UNITY: It takes a dead sex trafficker and pressure from his female victims to unify the United States Congress.   The House voted nearly unanimously yesterday to have the Department of Justice release the investigative files on the late Jeffrey Epstein, possibly …

THE EPSTEIN FALLOUT: The House is expected to vote today on a bill to order the Justice Department to release the full investigative files on the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. President Trump now says he supports the vote although he …

                                                                                                                       ABOUT FACE:  Facing the likelihood that even Republicans will vote to release the investigative files on the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, President Trump reversed himself posting last night that, “House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we …

                                                                                                                       THE WAR ROOM: President Trump’s “Department of War” is behaving like it is preparing to go to war against Venezuela.   With an aircraft carrier battle group sent to the Caribbean off Venezuela and Marines practicing amphibious assaults, President Trump and …

                                                                                                           IN THE KNOW: House Democrats released emails written by the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein saying that Donald Trump knew about his friend’s activities and had even spent time in the presence of one of Epstein’s teenage victims.   In one …

                                                                                                         RETURN TO WORK: If enough members of the House can navigate the diminished air travel system they might arrive in Washington today after seven weeks of hiatus in time to vote on funding and re-opening the federal government.   While federal …

                                                                                                                      LET’S MAKE A DEAL: The Senate voted last night to fund the government and end the federal government shutdown with seven Democrats and one independent breaking the logjam. They failed to get the extension of health insurance subsidies that were the …

                                                                                                                   LET’S MAKE A DEAL: Eight Senate Democrats broke with their party late yesterday to vote for an end to the government shutdown, now in its 41st day.    It will not be instant. The deal to re-open and fund the government into …

                                                                                                                        THE HUNGER GAMES: The Trump administration immediately went to the Supreme Court after  a federal appeals court ruled that the government must fund the food aid program known as SNAP, which stopped sending out benefits  because of the federal shutdown.   Late last …

                                                                                                                        GROUND HOLD:  Hundreds of air flights were cancelled today following the Transportation Department announcement that it is slashing traffic by 10 percent at 40 airports to relieve stress on air controllers and travelers during the government shutdown. Among  the airports affected are …