Epstein Secrets

ting the 245th anniversary of the U.S. Marine Corps.... The president met privately with Vice President Pence for lunch and with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in the afternoon. ... It was Biden who offered the first public condolences to the families of the service me

sday as senior GOP lawmakers called for him to receive classified briefings even as the Trump administration continued to bar a formal transition," Seung Min Kim, Josh Dawsey, Matt Viser and Jon Swaine report. "At [Trump] campaign headquarters, many staffers were expected to be laid off in the coming days, t

land testified that top-level officials — including [Vice President] Pence, acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo — were made aware at various points of what was happening, and he provided emails to back up his assertions. `Everyone,' Sondland testified, `was i

the issue of investigations.- (Pence's chief of staff denies that this happened.) Sondland's testimony left Trump's Republican allies scrambling. Seung Min Kim, Josh Dawsey and Kayla Epstein report: "As he traveled on Air Force One to Texas, Trump called members of the House to argue that the testimony was

ndland testified that top-level officials — including [Vice President] Pence, acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo — were made aware at various points of what was happening, and he provided emails to back up his assertions. 'Everyone,' Sondland testified, 'was i

o the issue of investigations.- (Pence's chief of staff denies that this happened.) Sondland's testimony left Trump's Republican allies scrambling. Seung Min Kim, Josh Dawsey and Kayla Epstein report: "As he traveled on Air Force One to Texas, Trump called members of the House to argue that the testimony was

n at the site before Thursday and its presence suggests the North Koreans are moving to resume tests engine tests at Sohae..." — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attended an off-the-books sit-down meeting with a conservative group that included a number of wealthy Republican donors while he was in London for

art Marine One last month. (= Lamarque/Reuters) PERSONNEL IS POLICY: -- Mick Mulvaney is building a fiefdom as acting White House chief of staff. Seung Min Kim, Lisa Rein, Josh Dawsey and Erica Werner interviewed 32 White House aides, current and former administration officials, lawmakers, and legislative

hospitals canceling surgeries and forest fires blazing out of control because of a lack of firefighters. (Mary Beth Sheridan) 8. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he granted a visa to Iran's foreign minister to visit New York primarily to meet U.S. obligations to the United Nations, but the official's mo

ast month. (I= Lamarque Reuters) EFTA00047495 PERSONNEL IS POLICY: -- Mick Mulvaney is building a fiefdom as acting White House chief of staff. Seung Min Kim, Lisa Rein, Josh Dawsey and Erica Werner interviewed 32 White House aides, current and former administration officials, lawmakers, and legislative

n Dixon and Isabelle Khurshudyan report. — Acting Ambassador Bill Taylor was directed to step aside ahead of a visit to Kyiv by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, per the Wall Street Journal: "That timing countered earlier suggestions that Mr. Taylor's precise departure date was predetermined, and will allow

de, Mike DeBonis and Josh Dawsey: "Inside the decision to impeach Trump: How both parties wrestled with a constitutional crisis." EFTA00047553 • Seung Min Kim: "Senators are balancing their partisan roles with a desire to protect the integrity of the Senate." • Katie Shepherd: "Conservative radio host wis

ficer — the real-world limitations to and the sensitivities associated with sharing certain information, even with members of Congress," Young told Seung Min Kim, referring to the closed- door briefing on Wednesday that left Lee and Paul seething. "But I left there feeling as though it would've been a lot mor

e-election campaign. ... [Kushner] sees no reason to involve himself as extensively in international issues now that the State Department is run by [Mike] Pompeo, whom he sees as far more competent than his predecessor, Rex W. Tillerson." -- Mike Bloomberg won't release the women who sued him from their non