Epstein Secrets

's senior advisers mocked the House speaker's conflict with some of the freshman members of her caucus: One of those freshman Democrats replied to Conway: Virginia's Democratic governor slammed Republican legislators for adjourning a special session on gun legislation after less than two hours: Joh

e Care Act when it zeroed out the tax imposed on those who choose not to buy insurance. (Gerald HerbertfAP) BY JAMES HOHMANN with Joanie Greve and Mariana Alfaro THE BIG IDEA: Oral arguments in New Orleans on Tuesday over the future of the Affordable Care Act foreshadowed the massive impact that President

n the White House, and encouraged by Kellyanne Conway, the most powerful woman in the administration who is not a member of the president's family. Conway, who managed Trump's 2016 campaign in the home stretch after Paul Manafort was pushed out over his sketchy financial dealings in Ukraine, argued th

ld signs that read "We Vape! We Vote!" outside President Trump's rally in Dallas on Oct. 17. (Dylan Hollingsworth/Bloomberg) BY JAMES HOHMANN with Mariana Alfaro THE BIG IDEA: President Trump is spurning the women who have his ear to side with male advisers as he kowtows to a pressure campaign orchestrated

National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, an umbrella group for family planning clinics, is suing to overturn the regulations." Conway: The fundamentals of our economy are very strong' -- The White House is eyeing a temporary payroll tax cut as a way to reverse the economic slowdow

he's been largely sidelined over the past year as the United States negotiated directly with the Taliban. (Rafiq Maqbool/AP) BY JAMES HOHMANN with Mariana Alfaro 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 new

and rainbows. Keep your health care if you'd like to — and if you don't, I have something better. Rebuild America. We heard that from Obama-Biden," Conway said. (Politico) Biden is struggling in Iowa and his supporters blame a lack of enthusiasm and a spotty campaign operation. From the Times: "Voter

ron's hangar in Pensacola, Fla., on Nov. 5. He was forced out on Sunday as secretary of the Navy. I Schunnaker/Navy/EPA-EFE/Rex) BYE HOHMANN with Mariana Alfaro 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

and rainbows. Keep your health care if you'd like to — and if you don't, I have something better. Rebuild America. We heard that from Obama-Biden," Conway said. (Politico) Biden is struggling in Iowa and his supporters blame a lack of enthusiasm and a spotty campaign operation. From the Times: "Voters

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

er testifies 'The report is my testimony': Mueller would not provide Congress new information BYLINE TEXT BY JAMES HOHMANN with Joanie Greve and Mariana Alfaro THE BIG IDEA: Bob Mueller thought his public statement last month could get him out of testifying before Congress about his 448-page report and 22

preparing to go after a Trump appointee who used to work for them on the Hill after he released a report that said White House counselor Kellyanne Conway should be fired for blatantly violating the Hatch Act. Rachael Bade and Lisa Rein report: "Henry Kerner, head of the Office of Special Counsel, is