Seen, Heard and Whispered
Written by Alex Swoyer, "Seen, Heard & Whispered” is a weekly column taking you inside the conversations happening in Washington’s power corridors, the moves being made and the whispers that explain what’s really going on in the nation’s capital. Email tips to whispered@washingtontimes.com
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Seen, Heard & Whispered: An ally’s attacks, a fairground fete, and an ‘invasion’ workaround
A political strategist's daily attacks on Trump's Iran strategy have his allies asking questions, Mike Davis takes his Article III party to the Iowa State Fair, and Sen. Jim Banks eyes an "invasion" declaration to get around the Supreme Court's birthright citizenship ruling.
‘I don’t work for the Senate’: Tuberville breaks from GOP talking points on election bill
Tommy Tuberville had enough of his party's spin, tossing the GOP's election-bill talking points straight in the trash. Meanwhile, Scott Presler's volunteers are combing Pennsylvania's voter rolls for noncitizens, and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson tells Michelle Obama about the first date with her husband that she nearly walked out on.
Faith under fire: White House sounds alarm on global persecution
Paula White-Cain, director of the White House Faith Office, says 344 million people of faith will be persecuted this year around the globe -- a number she said far outstrips things such as heart attacks and cancer deaths.
Republicans want Jack Smith investigated after new Arctic Frost revelations
Jack Smith, the former special counsel who pursued President Trump in two criminal cases, may find himself on the scales of justice now that Republicans say they've found evidence he lied to Congress.
Justice Scalia defended attacks on his landmark religious-liberty opinion, a new document shows
A newly surfaced Scalia letter defends his landmark religious-liberty ruling, conservatives vow to fight the birthright citizenship decision, and South Florida women warn of illegal immigrants using dating apps to secure green cards.
New audio brings America’s boldest revolutionary women back to life
The Washington Times launches a new audio series, NPR's Nina Totenberg issues a mea culpa over a botched Supreme Court retirement report, and Helios Media adds a new show to its roster.
Lara Trump backs Steve Hilton for California governor, says the state is finally waking up
Lara Trump rallies for a California Republican, Gabbard and Bondi catch up, and The Washington Times hosts a naval power forum.
Seen, Heard & Whispered: Conservative pressure, Biden missteps and GOP power moves
Conservatives push DOJ to prosecute Dobbs-era protesters, the Bidens rehire a controversial spokesman, and GOP operatives make moves in Trump-era Washington.
No plan, no talks, no answers: Senate GOP is unprepared for a birthright citizenship loss
Republican senators apparently have no Plan B if the Supreme Court sides against President Trump's order to end birthright citizenship this month.
Mollie Hemingway predicts Justice Alito won’t retire before overturning religious precedent
Mollie Hemingway says Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. won't retire until the Supreme Court overturns a roughly 30-year-old religious liberty precedent.
‘Podium Guy’ seeks $5 million from Anti-Weaponization Fund
"Podium Guy," who was infamously photographed carrying then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's lectern through the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, has asked the Department of Justice to pay him $5 million.
Trump allies explore, consider the new Anti-Weaponization Fund
John Eastman is deciding whether to file a claim under the new Anti-Weaponization Fund.
Jack Smith likely heading back to Capitol Hill to face GOP grilling this summer
From Jack Smith's looming reckoning to a Cabinet of winners, energy dominance over Iran and a DHS secretary's unlikely road to redemption -- Trump's second act is rewriting nearly every story from the first.
Monica Crowley says Trump won 2020 in a landslide and proof is coming
A Trump ally promises evidence the 2020 election was stolen, a Supreme Court justice celebrates America's "radical" founding ideas, and a Cabinet secretary recalls playing Santa for a veteran.
Did Obama’s roast really launch Trump’s political career? Lara Trump says not so fast
It's long been conventional wisdom among Washington politicos that the seeds of President Trump's White House aspirations were sown when he attended the 2011 White House Correspondents' Dinner.
