Epstein Secrets

ally large number of judicial vacancies to fill during his first two-and-a-half years largely because McConnell blocked consideration of so many of Barack Obama's nominees once he seized control of the Senate in 2015. It was not just Merrick Garland. 2) Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who cast a key vote for th

Eliana Johnson and Burgess Everett report: "Acosta critics, including Mulvaney, have argued that he has not been aggressive enough in stamping out Obama-era workplace regulations and employment discrimination lawsuits, and they are using the Epstein lawsuit to push him out the door. Mulvaney on Tues

"I find myself once again in the same position as President Obama. We both opposed reparations, and we both are th

se McConnell blocked consideration of so many of Barack Obama's nominees once he seized control of the S

e Care Act when it zeroed out the tax imposed on those who choose not to buy insurance. (Gerald Herbert/AP) BY JAMES HOHMANN with Joanie Greve and Mariana Altaro THE BIG IDEA: Oral arguments in New Orleans on Tuesday over the future of the Affordable Care Act foreshadowed the massive impact that President T

n 2014 for raising concerns about then-President Barack Obama's policy toward Afghanistan, where Holmes had serv

he intelligence agencies as having tried to undermine his campaign and has, without evidence, accused former senior intelligence officials from the Obama administration of illegally spying on him. Ratcliffe echoed those allegations Sunday on Fox News. 'What I do know as a former federal prosecutor i

Capitol earlier this year with Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Barbara Lee (D-Calif.). (J. Scott Applewhite/AP) BY JAMES HOHMANN with Mariana Altaro THE BIG IDEA: MANCHESTER, N.H. - Both of New Hampshire's House members endorsed launching an impeachment inquiry against President Trump on Frida

ol. (Susan Walsh/AP) Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) gives an interview at the Capitol. (Susan Walsh/AP) ITEM. BYLINE TEXT BY JAMES HOHMANN with Mariana Altaro THE BIG IDEA: Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) is a former CIA analyst who served three tours in Iraq as one of the American government's foremost ex

Kaine told Jenna Portnoy. Kaine vocally pushed to get Congress to authorize the use of military force in the Middle East even when his good friend Barack Obama was president. (Read my piece about it from 2015 here). In fact, Kaine refused to modulate his position even when Hillary Clinton chose him as her

David Ignatius: "This is what a real Iran strategy would look like." • Eugene Robinson: "The best Iran crisis explanation? Trump's obsession with Obama." • Josh Rogin: "Soleimani's death offers a chance to fix U.S. policy on Syria." • Max Boot: "By claiming Democrats support terrorism, Republican