The House Republican leadership is pushing for a second party-line reconciliation bill and plan to discuss it at their upcoming policy retreat in Doral, Florida, next week. Sources close to GOP leadership told the Washington Examiner that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is pursuing the effort. A second megabill reflecting the GOP’s tax and spending priorities […]

Welcome to Friday’s edition of Washington Secrets. Today, we run the rule over the president’s week, and there’s good news for Republicans thinking about the midterm elections. Was that the most consequential week of Donald Trump’s second term? He announced strikes on Iran with a video posted in the early hours of Saturday morning, and […]

The Department of Justice released additional Epstein files on Thursday, including uncorroborated accusations from a woman claiming she was sexually assaulted by President Donald Trump. Last week, Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, claimed there were missing files from the government release in January. The DOJ claimed […]

Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York said the partial government shutdown over the Department of Homeland Security funding is “absolutely crazy.” York questioned how long the partial government shutdown can continue when the country’s transportation system is not funded.  “We’ve talked about government shutdowns in the past, and this is not that. It’s essentially […]