India’s Ministry of External Affairs released a statement on Friday bashing a comment from U.S. Vice President JD Vance in which he referred to foreign workers on the H-1B visa program as “indentured servants.” “We believe that such descriptions are unwarranted and ignore the fact that Indian professionals in the United States are highly educated […]

One of the survivors of the Fort Hood mass shooting in Texas nearly 17 years ago finds the Pentagon’s plan to livestream the firing squad execution of the perpetrator questionable. Nidal Hasan, 56, is set to be executed at Fort Hood at 1 p.m. local time on Dec. 3 — around the same time he […]

Former President Barack Obama has been increasing his involvement in the 2026 elections this week, lending his name to a new effort to boost Democrats‘ chances and endorsing a handful of candidates in battlegrounds. The former president appeared in a new series of digital ads for the Democratic National Committee aimed at driving voter turnout, […]

Welcome to Friday’s edition of Washington Secrets. If a friend sent you this and you’d like to sign up, CLICK HERE. As usual, today we run the rule over the president’s week with two political strategists. Plus, who did the chief executive of Anthropic label as “Benedict Arnolds?” As so often, you can rely on […]