Welcome to the beat everyone. I'm Ari Melbour. We begin with the Epstein uproar continuing new details today that undercut White House claims as well as fueling more questions. NBC News reporting top officials did huddle last night specifically to discuss the Epstein scandal and what they will do about ongoing questions and transparency. Something that VP Vance basically all but denied yesterday. Maybe Trump officials are rattled. Maybe they don't have one story to tell. The meeting followed that messaging ...

On January 5th, 2007, a call with Fred Hyatt changed my life. I was dying a slow death at a corporate public relations firm during my second departure from journalism. Fred was the editorial page editor of the Washington Post and he was on the hunt for an editorial writer.We'd been in touch a few years before, but nothing came of it. This time was different. Hyatt hired me.My first day was February 15, 2007. In my memoir, Yet Here I Am: Lessons from a Black Man's Search for Home, I described my early days a ...

From @WSJopinion: AI can’t replace free markets. Algorithms process data from the past while economic decisions are dynamic and forward-looking, write @Marian_L_Tupy and @PeterBoettke. https://t.co/gbLkbUOSye ...