The report, which remains classified, described work by Richard Grenell, a former top intelligence official in the Trump administration.

President Donald Trump's defenders came up with an embarrassing and implausible lie to distance their Dear Leader from the vile birthday note he wrote to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, ridiculously claiming the signature on the document is not Trump's—when it very obviously is. After the Wall Street Journal on Monday published an image of the birthday message—in which Trump drew an image…

Democrats shouldn’t abet authoritarianism by supporting MAGA spending bills. But neither should they own a government shutdown. There’s a better way. The post Ezra Klein (Almost) Gets It Right appeared first on Washington Monthly .