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Welcome to Wednesday’s Washington Secrets. With the rest of the city’s press corps going gaga over the royal visitor, today we bring you not so much a “secret” as a rebuke hidden in plain sight. Plus, how Winston Churchill’s White House antics led to the purchase of Blair House so guests could stay across the

State Department to Issue Limited-Edition Passports Featuring President Trump’s Portrait and Signature for America’s 250th Birthday by Cassandra MacDonald Apr. 29, 2026 10:40 am The State Department has announced it will issue a limited run of specially designed passports featuring President Donald Trump to commemorate America’s upcoming 250th anniversary. Trump will be the first living

April 29, 2026 11:39 AM ET OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma was sentenced in a New Jersey federal court on Tuesday to pay over $5 billion in criminal penalties for “fueling” the U.S.’ opioid epidemic. From 2007 and 2017, Purdue unlawfully promoted its opioid products to hundreds of prescribers it had reason to suspect were issuing

Andy Serkis and Jonathan Cavendish, Animal Farm director and Imaginarium Studios business partner, respectively, pushed back against critics who have said their animated film was anti-capitalist. “I love criticism — if it’s constructive and interesting,” Cavendish said to a room full of journalists having lunch Thursday. “There’s a huge triumph of capitalism centrally in the

Vermont Christian School Banned from All Competitions for Standing Up for Girls Wins $566K in Damages by Margaret Flavin Apr. 29, 2026 10:20 am Image: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license./ Author: Tdorante10 A Christian school that was punished for refusing to play against a transathlete has won a settlement from the State of

Customers who purchased health insurance from Blue Cross Blue Shield Association may soon begin receiving payments from a $2.6 billion antitrust settlement resolving claims that the insurer restricted competition and drove up premiums.  Individuals and businesses that bought certain BCBS health insurance or administrative service plans between 2008 and 2020 may qualify. That includes people

Two Jewish people were stabbed in London on Wednesday, the latest in a series of antisemitic attacks plaguing the city. The two victims, who are reportedly in the hospital with severe injuries, were attacked on the street in the Jewish section of Golders Green, London Mayor Sadiq Khan said. Surveillance footage published online shows the

Georgia voters turned out in record numbers on the first day of early voting for the primary elections, with day-one turnout increasing by 29% compared to the last midterm elections. On the first day of early voting, 35,352 Georgians cast ballots this year, up from 27,298 on the first day of early voting in 2022 and 9,266

Bondi was subpoenaed in early April to be deposed as part of the committee’s investigation into the Jeffrey Epstein files, but did not comply because she was fired by President Donald Trump and therefore could not testify in her official capacity as attorney general.  The oversight committee’s top Democrat, Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), told reporters

When David Becker applied for his dream job as a lawyer at the Department of Justice’s Voting Section, he never thought he would actually get it—not because he was a bad lawyer, but because it was among the most sought-after jobs in the country. “It was one of the most in-demand jobs,” Becker, now the