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Goldman’s Top Lawyer Departs Over Ties to Epstein
“Goldman Sachs’s top lawyer, Kathryn Ruemmler, resigned on Thursday night in the wake of the Justice Department’s release of emails and other material that revealed her extensive relationship with Jeffrey…
White House Pushes Shake-Up at Health Department
“The White House and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have shaken up the top ranks at his department, a move meant to install more disciplined messengers and smoother operations…
The Hidden World of an Unaccountable Elite
“Journalists and researchers will spend the next months ferreting through the Epstein files in search of further criminal conduct or a new conspiratorial wrinkle. But one truth has already emerged,”…
Trump Nominee Unlikely to Be Confirmed
“Jeremy Carl, the Trump administration’s pick for a top State Department position, is unlikely to get the job after a bipartisan group of senators grilled him over his history of…
Shutdown Shrinks Congressional Presence in Munich
“The congressional delegation to Europe’s biggest annual security summit had been expected to be the largest ever this year, with around 50 lawmakers planning to travel to Munich to reassure…
Top Republican Ends Bid for Arizona Governor
“Karrin Taylor Robson, a Republican running for governor of Arizona, said on Thursday that she was dropping out, a major shake-up of the party’s primary race and a sign of…
Trump’s Ten Commandments
Out next month: Trump’s Ten Commandments: Strategic Lessons from the Trump Leadership Toolbox by Jeffrey Sonnenfeld. A Yale professor reveals the ten guiding principles—or “commandments”—that define Donald Trump’s decision-making across…
This Is How a Child Dies of Measles
Elizabeth Bruenig: “Within a few days, your son’s fever will spike as high as 105 degrees. The virus will break through his underdeveloped blood-brain barrier and begin attacking his brain…
Intelligence Dispute Centers on Kushner
“It was a discussion last year between two foreign nationals about Iran, not an unusual topic for American spies to study,” the New York Times reports. “But an intercept of…
Democrats Say Pam Bondi Helped Them for the Midterms
“Democrats walked into the House Judiciary Committee hearing with Attorney General Pam Bondi Wednesday expecting her to be nonresponsive and combative. They walked out with what they believe to be…
Exchange of the Day
President Trump took questions from reporters: REPORTER: Were you aware that Secretary Lutnick visited Epstein Island? TRUMP: I wasn’t. I haven’t spoken to him about it. I hear he was…
Speaker Condemns Monitoring of Epstein Files Review
Speaker Mike Johnson said “the Justice Department’s tracking of lawmakers’ search history for the Epstein files was inappropriate, a rare rebuke from the Republican who is usually in lockstep with…
Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
“I’m not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.” — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, on a podcast. Save to Favorites
Epstein’s Ghost Haunts Trump’s White House
Tara Palmeri: “Donald Trump thought he’d cut ties with Jeffrey Epstein years ago. But the deceased financier’s shadow lurks across an administration struggling to outrun its own history.” Save to…
Tillis Shuts Down Idea of Clearing the Way for Warsh
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) “rejected a suggestion that the Senate Banking Committee conduct its own investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to supplant a probe by the Justice Department…
‘Always Concerned, But Never Courageous’
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) launched a tough new ad hitting Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) as “always concerned, but never courageous” in the state’s U.S. Senate contest Save to Favorites
Rodriguez Says Maduro Is Still the ‘Legitimate President’
Venezuela acting President Delcy Rodriguez told NBC News that Nicolás Maduro is still the “legitimate president” of her country. Save to Favorites
Trump’s Defamation Case Against the BBC Scheduled
A federal judge said President Trump’s $10 billion defamation case against the BBC can start next year, setting a “provisional start date of Feb. 15, 2027 for a two-week trial,”…
Bonus Quote of the Day
“I think there is a great sense of pride in the way we’ve stood up to this bullying and this lawlessness, but also it’s come at a huge price —…
Judge Shuts Down Hegseth’s Attempt to Punish Mark Kelly
“A federal judge on Thursday shut down Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s attempts to punish Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly over his urging of US service members to refuse illegal orders, ruling…
