In the lead-up to Tuesday’s gubernatorial election in New Jersey, some Democrats wondered if Mikie Sherrill could pull off the improbable: winning three consecutive terms for the party for the first time since 1961. But Sherrill was confident she would emerge victorious. Sherrill said Wednesday in an interview with POLITICO’s Dasha Burns on “The Conversation”

House lawmakers released more than 20,000 pages of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein on Wednesday — and they include communications between the convicted sex offender and high-profile individuals in politics, media, Hollywood and foreign affairs. One email shows Epstein communicating with a former White House counsel. Some showed offensive emails between Epstein and former Treasury