“The Pentagon is sending the Navy’s largest and most advanced aircraft carrier to the Middle East, as the U.S. steps up plans for a potential attack on Iran,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
Judge Blocks Trump Plan to Cut Health Funds
“A federal judge in Illinois on Thursday blocked the Trump administration’s plan to claw back $600 million in public health funds from four states led by Democrats, amid a wider effort by the federal government to pull funding from blue states,” the New York Times reports.
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 Epstein, the disgraced financier,” the New York Times reports.
“Ms. Ruemmler and representatives for Goldman said for years that she had a strictly professional relationship with Mr. Epstein, a convicted sex offender.”
“But emails, text messages and photographs released late last month showed Ms. Ruemmler requesting and accepting gifts from Mr. Epstein, advising him on how to avoid unflattering media scrutiny and discussing her dating life.”
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 ahead of the midterm elections,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
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,” the New York Times reports.
“In unsparing detail, the documents lay bare the once-furtive activities of an unaccountable elite, largely made up of rich and powerful men from business, politics, academia and show business. The pages tell a story of a heinous criminal given a free ride by the ruling class in which he dwelled, all because he had things to offer them: money, connections, sumptuous dinner parties, a private plane, a secluded island and, in some cases, sex.”
“That story of impunity is all the more outrageous now in the midst of rising populist anger and ever-growing inequality.”
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 racist, sexist and reported antisemitic comments and posts,” CNN reports.
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 allies that the United States could still be counted on as a reliable security and trade partner,” the New York Times reports.
“But amid a funding battle that is expected to shutter the Department of Homeland Security this weekend, Speaker Mike Johnson abruptly canceled the official delegation of dozens of House members to the Munich Security Conference, which begins on Friday.”
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 President Trump’s continued influence over GOP politics,” the New York Times reports.
“Ms. Taylor Robson, a wealthy developer and lawyer who had gained a reputation as a moderate Republican even as she worked to appeal to the party’s pro-Trump wing, had trailed Rep. Andy Biggs in most primary polls.”
“Though she earned Mr. Trump’s early endorsement, he later also bestowed his support to Mr. Biggs, who is far more aligned with the MAGA base that has determined recent Republican primary elections in Arizona.”
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 business, media, and politics.
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 matter directly, leading to primary measles encephalitis. The condition is rare among older children but more common in infants, who are also more likely to die from measles.”
“You will panic and call an ambulance when he slumps over unconscious on the floor, and another swarm of doctors and nurses will descend upon your child and whisk him away deep into the building while you trail behind as closely as you can. Like your daughter, your son will need supportive care, but he will also need close monitoring of the pressure inside his skull.”
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 that communication, collected by a foreign spy service and given to the United States, has now become a flashpoint within the intelligence community and between the administration and Congress.”
“The reason is a single name that came up in the discussion: Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law.”
Wall Street Journal: “It couldn’t be determined which country the foreign nationals are from or what they discussed about Kushner. But the connection to Kushner sheds further light on the top-secret whistleblower complaint that bureaucratically stalled within Gabbard’s agency for eight months and was kept locked in a safe until it reached Congress in heavily redacted form last week.”
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 a more compelling argument for winning back the majority,” Politico reports.
“For four hours, the nation’s top law enforcement officer largely refused to answer questions from Democrats about the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files.”
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 with his wife and children. I wasn’t. I was never there.
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 the administration,” CNN reports.
Said Johnson: “I think members should obviously have the right to peruse those at their own speed and with their own discretion and I don’t think it’s appropriate for anybody to be tracking that.”
“Johnson’s comments come after photographs of Pam Bondi’s notes during a Wednesday congressional hearing revealed the Justice Department is tracking which documents lawmakers are reviewing in the unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files, prompting some on Capitol Hill to sound the alarm.”
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.
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.”
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 and clear the way for the committee to approve President Donald Trump’s new pick to lead the central bank,” Bloomberg reports.
“Tillis, who views the DOJ investigation as an attack on the Fed’s independence, has vowed to hold up any Fed nominees until that probe is resolved. That could block Kevin Warsh, Trump’s selection to succeed Powell, from getting a confirmation vote before the full Senate.”
‘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
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