Welcome to Tuesday’s edition of Washington Secrets, lifting the curtain on power and politics in the capital. Today, we look at whether a right-wing talk show host has the secret formula for getting Republicans elected in one of the bluest cities in the country, and the options facing Donald Trump on “infrastructure day.” No Republican […]

President Donald Trump’s threat of strikes against Iranian power plants would not only devastate the country but also would impact several regional players. Destroying Iran’s power plants would disable its electrical grid for months or possibly years. But Iran also supplies several neighbors with electricity. In recent years, the main recipient of Iranian electricity has […]

President Donald Trump’s new executive order on mail-in voting is offering the clearest explanation yet for why the Justice Department has spent months aggressively seeking access to state voter rolls, while also triggering a sweeping legal challenge from Democrat-led states. Twenty-three Democratic states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit on Friday, just days […]

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is unlikely to move legislation ending a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security until Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) kickstarts the party-line budget reconciliation process to pass another megabill. A source familiar told the Washington Examiner that Johnson wants to see progress on reconciliation before passing a deal […]