Welcome to Washington Secrets, where we saw a full 15 minutes of last night’s State of the Union. Instead we went deep inside the resistance to bring you a dispatch from the frontline in the nation’s war of absurdity, and a night earlier, we tucked into fish and chips (and “Turner Tonic” cocktails) in order […]

The United Kingdom is pausing the planned secession of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius following a rebuke from the Trump administration. Foreign Office minister Hamish Falconer announced on Wednesday that the British government is “pausing for discussions with our American counterparts” after the United States expressed deep concern for the future of Diego Garcia — a […]

The new head of the New York City Department of Social Services, hired by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, will lean on her prior experience with addressing homeless encampments in the Pittsburgh area. Erin Dalton previously led the social services department in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, where she helped reduce homeless encampments by working with outreach partners without […]

The Justice Department appealed a court ruling on Tuesday blocking the Trump administration from penalizing Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) for urging military members to disobey “illegal orders.”  The DOJ filed the appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on behalf of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and the U.S. Navy. […]