Epstein Secrets

Services, Verma has forged a far more partisan and outspoken brand than almost any of her predecessors. Typically, CMS administrators are visible on Capitol Hill and elsewhere but focus on the wonkish details of public insurance programs. Verma, in contrast, has emerged as one of the administration's champio

ch a break. "I know that from the perspective of Washington what goes on in my city might look small, but frankly, where we live, the infighting on Capitol Hill is what looks small," Buttigieg said. "The usual way of doing business in Washington is what looks small. And I believe we need to send somebody in

scathed Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg chit-chat during a television break in the debate. (Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post) BY HOHMANN with Mariana Altar° THE BIG IDEA: Amy Klobuchar questioned last week whether a woman with Pete Buttigieg's level of experience would be on a presidential debate stage

his words carefully. The former special counsel responded monosyllabically to hundreds of questions on Wednesday. He clearly did not want to be on Capitol Hill, declined repeated requests to read aloud passages from his 448-page report and took special care to never utter the I-word: impeachment. This mak

most important quotes from Mueller's six hours of testimony Mueller: 'We have underplayed' Russia's effect on our elections BY JAMES HOHMANN with Mariana Altar° THE BIG IDEA: Bob Mueller chose his words carefully. The former special counsel responded monosyllabically to hundreds of questions on Wednesday.

Manchin III, a moderate Democrat from West Virginia who has sought to develop bipartisan gun-control measures, has gone mostly cold, according to Capitol Hill aides. ... [Mitch] McConnell has rebuffed calls to bring the Senate back to Washington to deal with the issue, and his advisers acknowledged that

he's been largely sidelined over the past year as the United States negotiated directly with the Taliban. (Rafiq MaqbooVAP) BY JAMES HOHMANN with Mariana Altar() THE BIG IDEA: In 1776, Abigail Adams wrote a letter to her husband as the colonists prepared to declare independence. "And, by the way, in the n