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West Virginia Governor Morrisey Hopes to Lure Businesses Strangled by Radical VA Gov. Spanberger’s Overreach by Margaret Flavin May. 18, 2026 10:45 am West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey/Image: @wvgovernor/X After only a few months in office, Virginians are expressing displeasure with Virginia’s Democrat Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s tenure thus far. A Washington Post–George Mason University Schar

Welcome to Monday’s edition of Washington Secrets. Today we take a look at the return of Amy Kremer, longtime booster of Donald Trump, who is emerging as a player in the AI wars. Her outfit, Humans First, released a letter calling for careful regulation of the technology. But could she be the witting or unwitting

BALTIC DRONE SCARE: After the Whole Latvian Government Collapsed Over Stray Ukrainian Drone Strikes, Lithuania Is Also Finding Crashed Craft From Kiev by Paul Serran May. 18, 2026 10:30 am Ukrainian Raybird drone getting launched – Wiki Commons Stray Ukrainian drones everywhere. In the last weeks, an uptick in Ukrainian drone attacks has battered several

A judge cleared prosecutors to use Luigi Mangione’s diary and gun, found in his backpack, for use at his murder trial, but blocked other pieces of evidence from being used. In the latest development in Mangione’s state murder trial over the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, Judge Gregory Carro gave a split ruling.

A man convicted of murder decades ago is now charged in a shooting and robbery spree in Maryland that injured two people, according to multiple reports. Larry James Simpson, 68, is set to appear in Prince George’s County court Monday after police say he carjacked two vehicles and fired shots at multiple people on Friday

A man convicted of murder decades ago is now charged in a shooting and robbery spree in Maryland that injured two people, according to multiple reports. Larry James Simpson, 68, is set to appear in Prince George’s County court Monday after police say he carjacked two vehicles and fired shots at multiple people on Friday

Former EU Foreign Policy Chief Admits Bloc “Not Very Relevant” on World Stage by Robert Semonsen May. 18, 2026 10:15 am In an exceedingly rare moment of candor from within Europe’s own political establishment, former EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has stated that the European Union is quickly losing relevance on the geopolitical stage.

The Supreme Court tossed out federal court rulings in Mississippi and North Dakota on Monday over racial redistricting claims under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, weeks after the high court issued a landmark decision changing the standard for such legal challenges. The justices issued the pair of summary dispositions in an orders list

LIRR workers began picketing on Saturday after negotiations between their unions and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority reached an impasse. The strike caused all 11 branches of the LIRR to shut down, obfuscating the commutes of the railroad’s approximate 300,000 daily passengers on Monday morning. This is the first LIRR strike in over three decades. The

President Donald Trump’s approval rating continues to take a hit thanks to prices rising amid the Iran war, according to new polling. More than 60% of respondents said Trump’s decision to go to war was the wrong choice, according to a New York Times-Siena College poll. Among Republicans, however, just over 20% of respondents thought