Welcome back to Washington Secrets. Our tame strategist and pollster are back from their New Year break to run the rule over Donald Trump and his first weeks of 2026. Now there’s just time to hunker down for the winter storm that is rolling in. This will be a pivotal year. Democrats head into midterm elections […]

President Donald Trump’s agenda to beautify the country’s capital ahead of the United States’s 250th anniversary of independence is taking shape just across from the White House.  In keeping with Trump’s January executive order, the National Park Service is renovating aspects of at least 18 historic structures and monuments across Washington, D.C., including Lafayette Square. […]

Venezuela’s government, led by acting President Delcy Rodriguez, has advanced reforms to open its state-controlled oil sector to foreign and private investors. Venezuela’s National Assembly backed legislation on Thursday that would reduce state dominance and grant oil companies greater control to operate fields and market output independently.  To make these ventures more attractive, the plan […]

The following is an installment of “On This Day,” a series celebrating America’s 250th anniversary by following the actions of Gen. George Washington, the Continental Congress, and the men and women whose bravery and sacrifice led up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Jan. 23, 1776 Gen. George Washington writes a letter to […]