Epstein Secrets

play down the risk of a recession. He also pinned the blame for a potential economic downturn on the central bank and its chairman, Jerome Powell. Felicia Sonmez and Damian Paletta report: "The Fed funds rate, which Trump is trying to tell central bankers to cut, is currently set at 2.25 percent. Slashing it

and Budget since September although it had already won congressional approval and had overwhelming support from the Pentagon, State Department and National Security Council. The White House has yet to offer any explanation for the delay despite repeated queries from Congress." -- China is using DNA to map faces as Bei

n. He's already facing serious primary challenges from former congressman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and former San Diego city councilman Carl DeMaio, Felicia Sonmez notes. Hunter won the congressional seat after his father, Duncan Hunter Sr., retired from it to run for president in 2008. -- The North Dakota com

and Budget since September although it had already won congressional approval and had overwhelming support from the Pentagon, State Department and National Security Council. The White House has yet to offer any explanation for the delay despite repeated queries from Congress." — China is using DNA to map faces as Beiji

do so. "We need to have a conversation on what it means to be a Republican," he said. "I think that, as a Republican Party, we have lost our way." Felicia Sonmez reports: "The South Carolina EFTA00045905 Republican said he had been intending to announce his bid at a campaign event last week but decided to

e biggest headline-grabbing moments of his tenure was put together on the spur of the moment and then canceled on the spur of the moment. The usual National Security Council process was dispensed with; only a small circle of advisers was even clued in. ... On display were all of the characteristic traits of the Trump pr

e city council in Charlotte, which will host the Republican National Convention next year, just condemned Trump's "racist and xenophobic" comments. Felicia Sonmez reports: " Mitchell Jr., one of the council members who supported the resolution, said the move was intended to send a message to the White House:

as massive resentment among the Afghan people. And we were the most corrupt here, so had no credibility on the corruption issue." 3. From a former National Security Council staffer: "In the beginning, the military kept saying that corruption was an unfortunate short-term side effect then toward the end the feeling was

critical of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) should "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came." Felicia Sonmez and Mike DeBonis report: "Trump's remark swiftly united a House Democratic caucus that had been torn apart in recent days by infighting between Pe

ompared Trump to Richard Nixon: Trump went after Pelosi after she made her impeachment announcement: A quote from Fiona Hill, who worked on Trump's National Security Council until this summer and testified against him last month, seemed apropos: Trump's campaign manager tried to use polling from a district held by a fre

do so. "We need to have a conversation on what it means to be a Republican," he said. "I think that, as a Republican Party, we have lost our way." Felicia Sonmez reports: "The South Carolina Republican said he had been intending to announce his bid at a campaign event last week but decided to cancel it becau

biggest headline-grabbing moments of his tenure was put together on the spur of the moment and then canceled on the spur of the moment. The usual National Security Council process was dispensed with; only a small circle of advisers was even clued in. ... On display were all of the characteristic traits of the Trump pr