"A review by multiple experts found several indications that may not be raw footage" New questions about the Epstein video released by Justice Dept this month =====>

As I’ve said for weeks, the prison camera video released by DOJ did not show Epstein’s cell, OR even the stairway to his wing. (Great graphic by CBS News worth watching)

$83 Billion Wasted: Showing Up At The Airport 3 Hours Before Your Flight Is A System Failure No One’s Trying To Fix - View from the Wing viewfromthewing.com/83-billion-was…

Defense approps chair Mitch McConnell gets another dig at Trump's defense budget. "Not only the prior adminsitration, but this administration as well, have underestimated the level of challenge that we have," he says. Adds he and top Dem Chris Coons tried to do "a better job."

How the U.S. lost its lead in electric vehicles and other clean energy inventions washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

Sen. Hawley says he had a chat with President Trump last night, and told him senators had called him to say he would have to sell all of his assets including Mar-A-Lago and other properties with the congressional stock trading ban. Hawley said he told Trump that is false and

She hasn't officially launched her South Carolina gubernatorial campaign - a "special announcement" is planned on Monday - but Rep. Nancy Mace's upcoming Myrtle Beach town hall is being hosted by... ... Nancy Mace for Governor. 👀

About reports of a new White House ballroom project... Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY): "I'm happy to eat my cheeseburger at my desk. I don't need a $200 million ballroom to eat it"

LUMMIS on firing BLS commissioner “I think it's kind of impetuous to fire the statistician without first knowing whether the numbers are inaccurate. It's not the statistician’s fault if the numbers are accurate and that they're not what the President had hoped for.”

In a gaggle before leaving for his New Jersey home, the president says he has several names in mind to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, says he had concerns with revisions to the jobs reports for awhile, and says “we need someone honest” to lead the agency. He says he will

On the latest on strategy for speedy confirmations of Trump nominees, Leader John Thune said this morning: "We've got 10 in the queue that we filed on --we'll start working through them. "A couple of them are controversial, so they'll want to use the time on those," he said of

WARREN on BLS firing “People flatly will not be able to trust the statistics. Donald Trump has made clear he wants to politicize those statistics, and as soon as that happens, who knows what the real numbers are?”

Dems asked for billions in govt funds to be released in exchange for batch of nominees Trump wanted confirmed before lawmakers' August break -- $5b for National Institutes of Health, $1b for Global Fund, $300m for World Food Program, $50m to fight HIV, etc. As of now, about 140

Scoop: Longtime Trump insider May Davis Mailman has departed the White House, per sources, making her the highest-ranking official to leave so far during the 2nd term without being pushed out. Mailman's last day as deputy assistant to the president/senior policy strategist was

Join us in welcoming Ledyard King Ledyard King National Journal and Mabinty Quarshie Mabinty 🦋 Washington Examiner to the board of the Washington Press Club Foundation! Congratulations to our leadership, Deborah Berry Deborah Berry Tia Mitchell Tia Mitchell, AJC’s Washington Bureau Chief Jack Auresto The Associated Press

WATCH: Our full interview with Texas House Democrats members Rep. John Bucy III Ann Johnson and James Talarico about their caucus’s decision to hunker down in suburban Chicago. m.youtube.com/watch?v=-Fo5bi…

Scoop: A group of Democrats in Congress is seeking to stop DOGE employees from moving into permanent positions in the federal government, penning a letter asking for more information on DOGE's presence within agencies after Elon Musk's exit. cbsnews.com/news/democrats…

Scoop: Presidents Trump and Putin are discussing meeting in the United States, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. They are likely to meet in Alaska. Via Richard Escobedo and me

There is more than one year to go until the midterm elections, and while the 2028 race for the White House is even further away, it's already on the horizon for some politicians. CBS News' @EdOKeefe met up with first-term Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego in Iowa – a state known for

Rep. LaMalfa (R-CA) had a town hall this morning where he was faced with heated constituents that brought up their concerns regarding the impact of Trump’s “one big beautiful bill,” the DOGE cuts, the situation in Gaza, and the recent rescissions package approved by Congress.