Democratic Senate nominee Abdul el Sayed said he and former Vice President Kamala Harris have discussed the fallout from the Biden administration’s Gaza policy as the two prepare to campaign together in Michigan next week. Harris’s appearance with el Sayed will be their first joint campaign event since she endorsed him after his August primary […]

The U.S. Institute of Peace’s former board members filed an emergency motion Thursday to block President Donald Trump’s name from being engraved into the building. The State Department renamed the institution in Washington after Trump in December 2025. At the time, the president’s name was added to the building’s exterior in removable silver lettering. The […]

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), a former physician, reflected on his vote to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary as Cassidy finishes out his final months as a U.S. senator, refusing to say whether he regrets the crucial vote. The Louisiana senator, who lost his reelection primary after President Donald Trump endorsed his challenger, […]

Welcome to Friday’s edition of Washington Secrets. If a friend sent you this and you’d like to sign up, CLICK HERE. As usual, we run the rule over Donald Trump’s week, and we celebrate the New York Times reaching 175 years of age with an “editor’s note” for the ages, plus we ask whether AOC would even want […]