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One Republican senator could shed a lot of light on Epstein's finances — so why won't he?
Early in 2024, during the Biden administration, U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, had a chance to provide the world with financial information about disgraced sex trafficker and financier Jeffrey Epstein.It only recently became known that Crapo was asked to join the senior Democrat on the U.S. Senate F...
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Prosecuting Trump's enemies inflicts pain — which may be the point: legal expert
Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty to two criminal charges in a federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, on Oct. 8, 2025. The charges allege that Comey lied to Congress in September 2020 when he stood by earlier testimony that he did not authorize a leak of an FBI investigation involvi...
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Republicans fear Trump punishing federal workers 'could backfire with the public': report
More than a week into the federal government shutdown, President Donald Trump has yet to follow through on his previous promises to make vast, permanent cuts to the federal workforce. That may be due to pressure from within his own party.The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that, according to ...
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· 11h
'5 alarm fire': Legal experts warn Trump may be about to commit an 'impeachable offense'
White House advisers are now seriously weighing whether President Donald Trump might invoke the Insurrection Act — an obscure law from the early 1800s that permits the use of active-duty military troops within U.S. borders for law enforcement duties, NBC News reported Wednesday.These talks coincide...
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'This is not a drill': Trump buried for bragging that he 'took the freedom of speech away'
President Donald Trump said Wednesday his administration took action against people who burned the American flag, adding, “We took the freedom of speech away.”While speaking at a roundtable held to discuss alleged activities of Antifa at the White House on Wednesday, Trump said the administration ma...
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· 12h
'Appropriate tribute': Trump shares op-ed calling for his face on $250 bill
President Donald Trump is doubling down on his push to have his likeness on U.S. currency — this time on paper money.The Daily Beast reported Wednesday that the president recently shared an op-ed on his Truth Social account from Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky.), who announced he was cosponsoring legislation t...
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· 13h
'Quite the thing to admit': Experts call Trump's new move 'page 1 of the fascist playbook'
During Wednesday’s White House roundtable on “Antifa,” Trump Cabinet secretaries compared it to international drug cartels and vowed to dismantle it “brick by brick,” while the President described Antifa as “treasonous, probably.”Antifa, which the President has labeled a “domestic terrorist organiza...
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· 14h
'Indication of a dictatorship': Retired general sounds alarm over Trump's use of military
Former National Guard Vice Chief Major General Randy E. Manner strongly criticized President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to U.S. cities, saying it is a "full indication of dictatorship and intimidation in the use of the military."During an appearance on CNN Wednesday, Manner c...
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Pope Leo tells Catholic bishops to be 'more forceful' pushing back on this Trump policy
Less than six months into his papacy, Pope Leo XIV is already encouraging leaders of the Catholic Church, telling bishops that he'll have their back as they oppose one of the chief policies of President Donald Trump's second administration.Politico reported Wednesday that Leo XIV — who is the first ...
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· 15h
Bondi's 'sneering contempt' for Senate proves Trump admin now in 'mask-off phase': analyst
When U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, October 7, she behaved in a way that, according to many legal analysts on MSNBC and CNN, would have been unthinkable to those who headed the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in the past. Bondi repeatedly...
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'Unrelenting': Trump turning off Nobel committee with 'brazen' campaign for peace prize
President Donald Trump’s campaign to secure a Nobel Peace Prize is being greeted with widespread skepticism in Europe, the Financial Times reported Wednesday. "Nobody has campaigned for a Nobel Peace Prize quite like Donald Trump. The US president has been brazen and unrelenting in his quest for one...
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Trump loyalist who charged Comey outsourcing help as she 'struggles to find staff': report
The Daily Beast reports President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is subcontracting out the prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey as interim U.S. attorney Lindsey Halligan “struggles to find staff within her office willing to present the charges.”Citing ABC News, the Daily Beast reported ...
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· 17h
Trump officials can't hide 'collective grin' over inflicting pain on Americans: columnist
House and Senate Republicans may agonize over the pain inflicted by the ongoing government shutdown, but MSNBC opinion writer Hayes Brown said there’s no hiding the glee from the White House.President Donald Trump administration’s latest proposal to inflict agony on furloughed federal workers during...
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MTG 'warning about political consequences' as she bucks her party in brutal policy fight
It isn't often that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) quotes the ultra-MAGA Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia), who is a strong supporter of President Donald Trump and the America First agenda. But as the partial shutdown of the federal government rages on and lawmakers in Congr...
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'Astonished' legal expert details 'remarkable developments' in Comey case
Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty in a Virginia courtroom Wednesday after being indicted by a federal grand jury on two charges: making a false statement to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding. And with a trial set for Jan. 5, 2026, former federal and state prosecuto...
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· 19h
'Handful' of Republican senators call Trump’s latest power grab 'bad precedent'
President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard to Democratic-run cities has started to ruffle the feathers of a handful of Republicans, Newsweek reports. While Democratic governors Gavin Newsom (CA), Tina Kotek (OR), and JB Pritzker (IL) have loudly and forcefully condemned Trump's orders and...
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Trump official mocked after photos reveal 'lame canned attacks' — and no answers on Epstein
The New Republic reports Pam Bondi had apparently planned some of her responses and pivots before setting foot in the Senate on Tuesday.“Bondi came to the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing armed with nothing more than lame canned attacks,” reported New Republic Associate Writer Edith Olmsted.Bondi ...
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'Prosecutors not ready': Comey defense team maps out 'way to toss the case' in court
In a federal courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia on Wednesday morning, October 8, former FBI Director James Comey entered a "not guilty" plea to two federal charges: lying to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding. A trial date of January 5, 2026 was set.CNN's Katelyn Polantz was present...
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'Full-Blown Authoritarianism’: Governor Fires Back After Trump Says He Belongs ‘in Jail’
After President Donald Trump called for his imprisonment, Illinois Democratic Governor JB Pritzker — one of Trump’s most outspoken critics — warned that the country is heading toward “full-blown authoritarianism.”“Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker...
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· 21h
Trump 'has a Plan B' for US cities — but is holding off for now
Although President Donald Trump has federalized National Guard troops in U.S. cities — including Los Angeles and Chicago — one step he hasn't taken so far is invoking the Insurrection Act of 1807. The last U.S. president to do that was the late George H.W. Bush in May 1992 during the Los Angeles Rio...
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· 22h
'Big fight' at Turning Point USA as 'a real divide in ranks' forms over leaked Charlie Kirk texts
Cracks are appearing in the right-wing student organization Turning Point USA following the leak of texts from its founder, the late MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk, in which he discussed Jewish donors pulling funding over his links to former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, according to The Bulwark.Scree...
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· 23h
'Young, rough men': Here’s where Trump officials go to find 'masculine and patriotic' recruits
A 2024 memo from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (USCBP) shows that rodeos are where the agency goes to recruit Border Patrol agents because it's where they are able to “target specific applicants who fit Border Patrol’s applicant profile,” reports Mother Jones.“I think they target rodeos because...
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'World on fire': Why this billionaire calls surge in gold 'really concerning' for US economy
Right-wing media outlets, from MAGA and white evangelical to libertarian, are full of ads for gold. Many libertarians believe that gold will be a safe haven during a financial crisis or a devaluation of the U.S. dollar, and trends forecaster Gerald Celente has said many times that he is "thoroughly ...
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