Epstein Secrets

GOP to defend Trump offer more bad facts for the president Volker and Morrison's impeachment testimony, in under 5 minutes BY JAMES HOHMANN with Mariana Alfaro THE BIG IDEA: They were there to bat cleanup, but both the GOP's witnesses on Tuesday afternoon instead provided fresh fodder for the impeachment

me have expressed it subtly, like [Elizabeth] Warren decrying 'consultant- driven' campaigns; some have been more direct, like former HUD secretary Julian Castro warning that Buttigieg can't excite nonwhite voters. ... In the past, Buttigieg has gotten around tough questions with the help of rival candidate

GOP to defend Trump offer more bad facts for the president Volker and Morrison's impeachment testimony, in under 5 minutes BY JAMES HOHMANN with Mariana Alfaro THE BIG IDEA: They were there to bat cleanup, but both the GOP's witnesses on Tuesday afternoon instead provided fresh fodder for the impeachment c

ome have expressed it subtly, like [Elizabeth] Warren decrying 'consultant-driven' campaigns; some have been more direct, like former HUD secretary Julian Castro warning that Buttigieg can't excite nonwhite voters. ... In the past, Buttigieg has gotten around tough questions with the help of rival candidates

he's been largely sidelined over the past year as the United States negotiated directly with the Taliban. (Rafiq Maqbool/AP) BY JAMES HOHMANN with Mariana Alfaro THE BIG IDEA: In 1776, Abigail Adams wrote a letter to her husband as the colonists prepared to declare independence. "And. by the way, in the new

ael Herrmann. Herrmann's quaint shop in Concord has served as a pit stop for politicos for years. ... [Buttigieg, Harris, Booker, Beto O'Rourke and Julian Castro] have stopped by in the past few months. And white voters have asked them about their stance on reparations. When candidates visited in 2016, repar

Capitol earlier this year with Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Barbara Lee (D-Calif.). (J. Scott Applewhite/AP) BY JAMES HOHMANN with Mariana Alfaro THE BIG IDEA: MANCHESTER, N.H. - Both of New Hampshire's House members endorsed launching an impeachment inquiry against President Trump on Frida

rimes related to his 2015 electoral campaign but has been shielded by presidential immunity, which he loses in January. He says he is innocent." • Julian Castro warned that migrants may "end up dead" because of the deal. The Democratic presidential candidate said the country is not safe. (CBS News) • To t

ed most of his rivals on the debate stage. He looked weak. Biden becomes debate night target as candidates go on the attack BY JAMES HOHMANN with Mariana Alfaro THE BIG IDEA: Joe Biden didn't just defend himself in Detroit on Wednesday night. He went after Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, Julian Castro, Kirsten

N with Mariana Alfaro THE BIG IDEA: Joe Biden didn't just defend himself in Detroit on Wednesday night. He went after Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, Julian Castro, Kirsten Gillibrand and even Bill de Blasio. The media coverage of the second night of the second Democratic debate has focused on the hits levele

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 millions of aggrieved

everal candidates walking around the fair this weekend, including Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), former housing and urban development secretary Julian Castro and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio haven't qualified for next month's primary debate, so their time there was precious: "On Friday, Castro walked t

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 millions of aggrieved w

Several candidates walking around the fair this weekend, including Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), former housing and urban development secretary Julian Castro and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio haven't qualified for next month's primary debate, so their time there was precious: "On Friday, Castro walked th

ed five hallmarks of Trump's governing style 'Maybe he's looking up': Trump implies the late Rep. John Dingell might be in hell BYE HOHMANN with Mariana Alfaro THE BIG IDEA: In the Age of Trump, even the extraordinary has become ordinary. After he was impeached 21 years ago today, Bill Clinton spoke on th

g he can to close a nearby federal detention center for immigration families. "Shut it down," she said. "Shut. It. Down." Former housing secretary Julian Castro said President Trump traffics in cruelty. "Instead of breaking up families, we should break apart ICE," he said, referring to Immigrations and Cust

er testifies 'The report is my testimony': Mueller would not provide Congress new information BYLINE TEXT BY JAMES HOHMANN with Joanie Greve and Mariana Alfaro THE BIG IDEA: Bob Mueller thought his public statement last month could get him out of testifying before Congress about his 448-page report and 22

ing.- -- Elizabeth Warren called for decriminalizing illegal border crossings. HuffPost's Roque Planas reports: "Warren joins fellow 2020 contender Julian Castro and several other prominent Democrats in backing a reform that, if enacted, would give civil immigration courts exclusive legal control over immigr