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Trump says U.S. wants Iran to hand over enriched uranium as mediators work on peace deal

President Trump said Thursday he will not let Iran keep its highly enriched uranium, a possible sticking point in negotiations to reach a lasting peace in the Middle East conflict.

Lawmakers try to fight Trump’s Anti-Weaponization Fund

A bipartisan effort to kill President Trump's recently released Anti-Weaponization Fund is reportedly brewing in the House as the White House and Republican leadership struggle to rein in dissent about the $1.776 billion money pool.

Lawmakers warn data protection rules don’t protect key sites, including White House and CIA

The Biden administration spent almost a year crafting regulations to block U.S. adversaries from buying commercial data gathered from cell phones at the federal government's most sensitive locations.

Trump rolls back refrigerant-chemical regs in bid to lower grocery prices

President Trump said Thursday that he is easing federal rules requiring companies to phase out certain chemicals used in commercial refrigeration.

Ringleader of Minnesota fraud gets 41 years in prison

Aimee Bock, who led a fraud that bilked the government of nearly a quarter-billion dollars, was sentenced Thursday to more than 41 years in prison.

Trump will ease refrigerant rule in a bid to address surging grocery costs

The Trump administration is set to loosen a federal rule that requires grocery stores and air-conditioning companies to reduce greenhouse gases used in cooling equipment, in what officials say is a push to lower grocery costs.

Former Detroit Mayor Duggan cites toxic political climate, suspending his run for Michigan governor

Former Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said Thursday that he is suspending his campaign for Michigan governor citing an increasingly "toxic" political climate due to President Donald Trump's war with Iran and skyrocketing gas prices.

Congressional Chats with Christopher Tremoglie: Rep. Matt Van Epps

It’s no secret that Democrats are the party of failed, horrendous border security policies and suppressing illegal immigration enforcement. They promoted policies that led to millions of illegal immigrants entering the country, many with violent criminal records, during the Biden administration, contributing to the murders of innocent American women Laken Riley, Rachel Morin, and Jocelyn […]

The death of kings: As a Cuban from Miami, I welcome Raul Castro’s indictment

Former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured and removed from Caracas, Venezuela, in an American operation called “Absolute Resolve” on Jan. 3. The next month, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the brutal supreme leader of Iran, was killed during a joint U.S.-Israeli operation. And on Wednesday, the United States indicted Fidel Castro’s […]

Freedom Conservatives plot a post-Trump Republican Party

Welcome to Thursday’s edition of Washington Secrets. We spent Wednesday getting our FreeCon or something, hanging out with one of the factions in the Republican Party preparing for what comes after Donald Trump. Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA) delivered a “fireside chat” — there was no fire or fireside — in which he said he wished […]

5 high-profile figures angling for ‘anti-weaponization fund’ money

The Department of Justice (DOJ) established a nearly $2 billion “anti-weaponization fund” on Monday through the settlement of a $10 billion lawsuit from President Trump against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The $1.776 billion fund is set to give payouts and issue “formal apologies” to those who seek compensation because they think the government wronged them. During...

Nearly 90 percent of Americans fear prices will keep rising: Survey

Nearly 9 in 10 Americans are worried that prices for everyday items will increase over the next three months, according to a new JD Power survey. The data analytics firm’s monthly consumer sentiment report, conducted in April, found that 46 percent of 4,000 respondents said they were “somewhat” worried that the prices of essentials will...

Jay Hurst nominated by Trump to be next Pentagon comptroller

President Trump is nominating Jules “Jay” Hurst III to become the full-time Pentagon comptroller, according to a Wednesday notification to Congress.  Hurst has been the acting Pentagon comptroller since August last year, supervising the Pentagon’s mammoth $1.5 trillion defense budget request, which includes $350 billion in a reconciliation package. Hurst, a former Army officer, would become the administration’s...

Meta becomes latest to settle social media addiction case ahead of June bellwether trial

Meta has settled a federal lawsuit over social media addiction just weeks before the bellwether trial was slated to start in June, joining three other technology firms that settled earlier this month. Meta and attorneys for the Breahitt County, K.Y., Board of Education, confirmed the settlement to The Hill Thursday, resolving claims that the Facebook...

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