Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha slammed CNN for airing the Iranian state media’s televised address of someone reading a speech from the new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei. The remarks were the first time the public heard from Khamenei since he was elevated to supreme leader after his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed by United States and Israeli airstrikes. The younger […]

Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha said BlackRock CEO Larry Fink realized “alienating” half the country with diversity, equity, and inclusion policies hurt his company.  Concha highlighted other companies that also removed DEI policies, including Coca-Cola, Target, and Walmart.  “Any company, any business, any government position should be based on one cold, hard mandate: who’s the […]

The U.S. Trade Representative Office opened sweeping Section 301 investigations into 60 countries over their failures to ban the importation of goods produced with forced labor. Under the Trade Act, Section 301(b) targets unfair trade practices from abroad that are deemed unreasonable or discriminatory and burden or otherwise restrict U.S. commerce. The Trump administration believes […]

Welcome to Friday’s edition of Washington Secrets, when we hand over proceedings to two strategists for their take on the president’s week and what it all means. Donald Trump’s week has been dominated by the war in Iran (or “excursion” if you like), questions about who knew what about the strike that destroyed a school […]