Epstein Secrets

Stephen Howard gives a fiery sermon on Sunday at Cornerstone Missionary Baptist Church in Greenville, N.C. (Eamon Queeney for The Washington Post) THE DIVIDED STATES OF AMERICA: -- "During America's `most segregated hour,' preachers grapple with Trump's politics," by Jaffe and Cleve Wootson in Greenville, N.C.: "Trump's

mbroiled in Trump's trade war with China, secretly helped the North Korean government build and maintain the country's commercial wireless network. Ellen Nakashima, Gerry Shih and John Hudson report: "Huawei partnered with a Chinese state- owned firm, Panda International Information Technology Co. Ltd., on a v

ry and Kurt Volker, at the time a special envoy to Ukraine, worked with Giuliani in pressing Ukraine 'at the express direction of the president of the United States' — even though they were reluctant to do so. At least initially, though, Sondland said he did not believe he was engaging in anything `improper' — i

officials knew, based on Sondland's testimony, texts and emails. -- The FBI is seeking an interview with the whistleblower, who works for the CIA. Ellen Nakashima and Devlin Barrett report: "A special agent with the bureau's Washington Field Office contacted one of the whistleblower's lawyers last month, and

rry and Kurt Volker, at the time a special envoy to Ukraine, worked with Giuliani in pressing Ukraine 'at the express direction of the president of the United States' — even though they were reluctant to do so. At least initially, though, Sondland said he did not believe he was engaging in anything 'improper' — i

officials knew, based on Sondland's testimony, texts and emails. -- The FBI is seeking an interview with the whistleblower, who works for the CIA. Ellen Nakashima and Devlin Barrett report: "A special agent with the bureau's Washington Field Office contacted one of the whistleblower's lawyers last month, and

ver, CBP said it was withdrawing the proposal. 'There are no current plans to require U.S. citizens to provide photographs upon entry and exit from the United States,' the agency said in a statement. 'CBP intends to have the planned regulatory action regarding U.S. citizens removed from the unified agenda next t

••••• about Trump's use of unsecured communications, against the advice of aides and breaking with longstanding practice. Paul Sonne, Josh Dawsey, Ellen Nakashima and Greg report: "Trump has routinely communicated with [Giuliani] and other individuals speaking on cellphones vulnerable to monitoring by Russia

cussion of a matter of bitter disagreement between the two countries: Should drug cartels be designated as terrorist organizations? ... For decades, the United States has worked with Mexico to combat drug cartels, helping to develop the very architecture of Mexico's security apparatus. But with Trump and Lopez Obr

ncerns about Trump's use of unsecured communications, against the advice of aides and breaking with longstanding practice. Paul Sonne, Josh Dawsey, Ellen Nakashima and Greg report: "Trump has routinely communicated with [Giuliani] and other individuals speaking on cellphones vulnerable to monitoring by Russia

his anonymous data was archived into a huge database. The idea was that when any foreigner on the FBI’s watch list of terrorists called any number in the United States, the FBI could trace that person’s entire chain of telephone contacts to try to determine if he or she was connected to a known terrorist cell. There

Wall Street Journal, July 7, 2015. 122 the FISA court: http://www.tijc.gov/history/home.nsf/page/courts_special_fisc -html. 123 “His approach was”: Ellen Nakashima and Joby Warrick, “For NSA Chief, Ter- rorist Threat Drives Passion to ‘Collect It All,’” Washington Post, July 14, 2013. 123 Second U.S. Circuit Co

en collected in error. The agency said its purged the records in what was the second instance of "over-collection" recorded by the NSA last year. (Ellen Nakashima) 4. A new Alabama law severs the parental rights of those convicted of first-degree rape. The ability of convicted rapists in the state to seek cu

i reports: "News stories emerged last week about squalid conditions at a Border Patrol detention facility housing about 300 migrant children on the U.S.- Mexico border. ... Apart from their appalling specifics, the stories were notable for one element: They were all based on secondhand accounts. Repo