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Newly released emails from disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein show that he once advised the husband of Trump's ambassador to Malta about a woman he was eyeing. Jonathan Farkas, the husband of Somers Farkas, Trump's ambassador to Malta, reached out to Epstein during the first Trump administration in 2017 for advice about...
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Kash Patel's litigious country singing girlfriend Alexis Wilkins is apparently making MAGA fans lose their minds. The Trump team and allies aren't bothered by his pricey private jet escapades to see Alexis Wilkins perform in Nashville or an expensive Texas hunting trip, The Bulwark reported Thursday. Something — or someone — else is actually...
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President Donald Trump's Justice Department is joining a last-ditch lawsuit in federal court to try to overturn Proposition 50 — the recently passed ballot referendum in California that temporarily suspends the state's independent redistricting commission and passes a map that redraws five Republican seats to favor Democrats, to counteract Texas...
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Late at night on Sept. 30, over 300 federal agents stormed an apartment building in one of Chicago's lowest-income neighborhoods. After descending from Black Hawk helicopters, they broke down residents' doors, destroyed furniture and belongings, deployed flash-bang grenades, and dragged sleeping people—some naked—out into the cold evening....
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A progressive analyst claimed during a podcast episode on Thursday that President Donald Trump is playing fans of the MAGA movement for "absolute fools" after his latest flip-flop. On Wednesday, lawmakers released tens of thousands of new documents from disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein's case file. Some of the documents alleged new ties between...
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President Donald Trump's administration is preparing broad exemptions to the president's signature tariff regime in a desperate bid to lower food costs, according to a new report. The New York Times reported on the exemptions, citing three sources familiar with the matter. The report indicates the exemptions would apply to several tariffs the...
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Canada's Unknown Soldier — a casualty of the First World War — was brought home to be interred in Ottawa 25 years ago, and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission forbids any attempt at identification. Advances in DNA technology mean that in future wars, the chances that soldiers won't be identified are slim. Does the concept of an Unknown...
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Ahmed al-Sharaa was once an insurgent imprisoned by U.S. forces. Now he's Syria's president, and the first Syrian head of state to visit the White House. After his meeting with President Donald Trump this week, Sharaa sat down with The Post for an exclusive interview.
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During a G7 meeting in Ontario, France's foreign affairs minister said the deadly boat strikes in the Caribbean carried out by the United States since early September violate international law. Colombia, California's governor and the Washington Post also weighed in on the strikes on Tuesday — but Canada has been relatively silent on the U.S....
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A Democratic lawmaker from Texas playfully pounced Thursday afternoon on a CNN anchor's slight slip-up after President Donald Trump's deputy attorney general tried to argue that he didn't have access to critical materials ahead of his interview with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell.Earlier in the day, Deputy...
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Republicans are breaking from President Donald Trump, and the GOP is bracing for "mass defections" over the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, CNN reported Thursday. "They are bracing for mass defections from the White House," CNN's chief congressional correspondent Manu Raju said. A vote is expected early next week on the discharge petition...
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A MAGA pastor called on President Donald Trump to cross what he described as a "Rubicon" on Thursday during a podcast interview, according to a new report. Right Wing Watch reported that MAGA pastor Joel Webbon, whom the organization described as a "fascist Christian nationalist," called on Trump to "round up" people who disagree with his...
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Attorney General Pam Bondi took a move this month that was meant to head off the possibility that acting U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan, the newly minted MAGA federal prosecutor in Virginia overseeing the cases against President Donald Trump's high-profile political opponents, could be removed.What it may have done instead is make her even more...
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U.S. Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino threatened to retaliate after a federal judge suggested as many as 600 detainees could be released due to violations of a consent decree requiring warrants for arrests.In an order issued on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings said that the Department of Justice must release 13 detainees who were...
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Mike Collier to challenge Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick again — as an independentby Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune November 13, 2025Mike Collier, a two-time Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, announced on Thursday that he is again running to be the state's second-in-command — but this time as an independent.Collier, an accountant and...
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MAGA podcaster Megyn Kelly — and mother of a 14-year-old daughter — is getting slammed over saying that Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier and convicted child sex offender, was possibly "not a pedophile."Kelly tried to make the argument that Epstein "liked 15-year-old girls" and "the very young teen types" during her podcast this week,...
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Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) went out of his way to "play hardball" with the White House to get President Donald Trump to back down from his position of pulling Jared Isaacman's nomination for administrator of NASA, Semafor reported on Thursday.Isaacman, a billionaire entrepreneur and commercial astronaut, is a close friend of tech tycoon Elon Musk, and...
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After 43 days, the U.S. government shutdown finally came to an end late on Nov. 12, 2025, when Congress voted through a long-overdue funding bill, which President Donald Trump promptly signed.But the prolonged gap in government-as-usual has come at a cost to the economy.The Conversation spoke with RIT economist Amitrajeet A. Batabyal on the short-...
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Advocates for hemp on Wednesday decried a provision of the Republican government funding law signed by President Donald Trump that tightens restrictions on the versatile plant—a move critics say will devastate a $30 billion industry.The new restrictions set a stricter limit on the amount of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)—the psychoactive chemical...
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A few days before the federal budget was tabled, the CEO of Swedish industrial giant Saab flew to Ottawa to meet with the country's top bureaucrat, fuelling the sense a deal is brewing between the Canadian government and the military manufacturer. Now, the country's king, queen and a delegation of political and business leaders are set to visit...
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WASHINGTON — The federal government may be open, but the House of Representatives is closed for business. Again.The record-shattering 43-day-long shutdown coincided with an impromptu 53-day vacation for House Republicans. To end the shutdown, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) had to call the House back in session. He did. For roughly eight hours...
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Let's talk about what happens when Josh Hawley gets angry.Missouri's senior U.S. senator doesn't take criticism lightly — whether from the press, his colleagues or anyone he perceives as an enemy. His approach? If you get hit, hit back harder.It's not just a defense mechanism. It's a political strategy. All criticism draws a counterattack, and...
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A federal judge in Virginia on Thursday heard arguments in a bid from former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James to disqualify President Donald Trump-appointed prosecutor Lindsey Halligan. And, according to a CNN report, the judge's questioning of the Department of Justice at times elicited gasps from courthouse...
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Reactions mounted Thursday after a woman sharing her story for the first time said that then-Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) sexually abused her when she was just 17, while she was living in a homeless shelter and trying to save money to buy braces to fix her teeth. Laura B. Wolf, an attorney for the then-teenager and now-woman, spoke to The New York Times...
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Donald Trump's "McCarthy moment" could be coming, according to a law expert who says he might not outlast the Jeffrey Epstein files. 20,000 new documents were released by the Republican-led panel, with several emails further tying Trump to Epstein. The ex-US attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, Joyce Vance, believes this could be a moment...
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FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino harangued Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) for speculating that President Donald Trump's administration was trying to publicly out a whistleblower.The Kentucky Republican posted a letter he had received from the FBI whistleblower's attorney that said a Thursday morning meeting at the bureau's Washington field office was...
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Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) is reportedly sending mixed messages over pressures from the White House and President Donald Trump to drop her support of the discharge petition to prompt the Department of Justice to release the Jeffrey Epstein files.Trump apparently called her and had a situation room meeting on Wednesday with Boebert, one of four...
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A woman has come forward to tell her story after the House Ethics Committee determined that then-Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) sexually abused her when she was just 17.Laura B. Wolf, an attorney for the girl, spoke to The New York Times about the ordeal. The paper got in touch with Wolf after a federal judge in Florida unsealed court documents that...
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A Trump administration top housing official has referred a fourth Democratic official and "vocal critic" of President Donald Trump to the Justice Department over allegations of mortgage and tax fraud, according to reports Thursday. Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) — now the fourth Democratic official to face mortgage fraud allegations in the last...
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A Trump administration official got in a fiery back and forth over President Donald Trump's refusal to fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, blaming "your radical people."The heat started after Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and CNN anchor Pamela Brown discussed the government shutdown and SNAP benefits and Rollins'...
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Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche was buried on social media for his defensive post covering his controversial interview with Ghislaine Maxwell.House Democrats released emails obtained from the Jeffrey Epstein estate telling an author that President Donald Trump "knew about the girls" he sexually abused, and another sent to Maxwell in 2011 that...
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Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) was hospitalized after a heart rhythm disorder known as ventricular fibrillation led to his falling."During an early morning walk, Senator Fetterman sustained a fall near his home in Braddock," a spokesperson for the lawmaker announced on Thursday. "Out of an abundance of caution, he was transported to a hospital in...
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The American media refuses to call them out, so I guess the job falls to me: you can cut the racism with a knife, it's so thick. With the Trump administration, the Confederacy is actively rising again, using the Lost Cause mythology/lie as its basis.Trump this past week, apparently just in time for Veterans Day, erased tributes to Black U.S....
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The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts will be postponing previously booked events so the Donald Trump administration can let FIFA, the cash-rich governing body of international soccer, use the facilities for free in late November into early December.According to a report from the Washington Post, the televised draw for the...
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The Immigration Department only took a decision to ban one member of the controversial Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap from entering Canada, it told CBC News, contradicting a public claim from a Liberal MP in September that none of them would be allowed in country.
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A plane carrying four congressmen had to make an emergency stop after a passenger confronted them.The American Airlines flight carrying three Arizona Republicans – Reps. Andy Biggs, Paul Gosar, Eli Crane – and Democratic Rep. Greg Stanton from Phoenix to Washington, D.C., was diverted after a passenger caused a disturbance on board, reported...
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Donald Trump appointee Lindsey Halligan's ability to prosecute critics of the president is being sorely tested on Thursday as she faced a hearing on whether she was legally hired into her position at the same time that investigators and lawyers in her Virginia office have refused to work with her.Halligan is facing a claim that her appointment does...
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Marco Rubio says an awkward encounter with Mick Jagger was orchestrated by the newly appointed US ambassador to India, Sergio Gor.The Secretary of State had made it clear to Gor not to mention his name to The Rolling Stones' frontman, who Rubio says is "not an enormous fan" of the president. But Gor mentioned Rubio to Jagger anyway, and the pair...
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Conservative host Megyn Kelly suggested that she did not initially believe Jeffrey Epstein was an "actual pedophile" because he reportedly victimized girls aged 15 and older.Kelly spoke to journalist Batya Ungar-Sargon about Epstein on Wednesday after Democrats released emails suggesting President Donald Trump "knew about the girls" during his...
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Donald Trump just showed up — allegedly — somewhere no one would ever want to be found.”Spending time” at Jeffrey Epstein's house with one of the convicted child-sex predator's victims.The allegation is one of several politically radioactive revelations in emails released by the Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform...
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An analyst reports that President Donald Trump is facing a dilemma over how to handle Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's former confidante and convicted child sex trafficker, as a new set of emails reveals Trump may have had knowledge of the abuse and conduct under Epstein. Although Trump and the White House have continued to deny the claims,...
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New York Times editorial board member Mara Gay claimed on Thursday morning that Donald Trump appears to be running scared as the Jefferey Epstein files controversy overwhelms the White House at the same time his poll numbers are slipping on a host of other issues.Appearing on MSNBC's "Morning Joe,” Gay suggested that the president's travails,...
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President Donald Trump could be asked about his links to Jeffrey Epstein under oath, a Watergate lawyer has claimed. Nick Akerman says the lawsuit the president brought against the New York Times has opened the floodgates to further litigation that would allow The New York Times to dig through Trump's "shady past." The tables have turned on Trump,...
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The lead pollster of the conservative Rasmussen organization predicted that Republicans would continue to underperform throughout the midterm elections because President Donald Trump failed to deliver on his campaign promises.During a Thursday interview with Steve Bannon, pollster Mark Mitchell said, "Republicans are going to lose because they...
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A slate of new scandals and secrets could be exposed by a lawsuit Donald Trump brought against the New York Times. Law expert Nick Akerman suggested the president's defamation suit against the NYT has opened the floodgates and will give the paper free reign to uncover every detail of Trump's personal life. That could include multiple secrets which...
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Democrats are hoping to flip a House seat in a deep red state, eyeing Trump country in an upcoming special election to replace retired GOP Rep. Mark Green.Early voting began Wednesday for Tennessee's 7th District, an area including a large part of Nashville and spanning from the borders of Kentucky and Alabama, Politico reports Thursday. Trump...
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Ein Tag voller politischer Entscheidungen in Berlin: Die Koalition einigt sich auf den neuen Wehrdienst, während im Bundestag die Bereinigungssitzung zum Haushalt 2026 läuft – und am Abend der Koalitionsausschuss über Migration, Bürgergeld und Sozialpolitik verhandelt. Rixa Fürsen und Rasmus Buchsteiner melden sich direkt aus dem...
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Clay Schexnayder, former speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, was charged with felony theft Wednesday in connection with a missing piece of historic cypress that had been on display at the State Capitol and was last seen at his legislative office in Gonzales.An East Baton Rouge Parish grand jury handed down an indictment against...
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Donald Trump is trying to "silence his own party" when it comes to releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files, commentator Adam Kinzinger has claimed.The ex-GOP representative believes the president is keen to "bury the files," with a fresh focus on them following the end of a 43-day government shutdown. Kinzinger said, "Just like everything else, he...
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President Donald Trump's communications chief Steven Cheung posted a furious tirade to X after Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) called out the president's efforts to conceal the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case files in an interview this week.The controversy stems from the release of emails that showed, among other things, Epstein bragging to...
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Texas lawmakers on Thursday will hold their first hearing to review speech on public universities after some reactions on campuses celebrating or mocking the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk drew ire from Republican leaders.Kirk was killed on Sept. 10 while speaking at a college in Utah. State leaders announced the formation of...
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The Republican Party chair of Tarrant County, Texas, aims to "stop the Islamic invasion" by quitting his job to run for the state's Railroad Commission.Tarrant County GOP Chair Bo French announced his new campaign in a post on X this week."Today I resigned as TCGOP Chairman, and am running for the Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates the...
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CNN's Harry Enten highlighted new polling data that suggested President Donald Trump's handling of one key issue could cut into his overall approval rating.The president has been unable to turn the page on his longtime association with Jeffrey Epstein, the late sex offender, and the issue exploded into view once again as the House returned to...
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President Donald Trump is planning a dinner for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Punchbowl News' Jake Sherman reported on Thursday."Invitations have been going out for a Nov. 18 dinner PRESIDENT TRUMP is throwing for Saudi Crown Prince MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN in D.C.," Sherman posted on X. "Not a state dinner because he's not officially the head...
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CNN's John Berman cut off a Republican congressman when he tried to change the subject from Jeffrey Epstein to Barack Obama.The House Oversight Committee released thousands of emails written by the late sex offender, many of which mention President Donald Trump by name, and the "CNN News Central" host asked Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) to comment on...
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Senators are bracing themselves for yet another government shutdown, just hours after concluding a 43-day freeze. The belief in Congress is that outstanding bills will lead to another shutdown as early as January next year. Representatives say certain amendments to proposed bills will make "the whole thing fall apart" and lead to a stall in...
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The former state attorney of Palm Beach County singled out one Jeffrey Epstein email exchange in the batch that was released on Wednesday that should alarm Donald Trump's White House the most.During an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe,” attorney Dave Aronberg, claimed there is a wealth of information contained in the accused pedophile's emails...
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A day before Arizona native Leticia Jacobo was scheduled to be released from an Iowa jail, her mom visited to verify pickup details with the staff. Ericka Burns was excited to drive her daughter home after spending a month apart and wanted to make sure Jacobo wasn't forced to wait a minute longer than necessary.But jail staff told Burns that Jacobo...
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Voters who did not follow a new Montana law requiring electors write their birth year on the envelope of an absentee ballot had the chance to fix the issue if they responded to a call, mailed notice or email from their local election department, but thousands of ballots still ended up in the rejected pile when all the counting was...
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Our investigative reporter Steve Eder provides context about Jeffrey Epstein's relationship with President Donald Trump based on information from over 20,000 pages of documents from Epstein's estate released by the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday.
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As the US House of Representatives votes for a resolution demanding the release of files relating to the late sex criminal and financier Jeffrey Epstein, a new series of investigations is digging into an area of the disgraced financier's life that has largely evaded scrutiny: his extensive ties with Israeli intelligence.Epstein's relationship with...
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With the vote to release the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking files in Congress imminent, and its bipartisan passage in the House all but guaranteed, the action will turn to the Senate, where it will have to overcome the filibuster and get a significant amount of Republican support there as well.But despite President Donald Trump lobbying hard to...
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President Donald Trump can't move past his longtime association with Jeffrey Epstein, and his allies suggested that he's botching his response.A huge batch of emails written by the late sex offender got dumped into public view Wednesday by the House Oversight Committee, shedding new light on the president's relationship with Epstein, and members of...
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Republicans have shot themselves in the foot with a knee-jerk move, according to MSNBC host Joe Scarborough.The Morning Joe host would suggest Republicans had accidentally "kept this alive" when it came to Donald Trump's links with Jeffery Epstein. He said, "Here's the crazy thing. There's more. Supposedly, this is just a subset of all the Epstein...
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Comments made by White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt as she defended Donald Trump and his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein on Wednesday were singled out by a legal analyst on Thursday morning.On the day that thousands of emails belonging to the notorious pedophile were released by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, Donald Trump's...
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The next White House renovation project under Donald Trump has been mockingly referred to as a "big white blob."A $300 million renovation of the East Wing of the White House is underway, with the president set on constructing a ballroom capable of hosting world leaders. It seems Trump has further plans for the White House too, with initial plans...
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During an appearance on MSNBC early Thursday morning, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) attacked House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) for keeping the House from doing its work, and then was cornered over why he and the Democratic caucus saved his Republican counterpart's job over a year ago.After making his point to "Way Too Early” host...
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President Donald Trump's relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein continued into his first term in the White House, so much so that Epstein spent Thanksgiving with Trump while the president was in office, according to newly released emails written by the late financier.Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released a new batch...
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Donald Trump's economic policy is failing those who voted for the president in the last election. A rise in electricity, rent, and grocery prices has affected people across the country, including those who voted for Trump in the 2024 election. Those who cast their vote for Trump are now saying his policies on the economy are failing them. One...
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