It is crunch week for lawmakers on Capitol Hill working to pass bipartisan housing legislation, but there is much uncertainty given differences with the legislation in the House and the Senate. Last week, the House released a revised version of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, housing legislation that already passed the Senate in […]

Welcome to Tuesday’s edition of Washington’s Secrets. Today, Vice President JD Vance is due up to take his turn in the White House briefing room, and we ask whether his position as President Donald Trump’s explainer in chief puts him in an awkward position, more vulnerable to being undercut by the president than, say, Secretary […]

Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of U.S. Central Command, is appearing before the House Armed Services Committee on Tuesday at 10 a.m. IRAN THINKS TRUMP IS BLUFFING, EVEN AS IT BRACES FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF PUNISHING U.S. AIRSTRIKES Cooper, the area commander overseeing the Iran war, is expected to face questions from the committee on the […]

Vice President JD Vance will get behind the podium on Tuesday to host his first White House press briefing since press secretary Karoline Leavitt left for maternity leave. Vance will have a tough act to follow after Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosted the first guest briefing and earned widespread praise for his composure and […]