Epstein Secrets

lley to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Milley will succeed Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, whose term expires Oct. 1. Reuters (7/25, Zengerle) reports that during his confirmation hearing earlier this month, Milley told the Senate Armed Services Committee he would not be "intimidated into

t and cable news networks," according to Nielsen data. The hearings drew smaller audiences than did "well- publicized hearings involving three other Trump-era figures: former FBI director James Comey (19.5 million), Trump attorney Michael Cohen (15.8 million) and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh (20.

en. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), "who is often aligned with Manchin, sits on that committee but has not declared her position on Tanden." Reuters (2/22, Zengerle) says the fight over her nomination "underscored the influence a small group of moderates will have as Biden seeks to achieve his policy goals in th

on and off the Hill likewise argued that Tanden, who is of South Asian descent, was one of several nominees of color being treated differently than Trump-era nominees who lobbed personal attacks or expressed bigoted views." The AP (2/22, Hazell) reports Tanden "would be the first woman of color to lead t

t," had previously "served as deputy secretary of state and deputy national security adviser during the Obama administration," while Reuters (1/26, Zengerle) says Blinken had been "a committee staff director - when Biden, who spent decades in the Senate, was chairman - before he joined the Obama adminis

"Zero Tolerance" Trump-Era Immigration Policy. The AP (1/26, Balsamo, Long) reports that Acting Attorney General Wilkinson on Tuesday "rescinded a Trump-era memo that established a 'zero tolerance' enforcement policy for migrants" crossing the US-Mexico border, which resulted "in thousands of family sepa