Welcome to Monday’s edition of Washington Secrets. We spent the weekend at the parties, receptions and after-parties that come with the White House correspondents’ dinner, in between an interlude under a table. Today we bring you details of how it all went down, including one official who won praise for his calmness in a crisis, […]

The National Republican Congressional Committee on Monday announced eight additional candidates to its target list as Republicans seek to defend their House majority ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.  The candidate program, recently rebranded from the Young Guns initiative to the MAGA Majority, aims at boosting contenders in battleground districts who align themselves with President […]

Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH) is downplaying signs that his possible general election competitor, former Democratic Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, is gaining momentum, as the latter ended the first quarter with double the cash on hand.  Husted, who was appointed by Gov. Mike DeWine (R-OH) to fill the seat left vacant by Vice President JD Vance […]

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) unveiled a new congressional map in an effort to draw out four Democratic House seats less than a week after Virginia passed a referendum to draw out four GOP seats. Under the new proposal, only four seats out of 28 would lean in favor of Democrats, according to the draft proposal. […]