Welcome to Wednesday’s edition of Washington Secrets. If a friend sent you this and you’d like to sign up, CLICK HERE. With the world getting excited about next week’s midterm convention in Dallas, we have a reminder that wars are won and lost with local skirmishes. Plus, Nigel Farage is making a trip to Washington, and Scott […]

The Dallas Police Department announced Tuesday that it will shut down hundreds of Flock cameras after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) directed state agencies to halt funding for the automated license plate readers, citing concerns over privacy and Fourth Amendment rights. “Three hundred twenty-one Flock cameras currently supported through affected state grant funding will no […]

Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico released a new advertisement on Wednesday, tearing into his competitor, state Attorney General Ken Paxton, for dodging the Democrat’s invitations to debate. Talarico challenged Paxton to three televised debates for the weeks leading up to the general election, but said the Republicans’ “billionaire handlers won’t let their favorite puppet […]

The Justice Department is expanding its antitrust investigation into the U.S. beef industry to include eight major grocery chains, seeking information about whether retailers have engaged in price manipulation as beef prices reach record levels. The DOJ announced Tuesday that it sent letters to Kroger, Publix, Walmart, Albertsons, Aldi, Ahold Delhaize USA, Costco, and Amazon […]