Epstein Secrets

will feature opening and closing statements and two hours of debate time each night ... While candidates will not officially learn if they make the Detroit stage until July 17, Tuesday's call with the 20-plus Democratic campaigns was held to help them prepare for the debate should their respective cand

Barr will not recuse himself from the current prosecution of Epstein, but he will not engage in "any retrospective review" of the 2008 plea deal. Matt Zapotosky reports: "Barr had telegraphed at his confirmation hearing in January that he might have to step aside from any Justice Department reviews of Epste

Biden for not embracing Medicare-for-all, providing a preview of how hard he planned to go after Biden if given the opportunity." -- The debate in Detroit could be a season finale for as many as half the candidates who have made the stage, as they struggle to meet the higher qualification Page 16713

was "concerned for new victims" and that Epstein's alleged sexual conduct with young girls "appears likely to be uncontrollable." (Renae Merle and Matt Zapotosky) 5. She famously flipped off the president. Now Juli Briskman is running for the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors. (Petula Dvorak) 6. Big Bird

ard in Otisville in Orange County, according to court records." Joe Biden speaks Wednesday at a candidate forum at the NAACP National Convention in Detroit. (Carlos Osorio/AP) 2020 WATCH: -- Former vice president Joe Biden tore into Sens. Cory Booker (D- N.J.) and Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) in a shift t

"He frequently asked lawmakers to repeat their questions, saying that he could not hear them or that they were speaking too fast," Devlin Barrett, Matt Zapotosky, Rosalind S. Helderman and Karoun Demirjian report. "He also said he was unfamiliar with some of the specifics of the investigation — a surprising

ecomes debate night target as candidates go on the attack BY JAMES HOHMANN with Mariana Mary THE BIG IDEA: Joe Biden didn't just defend himself in Detroit on Wednesday night. He went after Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, Julian Castro, Kirsten Gillibrand and even Bill de Blasio. The media coverage of the

ey said. Prosecutors want the trial to begin in June 2020, while Epstein's defense wants it to start after Labor Day of next year. (Renae Merle and Matt Zapotosky) -- Princess Haya Bint Hussein, one of the six wives of Dubai's ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Maktoum, is seeking protection from him. She's n