White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will host a White House news briefing at 1 p.m.  The briefing comes amid the funding battle for the Department of Homeland Security and the war in Iran intensifies. TRUMP STATES ‘PREFERENCE’ TO TAKE OIL FROM IRAN LIKE WITH VENEZUELA The briefing is also likely to cover President Donald […]

The leader of Taiwan’s conservative opposition party will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping ahead of the U.S.-China summit in May. Cheng Li-wun, leader of the Kuomingtang, “gladly” accepted an invitation to speak with Xi in Beijing next month — promising to use the opportunity to advocate cross-strait peace. “We want to prove to the […]

Second lady Usha Vance unveiled her new story time podcast of reading children’s stories on Monday. The podcast, Storytime with the Second Lady, features either her reading books or inviting a special guest to read, and is part of her initiative to increase childhood literacy rates. Three episodes, approximately 10 minutes long, have been released […]

Welcome to a new week of Washington Secrets. We are in a reflective mood today, looking back at CPAC and why the big divides were such a small story in the end. (It comes down to demographics.) Plus, we have an exclusive for you with news that Greg Bovino, Border Patrol’s immigration enforcer before his […]