Former West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin is spearheading an effort to elect independent candidates through his Independent Leadership Council. ​The council’s stated purpose is to strategize ways to elect independent candidates in competitive elections, and comes amid a recent Gallup poll that found a record 45% of Americans identify as political independents. ​Manchin’s political experiment […]

Justice Elena Kagan pushed back this week on criticism of the Supreme Court for ruling in favor of the Trump administration, citing the multiple instances in which the majority on the high court pushed back on President Donald Trump in several high-profile cases last term. Kagan, who was appointed to the high court in 2010 […]

Welcome to Friday’s edition of Washington Secrets, where we are readying for the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner redux. It is meant, in part, to be a celebration of the First Amendment, so will anyone bring up the president’s attempt to subpoena New York Times reporters to find out their sources? In the meantime, we […]

Love is in the air at the Vance household, as second lady Usha Vance shared photos with Vice President JD Vance Friday of their new family of six.  “Thank you for all the good wishes as we settle into life as a family of six” Usha said on X. “Meet Alec — and enjoy these […]