Epstein Secrets

vided information to the anonymous whistleblower about the president's efforts to pressure Ukraine "exposed things that didn't need to be exposed." Felicia Sonmez, Karoun Demirjian and Douglas MacMillan report: "'This would have been far better off if we would've just taken care of this behind the scenes,' Jo

ld signs that read "We Vape! We Vote!" outside President Trump's rally in Dallas on Oct. 17. (Dylan Hollingsworth/Bloomberg) BY JAMES HOHMANN with Mariana Mara THE BIG IDEA: President Trump is spurning the women who have his ear to side with male advisers as he kowtows to a pressure campaign orchestrated b

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

Trump kisses Hope Hicks goodbye on her last day as White House communications director on March 29, 2018. (Andrew Harnik/AP) BY JAMES HOHMANN with Mariana Mara THE BIG IDEA: What emails about Ukraine does President Trump think, or hope, will never get out? During two interviews with FBI agents and members

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

nie Sanders speaks on Saturday at the New Hampshire Democratic Party state convention in Manchester. (Gretchen Ertl/Reuters) BY JAMES HOHMANN with Mariana Mara THE BIG IDEA: MANCHESTER, N.H. - Several presidential candidates are offering to quench a thirst for generational change that, so far, has not mat

ports that he met with ex-Ukrainian prosecutor general Viktor Shokin in Vienna to obtain information about the Bidens were false. Elise Viebeck and Felicia Sonmez report: "The allegation ... was made by the attorney for [Parnas]. On Fox News, Nunes declined to answer further questions about the accusation ...

on's hangar in Pensacola, Fla., on Nov. 5. He was forced out on Sunday as secretary of the Navy. (MI Schumaker/Navy/EPA-EFE/Rex) BY HOHMANN with Mariana Mara THE BIG IDEA: What makes America exceptional isn't any arsenal. It's moral authority. That's the upshot of Richard V. Spencer's Sunday letter to P

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:

ity Leader Mitch McConnell, visits the Capitol in March for a lunch with the Republican caucus. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post) BY HOHMANN with Mariana Mara THE BIG IDEA: Mitch McConnell told President Trump privately last month that no politician has ever lost an election for spending more money. That