Epstein Secrets

ffectively invalidated the Affordable 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 foreshadow

public attacks from Trump, who was angry about leaked cables that showed the diplomat privately described the president as "inept" and "insecure." Jennifer Hassan reports: "Trump blasted Darroch in a series of tweets this week, calling him 'a pompous fool' and said his administration would not work with him.

effectively invalidated the Affordable Care Act when it zeroed out the tax imposed on those who choose not to buy insurance. (Gerald Herbert/AP) BY JAMES HOHMANN with Joanie Greve and Mariana Altaro THE BIG IDEA: Oral arguments in New Orleans on Tuesday over the future of the Affordable Care Act foreshadowe

public attacks from Trump, who was angry about leaked cables that showed the diplomat privately described the president as "inept" and "insecure." Jennifer Hassan reports: "Trump blasted Darroch in a series of tweets this week, calling him 'a pompous fool' and said his administration would not work with him.

administrative state President Trump speaks to the media as he arrives on Air Force One in Greenville, N.C., on Wednesday. (Carolyn Kaster/AP) BY JAMES HOHMANN with Emily Davies THE BIG IDEA: President Trump has soured on hiring generals, whom he stocked his administration with at the beginning. Remember

chants." • Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen: "In Trump's vision of a white America, immigrants should be grateful and servile." • Jennifer Hassan, Kayla Epstein and Adam Taylor: "Angela Merkel says she rejects Trump's racist remarks, stands 'in solidarity' with Ilhan Omar." • Eugene Robinson

under polyester-film blankets on Monday in the Border Patrol Central Processing Center in McAllen, Tex. (Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post) BY JAMES HOHMANN with Mariana Alfaro THE BIG IDEA: President Trump is building his reelection campaign around the same brand of nativism that energized tens of mi

." -- Big brands are apologizing to China for identifying the semiautonomous territory — and other Chinese-claimed lands as independent countries. Jennifer Hassan and Anna Fifield report: "From Versace to Givenchy, brands have swiftly offered apologies to China over their references to Hong Kong, Taiwan and M

terview at the Capitol. (Susan Walsh/AP) Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) gives an interview at the Capitol. (Susan Walsh/AP) ITEM. BYLINE TEXT BY JAMES HOHMANN with Mariana Altaro THE BIG IDEA: Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) is a former CIA analyst who served three tours in Iraq as one of the American gove

ts display of Britain's royal family less than 24 hours after the couple announced they would be "stepping back" from their roles as senior royals. Jennifer Hassan reports: "The figures will no longer stand alongside the rest of the royal family. They have been moved by the wax museum's staff. The likenesses o