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Commerce Secretary Lutnick to testify over Jeffrey Epstein ties

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Lawmakers called for Lutnick to resign over contradictions in the scope of his relationship with the disgraced financier

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Justice Department defends decision not to release, unredact more Epstein files

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Justice Department defends decision not to release, unredact more Epstein files

The DOJ’s response came in the final hours of a court-ordered deadline to remove redactions in at least a dozen documents.

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Justice Department defends decision not to release, unredact more Epstein files

The Justice Department (DOJ) declined on Thursday to release additional unredacted records from its investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, telling a federal judge that it has already adequately complied with the law. The DOJ’s response came in the final hours of a court-ordered deadline to remove redactions in at least a dozen documents…

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‘So dumb!’: Reporter who nailed Trump over Epstein unloads another thundering beatdown

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‘So dumb!’: Reporter who nailed Trump over Epstein unloads another thundering beatdown

Reporter Katie Phang recently nabbed a huge win against interim AG Todd Blanche and his crusade to keep the Epstein files under wraps. After months of stalling by the administration of President Donald Trump and ignoring the letter of a new law demanding the release of the sex-trafficker’s files, U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan opened the floodgates on Trump’s longtime friend. Sullivan sided with former MS NOW show host Katie Phang in her lawsuit demanding the Trump administration adhere to the Epstein Transparency Act.Now, fresh off her big win, Phang tells “Left Hook” podcaster Wajahat Ali that Blanche, Trump and his entire crew appeared to be a bunch of idiots who had no real plan to protect Trump from being implicated in the Epstein files.“They're damned if they do and damned if they don't,” howled Phang. “You either produce it and now we have information that I and others can track down and do more reporting on, or you don't … it means they're trying to hide s——.”“If I were them I'd comply,” Phang told Ali. “I'd say ‘here are the names of the co-conspirators. Here are the names of the bad people that sent these terrible f—— emails. Here are the names of possible perpetrators. Have a nice day.’ But they are so dumb the way that they play this game. They had no f—— strategy and p—— off a federal judge like Emmett Sullivan … [who] told [Trump conspiracist] Michael Flynn to his face ‘you are a traitor to this country.’”Sullivan’s ruling means Blanche now must explain to a court why he shouldn't be forced to release names redacted from emails and documents that reference potentially damning videos and allegations of abuse of minors. Also included in redacted info includes the potential names of Epstein’s co-conspirators, as well as potentially damaging FBI interview notes from a victim who claimed Epstein introduced her to President Donald Trump when she was only 13.Phang told Ali that she had no doubt Sullivan put Trump administration in terrible danger.“Starting last year right … in the spring of 2025 they convene in the situation room about the Epstein files and it's not just the vice president of the United States, JD Vance there,” said Phang. “It was also then-attorney general Pam Bondi. It was FBI director Kash Patel. It's the deputy director of the FBI, Dan Bongino. It was then-deputy attorney general Todd Blanche. … It's the White House chief of staff Susie Wiles. It's the White House council … and a slew of other people. If something [fatal] had happened to that situation room pretty much … the entirety of the trump administration upper echelon would be f—— exterminated.”“The fact that you convene all those people repeatedly in the Situation Room you don't have to be a Rhodes scholar to figure out that there is something politically toxically horribly bad for the President of the United States [in those files],” she said.Phang added that she deliberately targeted Blanche in the suit to make him the prime target.“Unlike in other lawsuits when the DOJ is being sued and they parade in some junior federal prosecutor who has to go hat-in-hand to sit there and explain what happened or why they didn't do it, I only sued one person,” Phang said gleefully. “So, Todd Blanche … is gonna have to show up. You can't just send in some lackey.”

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‘Libelous’ NYT report tying Trump family to government-backed deal sparks legal demand

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‘Libelous’ NYT report tying Trump family to government-backed deal sparks legal demand

The Trump Organization demands The New York Times retract a story allegedly linking Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump to a Kazakhstan tungsten deal.

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DHS Secretary Says Haiti, Syria Migrants Must Self-Deport Now

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DHS Secretary Says Haiti, Syria Migrants Must Self-Deport Now

Haitians and Syrians who lost Temporary Protected Status under last week’s Supreme Court ruling have no legal path to remain in the US and must leave now or face forced removal, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said.

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Is US-Canada border secure? Border Patrol official testifies ‘no’

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Is US-Canada border secure? Border Patrol official testifies ‘no’

The U.S. Border Patrol’s second-in-command admitted to Congress on Tuesday that the U.S.-Canada border is not secure, an acknowledgment that comes days after Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin disclosed that Iranian nationals were encountered attempting to enter illegally over the northern border. Border Patrol’s acting deputy chief, Jason Schneider, told House Homeland Security Committee members […]

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‘Hands are, effectively, tied’: Trump turns to Congress for birthright citizenship lifeline

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‘Hands are, effectively, tied’: Trump turns to Congress for birthright citizenship lifeline

President Donald Trump is turning to Congress to pass legislation on birthright citizenship after an attempt to end the practice via executive order was struck down by the Supreme Court. The court voted down Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship by a 6-3 vote on Tuesday morning, striking down an executive order that Trump signed on his […]

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WATCH LIVE: Russell Vought testifies on budget before House appropriations subcommittee

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WATCH LIVE: Russell Vought testifies on budget before House appropriations subcommittee

White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought is testifying before a House appropriations subcommittee on Tuesday. The congressional hearing will focus on the Trump administration’s federal spending and budget priorities. TRUMP RELEASES BUDGET PLAN TO BOOST PENTAGON AND CUT DOMESTIC SPENDING A slate of administration officials has been providing testimony since the […]

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Commerce Secretary Lutnick to testify over Jeffrey Epstein ties

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