Annie Karni
@anniekarni
Congressional correspondent, New York Times. Co-author of the NYT besteller "Mad House.” https://bookshop.org/p/books/mad-house-annie-karni/21666377
NEW: House GOP’s Epstein crisis isn’t going away — it’s getting worse Some Rs are now so terrified of taking Epstein-related votes that leaders have lost full control of the House floor + are scrapping votes on key agenda items Other Rs want action politico.com/live-updates/2…
Well at this point, I guess we should start believing her over her staff who walk it back, bc it doesn't seem they've succeeded in getting her to announce a retirement.
88-year-old D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton tells me this AM: “I’m certainly going to run for reelection.” (Her office has repeatedly walked this back already: axios.com/2025/06/25/nor…)
.@RepMTG says she skeptical of anything Maxwell has to say because “she could be bartering for something.”
Ghislaine Maxwell's attorney David Oscar Markus tells CNN, “I can confirm that we are in discussions with the government and that Ghislaine will always testify truthfully. We are grateful to President Trump for his commitment to uncovering the truth in this case.”
Johnson’s message to his conference this morning, per members: “let’s not play into the Democratic grandstanding on Epstein.”
Ghislaine Maxwell's attorney David Oscar Markus tells CNN, “I can confirm that we are in discussions with the government and that Ghislaine will always testify truthfully. We are grateful to President Trump for his commitment to uncovering the truth in this case.”
Johnson Retreats on Demand for Epstein Disclosures, Saying Trump Needs ‘Space’ nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/…
Scoop: A WSJ reporter was slated to be part of the travel pool this weekend when Trump travels to Scotland. After the paper's Epstein story last week, the WH booted them from the pool. w/ @iriesentner politico.com/news/2025/07/2…
"2 hr 24 min mark" !!
Hunter Biden suggest former President Biden’s disastrous debate performance was due to Ambien “I’ll tell you what, I know exactly what happened in that debate. He flew around the world basically … He’s 81 years old. He’s tired as shit. They give him Ambien to be able to sleep.…
This stock trading issue is not going away for him and, per people I have talked to, makes this the seat Republicans are most anxious about losing, after the Bacon seat in NE.
👀👀👀 Rob Bresnahan’s stock trading gets called out in the latest episode of The Joe Rogan Experience #PA08
Yes. Writing is not a second thing that happens after thinking. The act of writing is an act of thinking. Writing *is* thinking. Students, academics, and anyone else who outsources their writing to LLMs will find their screens full of words and their minds emptied of thought.
NEW: An Epstein accuser recounts how she told the FBI on two occasions about Trump’s ties to Epstein and other powerful men like Clinton. This type of disclosure is just the type of information potentially buried in DOJ’s Epstein files that Trumps’s allies have clamored for.…
“Don’t threaten me with a good time” terrain for many Dem voters.
“Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday he’ll pack his bags and flee to Florida if he loses the NYC mayoral race to socialist Zohran Mamdani.” nypost.com/2025/07/19/us-…
"I am so tired of making phone calls at 2, 3, 4 o'clock in the morning, getting calls from our great speaker. 'Sir, we have 12 hard nos,'" Trump recounts at the GENIUS signing ceremony. "They just want a little love. Unfortunately, it's always the same. Always the same 12 people"
MAGA influencers who has been critical of Trump’s handling of Epstein files coming to his defense over WSJ story:
Exclusive: For Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday, friends created a book of bawdy letters. One was from Donald Trump. on.wsj.com/3TL8s7C