Epstein Secrets

ding almost two decades in which the federal government had not imposed capital punishment on prisoners. Devlin Barrett reports: "Attorney General William P. Barr ordered the Bureau of Prisons to schedule executions for five inmates currently on death row. The prisoners were convicted of murdering children. T

receive the newsletter. Attorney General William Barr testifies before a Senate committee. (Jahi Chikw

most important quotes from Mueller's six hours of testimony Mueller: 'We have underplayed' Russia's effect on our elections BY JAMES HOHMANN with Mariana Altar° THE BIG IDEA: Bob Mueller chose his words carefully. The former special counsel responded monosyllabically to hundreds of questions on Wednesday.

"Hugh J. Hurwitz, the agency's acting head, will be replaced by Kathleen Hawk Sawyer, who served as Bureau of Prisons director from 1992 to 2003. Barr also appointed Thomas R. Kane to serve as her deputy, a position currently vacant. ... Even before Epstein's death, Justice Department officials p

he's been largely sidelined over the past year as the United States negotiated directly with the Taliban. (Rafiq MaqbooVAP) BY JAMES HOHMANN with Mariana Altar() 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 n

at officials had put on the calendar, also for December, was blocked last month by the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. In July, Attorney General William Barr announced plans to resume executions at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Ind. He suggested the practice had been allowed to languish EFTA00

scathed Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg chit-chat during a television break in the debate. (Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post) BY HOHMANN with Mariana Altar° THE BIG IDEA: Amy Klobuchar questioned last week whether a woman with Pete Buttigieg's level of experience would be on a presidential debate stage