An alleged meeting between Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and the billionaire owners of Detroit’s Ambassador Bridge isn’t sitting right with Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House oversight committee. Garcia launched an investigation Thursday into President Donald Trump’s move to block the new Gordie Howe International Bridge, which will also span from […]

New York Republicans have filed an emergency petition with the Supreme Court for a stay on a state court’s redistricting decision that jeopardizes New York City‘s only GOP district. In their emergency application directly to the federal Supreme Court, the state’s Republicans requested a stay of previous orders that ruled in favor of Democrats’ argument […]

Welcome to Secrets, your daily guide to who’s done what to whom and why. Friday brings our regular report card, plus more insight into why Donald Trump might be a problem for Nigel Farage. … This past week hewed to two new norms for President Donald Trump. On Monday and Tuesday, he kept out of […]

District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb said Thursday that his office is charging a landlord with the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act for running a “slumlord empire.” Schwalb alleged that Sam Razjooyan ran a “Ponzi-like” scheme by submitting false loan documents to trick lenders into granting him large loans to purchase rent-controlled properties […]