Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced legislation Friday that would prohibit the federal government from using Flock Safety’s automated license plate reader cameras and cut off federal funding for state and local governments that use the technology. The legislation, dubbed the Ban Flock Act, would bar federal […]

For the first time in the ceremony’s history, the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony will not be held at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and will instead by held at Washington, D.C.’s Capital One Arena. This year’s annual ceremony, scheduled for Dec. 7, 2026, will take place in the downtown arena, which […]

White House border czar Tom Homan on Wednesday questioned why some Republicans are distancing themselves from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s deportation operations, telling them to meet with the agency about their concerns. Several GOP candidates in competitive races for reelection, including Reps. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), recently released […]

Welcome to Friday’s edition of Washington Secrets, with your guide to who is up and who is down this week. Your usual scribe, Rob Crilly, is traversing the plains of Kansas today, so this is Chris Irvine pinch-hitting. If a friend sent you this and you’d like to sign up, CLICK HERE. As usual, we run […]