Dan's a tremendous guy. He was the GW beat reporter for the Post when I was covering the team for the GW Hatchet. GW was a top-10 team. He was nice to a nobody college kid when he could've easily ignored me. He also didn't need to give me a ride to Greensboro for the NCAA tournament. I also didn't need to get a ticket in his rental car in Dinwiddie County, Va. Anyway, a guy ahead of his time. The DC Sports Bog was great from the 06 olympics. Cheers to Dan.

sorry! Fine was put on Foreign Affairs -- not homeland. Signals crossed!

NEW -- Trump says he is thinking about eliminating tax on capital gains on home sales.

Asked whether Powell should resign, Trump said: "He's going to be out pretty soon anyway."

correction -- the 20k is not per month. it's 20k period to install security services at your home

the resolution does not carry the force of law.

This is in response to my question if he’s made up his mind on backing Massie for reelection over a Trump-backed challenger. No firm commitment but seems like he would begrudgingly do so at the moment. Trump hasn’t backed or found a candidate to take on Massie yet though.

>@SpeakerJohnson on @RepThomasMassie: "I don't understand Thomas Massie's motivation. I really don't. I don't know how his mind works.... I don't know what he's what he's thinking. "Thomas Massie could have brought his discharge petition anytime over the last four and a half years, over the last four years of Biden administration. He could have done that at any time, and now he's clamoring as if there's some sort of timeline on it. "It's interesting to me that he chose the election of President Trump to bring this, to team up with the Democrats and bring this discharge petition. So do I have some concern about that I do, but you know in me and my way I try to I try to follow Ronald Reagan's 11th commandment: never speak evil of another Republican. "My gosh, it's hard to do sometimes right here. I also try to follow the scripture you know it says, Bless those who persecute you. "So let me just say about Thomas Massie, could you just accept my Southern, bless his heart, okay, I don't know. what else to say about it."

HOUSE will be done Wednesday afternoon. They are canceling Thursday and heading home until Sept. 2.

JOHNSON on EPSTEIN situation: "I've been on record very clearly that I believe in maximum transparency. I think every single House Republican will say the same thing. In fact, they told me that publicly and privately ... "We want maximum transparency. We also understand the other part of that duty is that we have to protect innocent victims. Okay, we have to do both things at the same time. "What do we mean by that? Look involved in the Epstein evil. Okay, which is what it was? Let's call it what it was. There are innocent victims of those unspeakable sex crimes, okay? It some of them were minors. Some of them were not. When the when the Epstein records are turned over to the public, which we must do as quickly as possible, we have to also be very judicious and careful about protecting the innocent. I think everybody in the country should understand the necessity of that."