Epstein Secrets

amarque/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 staffers for an in-depth

ised fresh concerns about Trump's use of unsecured communications, against the advice of aides and breaking with longstanding practice. Paul Sonne, Josh Dawsey, Ellen Nakashima and Greg report: "Trump has routinely communicated with [Giuliani] and other individuals speaking on cellphones vulnerable to mon

eep them out of Iowa. "The organizers of events are all going to say, 'If you fail to be at this event, you've lost.' They're all jealous lovers." (Sean Sullivan) VIDEOS OF THE DAY: Sen. Bennet (D-Colo.) announced this morning that he plans to hold 50 New Hampshire town halls in the 10 weeks leading up to

sharpened his coronavirus closing argument. 3. Trump tried to make an issue of Hunter Biden, in fits and starts. • Toluse Olorunnipa, Amy Wang and Josh Dawsey: "Second Trump- Biden debate has fewer interruptions but more counterpunches." • Sean Sullivan: "Union leaders have Biden's back on fracking. But in

in fits and starts. • Toluse Olorunnipa, Amy Wang and Josh Dawsey: "Second Trump- Biden debate has fewer interruptions but more counterpunches." • Sean Sullivan: "Union leaders have Biden's back on fracking. But in Pennsylvania, their members aren't so sure." • Annie Gowen: When Biden talks about "transitio

orward with the release of his tell-all book, despite a warning from the White House that it still contains classified material. (Tom Hamburger and Josh Dawsey) • Before he was fired as the State Department's inspector general, Steve Linick said he told top aides to Mike Pompeo that he was investigating t

worries linger about her checkered record as a prosecutor and what many who have worked with her in the Senate view as a lack of core convictions. (Sean Sullivan) • LeBron James and other prominent black athletes and entertainers started a new group aimed at protecting African Americans' voting rights. The

t on Nov. 4, the night before details of the ban were all set to be formally unveiled during a news conference, the president balked. My colleagues Josh Dawsey and Laurie McGinley scoop that Trump refused to sign a one-page decision memo during a flight to a campaign rally in Kentucky that would have taken

the primary contest." -- Former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg apologized for his stop-and-frisk policy ahead of his likely presidential run. Sean Sullivan and Michael Scherer report: "Bloomberg expressed regrets at a predominantly black megachurch he has visited many times, telling congregants he didn

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

. "Convicted criminals who would face execution under current law would instead be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole," Sean Sullivan reports."Biden's plan also would decriminalize marijuana and expunge past cannabis-related convictions; end the disparity between sentences for pow

-- 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

d. "Convicted criminals who would face execution under current law would instead be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole," Sean Sullivan reports. "Biden's plan also would decriminalize marijuana and expunge past cannabis-related convictions; end the disparity between sentences for p

• WS/. ••••••••• about Trump's use of unsecured communications, against the advice of aides and breaking with longstanding practice. Paul Sonne, Josh Dawsey, Ellen Nakashima and Greg report: "Trump has routinely communicated with [Giuliani] and other individuals speaking on cellphones vulnerable to mon

ep them out of Iowa. "The organizers of events are all going to say, 'If you fail to be at this event, you've lost.' They're all jealous lovers." (Sean Sullivan) VIDEOS OF THE DAY: Sen. Bennet (D-Colo.) announced this morning that he plans to hold 50 New Hampshire town halls in the 10 weeks leading up to

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for health premiums, and it would create a new coverage option to help people living in states that have resisted the ACA's expansion of Medicaid," Sean Sullivan reports. "I understand the appeal of Medicare-for-all, but folks supporting it should be clear that it means getting rid of Obamacare, and I'm not