bob kovach
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🚨NEWS — EPSTEIN ISSUE NOT GOING AWAY @timburchett will offer a motion in OVERSIGHT shortly to subpoena GHISLAINE MAXWELL for a deposition.
When the White House took control of the “press pool” that accompanies the president, journalists worried that the Trump administration would use that power to explicitly punish news outlets. And now it's happening. cnn.com/2025/07/21/med…
Los Angeles Times owner plans to take paper public axios.com/2025/07/22/la-…
Deputy attorney general seeking meeting with Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell axios.com/2025/07/22/eps…
Fiona Hill, Trump’s Ex-Russia Adviser, on Why Great Powers Fall nytimes.com/2025/07/22/wor…
NEW: "Each bed at the detention camp is expected to cost $245 a day — roughly the price of one night this week at the Intercontinental Miami hotel." Right now, Florida taxpayers are footing the bill. miamiherald.com/news/local/imm…
If anyone still doubted that Gabbard is a bad actor, installed in her present job with the purpose of corrupting U.S. intelligence and turning it into a tool of Trump’s personal agendas and vendettas, her Russiagate report should put those doubts to rest. thebulwark.com/p/gabbard-garb…
Beef prices in the U.S. are searingly high. Here's why. cbsn.ws/3IDonTe
Statement by @weijia on behalf of the @whca on Trump excluding the @WSJ from the White House press pool as punishment for its coverage:
Three liberal senators want to know whether there is any truth to President Trump’s claim that Paramount is actually paying him about $32 million to settle his lawsuit against the company, double what was announced by the CBS parent company. wapo.st/45aoZIJ
Billy Joel shares encouraging update after brain disorder diagnosis latimes.com/entertainment-…
President Trump’s tariffs are costing Jeep maker Stellantis hundreds of millions of dollars, the company said Monday. abcnews.link/cyb11NP
"The White House is removing the Wall Street Journal from the pool of reporters covering the president’s weekend trip to Scotland," after the WSJ story about Trump's birthday note for Epstein's 50th. @politico reports politico.com/news/2025/07/2…
NEW -- CBO has a new cost estimate for OBBB. The law will add $3.4T to the budget deficit over the next 10 years, CBO says. CBO: "That increase in the deficit is estimated to result from a decrease in direct spending of $1.1 trillion and an decrease in revenues of $4.5…
The work of Raymond Saunders, whose passing was announced today, weaves complex narratives through elusive means and, in so doing, often prods the very fabric of what it means to be an educated Black American man. artnews.com/art-news/news/…
A 120-day deadline for Alina Habba's time as interim U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey expires Tuesday. cbsn.ws/44H1ozi
The House won’t vote on the Epstein matter this week. Some White House officials have pushed Republicans to wait until after the August recess. politico.com/live-updates/2…
JUST IN: Judge Paul Engelmayer, whose emergency ruling blocking DOGE's access to treasury infuriated the Trump administration, has been assigned to handle one of Trump's Epstein grand jury unsealing requests.
Another top Hegseth adviser is out, at least the sixth senior-level staff to leave the Pentagon in recent months. trib.al/uDEWdne