court by then-GOP Gov. Nathan Deal in 2018, defeated attorney Miracle Rankin and former Democratic state Sen. Jen Jordan (D-GA). Warren and Bethel also […]
Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York criticized President Donald Trump’s management of the Republican Party, calling out Trump’s endorsement of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R). “The president has done a favor for [James] Talarico and the Democrats in Texas,” York said on The Hugh Hewitt Show on Tuesday, hinting that Paxton, a candidate […]
