Epstein Secrets

Barr will not recuse himself from the current prosecution of Epstein, but he will not engage in "any retrospective review" of the 2008 plea deal. Matt Zapotosky reports: "Barr had telegraphed at his confirmation hearing in January that he might have to step aside from any Justice Department reviews of Epste

so. (Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post) THE IMMIGRATION WARS: -- Border arrests are dropping as Mexico's crackdown on migrants takes effect. Nick Miroff reports: "The number of people taken into custody along the U.S. southern border fell 28 percent in June, a drop that U.S. authorities say reflects

d some of the largest pieces of malware ever seen to swipe tens of millions of dollars from unsuspecting victims' bank accounts. Devlin Barrett and Matt Zapotosky report: "Officials identified those charged as Maksim Yakubets of Moscow and Igor Turashev of Yoshkar-Ola, Russia. They said that a $5 million rew

week to a North Dakota company owned by a frequent Fox News guest and major GOP donor. Trump personally pushed military officials to hire the firm. Nick Miroff reports: "In a letter to the Defense Department Office of Inspector General, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) said there are reasons to be suspicious

ith the committee. ... Those who know him well said that it was virtually impossible that he would ignore or reject a subpoena," per Rachael Bade, Matt Zapotosky and Karoun Demirjian. "Still, Mueller is EFTA00021203 --- PAGE BREAK --- unlikely to answer Democrats' biggest question: whether he or his team

ration and Customs Enforcement in early June, will take over as acting commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, replacing John Sanders," per Nick Miroff and Josh Dawsey. "The shake-up Tuesday comes after weeks of interagency squabbles and political knifings among agency officials ... Since April, th