President Donald Trump told aides he could not understand the public's obsession with Jeffrey Epstein, describing the 1990s Palm Beach as a different era, according to reports from The Wall Street Journal shared on X between 2:06 AM and 2:36 AM UTC on September 25th. White House Senior Advisor Susie Wiles convened Situation Room meetings to chart a strategy to manage the public relations fallout, with Pam Bondi reportedly complaining that the FBI was "trying to destroy her." This development follows previous reports from the early morning of September 25th and the preceding day, which indicated the Trump administration was preparing for potential federal worker layoffs amid government shutdown concerns. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) had been issuing guidance for agencies to plan for Reduction in Force (RIF) layoffs. President Trump had also previously urged Democrat leaders to "become realistic" on key issues, including healthcare, stating the ball was in their court. In other news from the reporting window, a user on X shared a brief exchange where "Sellers" stated, "He fired a US attorney who would not—," to which "Ferguson" responded, "That’s normal." Separately, a user on X commented on the sparse population of the Maine Northwoods, noting it comprises approximately 40% of the state's landmass but accounts for less than 1% of its votes, characterizing the region as containing "nothing up there but logging camps and blackflies."
