Ex-ESPN anchor Sage Steele said she was told “not to” discuss certain political topics on social media when working at the network. Steele said that, when the story of athlete Riley Gaines speaking out against transgender swimmer Lia Thomas broke in 2022, she didn’t understand “from a journalistic perspective” why ESPN wasn’t covering the story, […]
The United Kingdom hosted a virtual summit Thursday with over three dozen countries seeking to establish a plan for reopening the Strait of Hormuz as a frustrated White House orders them to figure the issue out for themselves. The evening before the meeting, President Donald Trump told allies that, since the American military has finished […]
President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday, capping weeks of mounting frustration with her leadership at the Justice Department and escalating tensions over the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and politically sensitive prosecutions. Trump named Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche as her interim replacement. The decision follows a period in which […]
An appeals court upheld former Mesa County, Colorado, Clerk Tina Peters’s conviction, but ordered her resentencing. Peters was convicted in 2024 on state charges for her role in attempting to overturn the 2020 election and sentenced to eight and a half years in prison. Her imprisonment became a cause celebre for many on the Right, and […]
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he plans to sign an executive order “soon” to pay all employees of the Department of Homeland Security. Trump said in a post on Truth Social that while congressional Republicans are unified in passing legislation to fund the department, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha slammed musician Bruce Springsteen for living a luxurious life but trying to relate to average Americans, after the singer began his tour criticizing the Trump administration amid high ticket prices. Springsteen launched his political concert tour, “Land Of Hope And Dreams American Tour,” in Minneapolis on Tuesday. Concha compared Springsteen […]
President Donald Trump downplayed the bipartisan housing legislation that many congressional allies hope will ease the affordability worries plaguing voters, saying instead in an exclusive Washington Examiner interview that housing is “all about interest rates.” Trump said on a phone call Thursday morning that he was focused on more important priorities than the legislation, which the Senate passed last […]
Welcome to Thursday’s edition of Washington Secrets. Today, we analyze Donald Trump’s Iran speech and what it says about his ability to manipulate the media. Plus, will the Supreme Court become the model for the White House ballroom ceiling? And why are Republicans boosting a Democratic candidate in Nebraska? The pundits had assembled in panels […]
The National Capital Planning Committee, many members of which are Trump appointees, will hold a hearing to vote on President Donald Trump’s White House Ballroom plans. The vote will take place amid recent legal challenges to Trump’s plan. Earlier this week, a federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from moving forward with construction, arguing […]
Washington Examiner investigations editor Sarah Bedford said there is a lack of trust among Republican lawmakers in the House and Senate over how to end the partial government shutdown. Democrats have accused House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) of having “caved” to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) in the fight to fund the Department of […]
