Welcome to Friday’s edition of Washington Secrets. We bring you our usual rundown of the president’s week, with help from our two political strategists. A press secretary facing scrutiny for her qualifications. The knives are out for Donald Trump’s chief of staff. And a key ambassador is fired after a string of damaging headlines connected […]

The New York City chapter of Democratic Socialists of America is signaling plans to “stop” overseas arms shipments from John F. Kennedy International Airport. A new DSA “Break the Chain” campaign is having its first mass meeting on Saturday to discuss achieving “a people’s arms embargo” against Israel, according to the campaign’s website. The DSA […]

Projections for 11 more House seats have shifted in favor of the Democratic Party, as talks of a blue wave in the 2026 midterm elections have reached a crescendo. The Cook Political Report shifted 11 races nationwide, including three traditionally GOP seats that went from solid Republican to likely Republican. Five more GOP seats went […]

Russia fired airstrikes in about a third of Ukraine’s regions on Friday, as the two countries continue to exchange attacks on energy infrastructure following a week of tensions over the slowdown of Ukraine’s Starshield systems and President Donald Trump‘s declared energy ceasefire. Following Trump’s announcement of an energy infrastructure ceasefire on Sunday, both Ukrainian President […]