Epstein Secrets

ling with him in the Middle East, including Missy Ryan. "It's time to move on and address the national

so on their borrowing binge when they had unified control of government during the first two years of the Trump presidency. This will forever taint Paul Ryan's legacy as speaker. To be sure, the Trump administration has proposed steep spending cuts in each of his budget blueprints, and some of the defici

on's hangar in Pensacola, Fla., on Nov. 5. He was forced out on Sunday as secretary of the Navy. (MI Schumaker/Navy/EPA-EFE/Rex) BY HOHMANN with Mariana Mara THE BIG IDEA: What makes America exceptional isn't any arsenal. It's moral authority. That's the upshot of Richard V. Spencer's Sunday letter to P

e Trump presidency. This will forever taint Paul Ryan's legacy as speaker. To be sure, the Trump admin

so on their borrowing binge when they had unified control of government during the first two years of the Trump presidency. This will forever taint Paul Ryan's legacy as speaker. To be sure, the Trump administration has proposed steep spending cuts in each of his budget blueprints, and some of the deficit

ity Leader Mitch McConnell, visits the Capitol in March for a lunch with the Republican caucus. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post) BY HOHMANN with Mariana Mara THE BIG IDEA: Mitch McConnell told President Trump privately last month that no politician has ever lost an election for spending more money. That

laments the president's remarkably resilient poll numbers despite constant controversies that she's convinced would cripple any other president. Bryan is more optimistic than his wife that Trump will lose in November 2020, but he's not excited about the crop of 2020 alternatives. "I'll wait until

Trump kisses Hope Hicks goodbye on her last day as White House communications director on March 29, 2018. (Andrew Harnik/AP) BY JAMES HOHMANN with Mariana Mara THE BIG IDEA: What emails about Ukraine does President Trump think, or hope, will never get out? During two interviews with FBI agents and members

"You see it almost daily. And I love the guy." Asked during a news conference on Saturday if he meant declining mentally or declining in the polls, Ryan declined repeatedly to answer. "I'm not backtracking from it," Ryan replied. "It is a concern you're hearing from a lot of people in the country, an

nie Sanders speaks on Saturday at the New Hampshire Democratic Party state convention in Manchester. (Gretchen Ertl/Reuters) BY JAMES HOHMANN with Mariana Mara THE BIG IDEA: MANCHESTER, N.H. - Several presidential candidates are offering to quench a thirst for generational change that, so far, has not mat

in-friendly Wagner Group, a security firm. Missy Ryan and Sudarsan Raghavan report: "Fathi Bashagha, wh

s at the Capitol on Friday. House investigators released the transcript of his deposition on Monday night. (Jose Luis Magana/AP) BY HOHMANN with Mariana Mara THE BIG IDEA: Holmes, the political counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, testified that he "vividly" remembers his July 26 lunch at a restaur