The former CIA officer accused of stealing more than $40 million worth of gold bars and stashing them inside his northern Virginia home was ordered detained as his criminal case moves forward, a federal judge ruled on Friday. U.S. Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick ordered that David Rush remain in detention following a hearing in federal […]

President Donald Trump said that Friday’s jobs report should result in additional market growth, a line he has consistently pushed during his 17 months back in office. On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that new payrolls jumped by 172,000 in May, more than double the expectations of economic analysts. The unemployment rate stayed […]

Welcome to Friday’s edition of Washington Secrets, your guide to power and politics in the nation’s capital. As usual, we review the president’s week with the help of our political strategists. That was a week of two halves for Donald Trump. He was barely spotted last weekend, and from Monday to Wednesday, his daily public […]

French President Emmanuel Macron is floating plans to woo President Donald Trump with a rare dinner at one of history’s most ornate palaces. Macron is already set to indulge the U.S. president at the Alpine spa resort of Evian-les-Bains from June 15 to 17, but two French officials familiar with the matter told Politico that […]