Epstein Secrets

mping out Obama-era workplace regulations and employment discrimination lawsuits, and they are using the Epstein lawsuit to push him out the door. Mulvaney on Tuesday acknowledged the tension with Acosta but said it was merely part of the job. 'I push all of the Cabinet Secretaries on the deregulatory

ner and Lisa Rein report. "Some attorneys for victims questioned Acosta's tweet saying the evidence was new." -- Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney is privately urging Trump to dump Acosta, Politico's Eliana and Burgess Everett report: "Acosta critics, including Mulvaney, have argued that he h

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

, while offering the caveat that Trump could change his mind and decide to move forward. "Multiple sources familiar with the calls said Trump and Mulvaney both did not seem aware of the details of Blagojevich's case, even though the president had decried the former governor as being treated 'unbelieva

or Rod Blagojevich in the face of massive Republican blowback, CNN reports: "Several Republican lawmakers called acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and White House counsel Pat Cipollone. At least two of them, Reps. Darin LaHood and Mike Bost, made their case directly to the President on Thursd

tainty loom despite temporary reprieve from Trump on China tariffs Trump says China tariffs delayed for 'Christmas season' BY JAMES HOHMANN with Mariana Alfaro THE BIG IDEA: If President Trump wanted to stabilize the listing stock market, his Tuesday announcement that he will temporarily postpone the imple

each Trump. But they should punish him." • Deputy editorial page editor Ruth Marcus: "The House is now fully entitled to hear from Pence, Pompeo, Mulvaney and Giuliani." • Jennifer Rubin: "If Pompeo doesn't testify, he should be impeached." • Kathleen Parker: "It looks like Republicans are trying to

sonal lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani. Sondland 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. `E

cathed Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg chit-chat during a television break in the debate. (Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post) BYE HOHMANN with Mariana Alfaro 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

d." Sondland kept several Trump administration officials apprised of his effort to get Ukraine to launch investigations into the Bidens, including Mick Mulvaney and Rick Perry, according to emails obtained by the Wall Street Journal: "The emails reviewed by the Journal show that three days [after the July 1

a day before the president was initially scheduled to speak to Mr. Zelensky, Mr. Sondland emailed a group of administration officials including Mr. Mulvaney and Mr. Perry to say that Mr. Zelensky was prepared to assure the president that he would open investigations. 'I talked to Zelensky just now. He i

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

rney Rudolph W. Giuliani, would be seen as subverting military justice. After that Trump tweet, Spencer cautioned acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney that he would not overturn the planned SEAL peer review of Gallagher without a direct presidential order; he privately told associates that if such

iew has turned up some unflattering exchanges and facts that could at a minimum embarrass the president. ... "In the early August email exchanges, Mulvaney asked acting OMB director Vought for an update on the legal rationale for withholding the aid and how much longer it could be delayed. Trump had

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

sident has sometimes kept him out of the loop when making contentious foreign policy decisions, advisers say. At a recent donor retreat in Chicago, Mulvaney told attendees that he does not seek to control the president's tweeting, time or family, one attendee said. Priebus and Kelly had clashed with the

hampioned for decades. -- Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) will release a proposal later today to allow more people to be eligible for Medicaid services. Mick Mulvaney and Ivanka Trump depart Marine One last month. (I= Lamarque Reuters) EFTA00047495 PERSONNEL IS POLICY: -- Mick Mulvaney is building a fiefdom as

ed five hallmarks of Trump's governing style 'Maybe he's looking up': Trump implies the late Rep. John Dingell might be in hell BYE HOHMANN with Mariana Alfaro THE BIG IDEA: In the Age of Trump, even the extraordinary has become ordinary. After he was impeached 21 years ago today, Bill Clinton spoke on th

people familiar with the private conversations. NRA officials also have lobbied Vice President Pence's office and acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, as well as governors and EFTA00046767 lawmakers who face potentially difficult reelection races in 2020. ... White House aides and NRA officials

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

a place for us all. We must remember it's not my America or your America. It's our America." (Colby Itkowitz) -- White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney told Page 17382 EFTA00046893 Loll' IS VIIcilldUC Oil I- OA JUI way Lllal I I 1-1Ilip tweets had "zero to do with race," and Wallace called

Capitol earlier this year with Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Barbara Lee (D-Calif.). (J. Scott Applewhite/AP) BY JAMES HOHMANN with Mariana Alfaro THE BIG IDEA: MANCHESTER, N.H. - Both of New Hampshire's House members endorsed launching an impeachment inquiry against President Trump on Frida

view has turned up some unflattering exchanges and facts that could at a minimum embarrass the president. ... "In the early August email exchanges, Mulvaney asked acting OMB director Vought for an update on the legal rationale for withholding the aid and how much longer it could be delayed. Trump had ma

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

y cares that the federal balance sheet is drowning in red ink. Undoubtedly, many people who work in the White House — led by acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney — want spending cuts. And these administration officials insist that Trump has told them he wants to make big cuts in 2021 if he wins a second term

the corrosive consequences of letting corruption go unchecked Exclusive: A secret history of the war in Afghanistan, revealed BYE HOHMANN with Mariana Alfaro THE BIG IDEA: A toxic. of U.S. government policies, under the administrations of George W. Bush and Barack Obama, directly contributed to Afghanis