Epstein Secrets

has told its top official [that] universal background checks for potential gun purchasers are off the table." The Washington Post (8/20, Hamburger, Dawsey, 14.2M) reports Trump "told LaPierre that the White House remained interested in proposals that would address weapons getting into the hands of the

former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Pete Hoekstra (R-Ml), the current ambassador to the Netherlands, or longtime national security expert Fred Fleitz: Solomon asserts that the "president has an opportunity to speed up and organize the release of declassified information by simply creating an Offic

n after-the-fact justification for the decision and a debate over whether the delay was legal, according to three people familiar with the records. Josh Dawsey, Carol D. Leonnig and Tom Hamburger scoop: "The research by the White House Counsel's Office ... includes early August email exchanges between actin

mmittee, to discuss who should replace Dan Coats as the next director of national intelligence. Politico's Natasha Bertrand and Eliana report that Fred Fleitz, a former CIA analyst who was national security adviser John Bolton's chief of staff and now runs a far-right think tank, is in the running for the

-- Rudy Giuliani pressed administration officials to dump Trump's nominee for ambassador to Qatar and replace her with someone else in late 2018. Josh Dawsey, Rosalind S. Helderman, Tom Hamburger and Devlin Barrett scoop: "Trump had nominated a career Foreign Service officer to ... a key post in a Middle

ittee, to discuss who should replace Dan Coats as the next director of national intelligence. Politico's Natasha Bertrand and Eliana _ report that Fred Fleitz, a former CIA analyst who was national security adviser John Bolton's chief of staff and now runs a far-right think tank, is in the running for the