Epstein Secrets

ublicans and "big government" Democrats can agree on is offering essentially unconditional support to the military and the national security state. The Republican Party — its various factions increasingly at each other's throats almost as often as at those of the Democrats — seems reasonably united solely on issues

aggressively seeking to attack an all-American corporation (even if significant parts of its production process are actually in China). Meanwhile, Devlin Barrett of the Wall Street Journal reported that the CIA, an agency barred from domestic spying operations of any sort, has been helping the US Marshals Ser

It turned out that the lesson he learned was not that he went too far -- not that he needed to rein it in. The lesson the president learned was that the Republican Party will not hold him accountable no matter how egregious his behavior. Not now, not ever." But Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham

00065255 Barr pushes back against Trump's criticism of Justice Dept., says tweets 'make it impossible for me to do my job' The Washington Post By Devlin Barrett and Matt Zapotosky 2/13/2020 Attorney General William R Barr pushed back hard Thursday against President Trump's criticism of the Justice Departme

ters. "I think the story is that 187 Republicans voted in favor of Trump and Page 16534 EFTA00046045 four voted against. There is great unity in the Republican Party." -- But it is significant that one of the four Republicans who broke ranks, Will Hurd from Texas, is the House GOP's lone African American. "Ther

easure to extend a victims compensation fund, Paul objected when Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) tried to approve the bill by unanimous consent. (Devlin Barrett) 4. Mitch McConnell and Republican senators are pushing Trump to accept an agreement with Democrats that would avoid stiff budget cuts and steer

20 years on the bench and was appointed by then-Gov. Rick Perry to the criminal appeals court, told the Austin American-Statesman: "Every day with the Republican Party seemed worse than the day before. Trump speaks about brown people like me as lesser beings. It's cliche to say, but the Republican Party left me."

easure to extend a victims compensation fund, Paul objected when Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) tried to approve the bill by unanimous consent. (Devlin Barrett) 4. Mitch McConnell and Republican senators are pushing Trump to accept an agreement with Democrats that would avoid stiff budget cuts and steer c

d chief executive of Acronym, a politically active nonprofit supporting Democrats." SOCIAL MEDIA SPEED READ: Michigan Rep. Justin Amash, who left the Republican Party on July 4 to become an independent after concluding that Trump committed impeachable offenses, said Volker and Morrison didn't help the GOP's case

facts at times: "He frequently asked lawmakers to repeat their questions, saying that he could not hear them or that they were speaking too fast," Devlin Barrett, Matt Zapotosky, Rosalind S. Helderman and Karoun Demirjian report. "He also said he was unfamiliar with some of the specifics of the investigatio

nd chief executive of Acronym, a politically active nonprofit supporting Democrats." SOCIAL MEDIA SPEED READ: Michigan Rep. Justin Amash, who left the Republican Party on July 4 to become an independent after concluding that Trump committed impeachable offenses, said Volker EFTA00046550 and Morrison didn't help

icials in 'confirmed leadership positions.- - Two jail workers were charged with falsifying records of checks on Jeffrey Epstein the night he died. Devlin Barrett reports: "A grand jury charged Tova Noel and Michael Thomas with conspiring to defraud the United States and making false records while working at

me so. ... As we lie on the bed of nails Trump has made, it's often difficult to see how much the paradigm of acceptable conduct has shifted. For the Republican Party, it's now a question of whether we want to start cleaning up the mess or continue papering over the cracks." Page 17235 EFTA00046746 -- Trump's

e Department fired the officer who was caught on video with his arm around the neck of 43-year-old Eric Garner just before he died five years ago. Devlin Barrett reports: "NYPD Commissioner James P. O'Neill announced the decision Monday, weeks after a departmental disciplinary judge recommended the Page 172

d me so. ... As we lie on the bed of nails Trump has made, it's often difficult to see how much the paradigm of acceptable conduct has shifted. For the Republican Party, it's now a question of whether we want to start cleaning up the mess or continue papering over the cracks." -- Trump's base probably will not be e

ce Department fired the officer who was caught on video with his arm around the neck of 43-year-old Eric Garner just before he died five years ago. Devlin Barrett reports: "NYPD Commissioner James P. O'Neill announced the decision Monday, weeks after a departmental disciplinary judge recommended the officer,

ate, Democrats say using McConnell as a rallying banner can be effective (The Hill). Paul Kane: North Carolina runoff a test of women's standing in the Republican Party. Elsewhere on the political scene ... Kris Kobach, the former Kansas secretary of state, announced Monday that he will run for an open U.S. Senate

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 Eastern country with tricky regional relationships, an i