WaPo Politics and Govt Editor Lori Montgomery has just told staff she is taking a buyout (confirming an item in Breaker last night) “After many sleepless nights, I’ve decided to accept the buyout. But I’m not leaving for “other opportunities” in journalism. And I’m not going

More chaos at the Washington Post, as several newsroom leaders take buyouts and the new Opinion editor seems determined to clean house nymag.com/intelligencer/…

JUST IN: A federal judge in Florida has denied a Justice Department request to unseal grand jury records tied to federal investigations into Jeffrey Epstein, according to a public order. abcnews.link/yo8NbLF

Exclusive: The Justice Department told President Trump in May that his name is among many in the Epstein files on.wsj.com/4mcTIKV

*HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBPOENAS GHISLAINE MAXWELL FOR DEPOSITION

"Trump said last week in response to a journalist's question that Bondi hadn't told him that his name was in the files."

Big loss. One of the best at WaPo

Kari Lake has taken steps to consolidate power at U.S. Agency for Global Media, locking acting CEO Victor Morales out of his email, and attempting to dispatch Voice of America director Michael Abramowitz, who is suing her, to a new job in Greenville, NC. washingtonpost.com/business/2025/…

House seersucker summit occurring now

.Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) reads resolution to censure Rep. LaMonica McIver McIver (D-NJ) and remove her from Homeland Security Committee:

DEMOCRATS SUCCESSFULLY SUBPOENAED THE EPSTEIN FILES. Thanks to Congressman Robert Garcia, Rep. Summer Lee, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, Rep. Lateefah Simon, & Congressman Wesley Bell, Pam Bondi must release the files to Congress. Oversight Dems will keep holding Trump accountable & delivering for the American people.

House Approps WILL NOT mark up CJS tomorrow, Tom Cole tells Jack Fitzpatrick 🗞️ & I The appropriations panel is heading out on recess along w the rest of the House

The Majority couldn't decide what to do about the Epstein Files, so they sent Congress home early. The Approps Committee called off too, meaning they conveniently won't vote tmw on my amendment requiring the files to be released to Congress. This isn't a partisan issue, it's

Trump’s administration has settled its legal fight with Columbia University, which is agreeing to pay a $200 million settlement, per a White House official.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Appeals court panel finds President Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship unconstitutional, upholds block.

As a person who covered Ghislaine Maxwell's criminal trial, and who has read through pretty much every single Jeffrey Epstein lawsuit, I find the current discourse to be in bizarro land.

Breaking News: Cambodia and Thailand exchanged fire along their contested border, escalating tensions a day after Thailand expelled Cambodia’s ambassador. nyti.ms/4mah57U

Thailand: The Embassy is receiving reports today, July 24, of fighting, including rocket and artillery fire, between Cambodian and Thai forces along the border.  There are reports of casualties and the Thai government is ordering the evacuation of certain areas.  U.S. citizens

BREAKING: #Cambodia has officially requested the United Nations Security Council to convene an emergency meeting to stop Thailand's military aggression.

RNC chair Michael Whatley to run for Senate in North Carolina with Trump’s support ow.ly/OrCI106gMfC