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‘Abusively presented spat’: Judge dismisses author Michael Wolff’s suit against Melania Trump

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‘Abusively presented spat’: Judge dismisses author Michael Wolff’s suit against Melania Trump

A federal judge on Friday dismissed Michael Wolff’s lawsuit against first lady Melania Trump, launched after she threatened to sue the author for defamation. “There are many features of this case that make it complicated: the prominence of the personalities involved, the scandalizing content of the underlying statements, and, frankly, an inappropriate level of tactical gamesmanship,” U.S. District Judge Mary Kay…

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Trump’s Egregious Abuse of an Egregious Delegation

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Trump’s Egregious Abuse of an Egregious Delegation

Congress never should have given away the power to appropriate unlimited settlements.

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Epstein survivor reveals names of 3 new alleged abusers tied to the case

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Epstein survivor reveals names of 3 new alleged abusers tied to the case

Sarah Kellen, 46, Jeffrey Epstein's longtime personal assistant, testified before the House Oversight Committee on Thursday, saying she was repeatedly raped and abused by Epstein. She also provided lawmakers with names of three previously unknown alleged offenders. Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) described her testimony as "by far the most substantive and productive interview," after the closed-door hearing took place, according to Capitol Hill correspondent Joe Khalil. Despite being designated a "potential co-conspirator" in Epstein's 2007 non-prosecution agreement, according to MS NOW, Kellen has consistently stepped forward as a victim. At Thursday's hearing, Kellen disputed her co-conspirator designation, explaining that law enforcement never interviewed her or heard her account, reports CNN's White House Correspondent MJ Lee. In her opening statement, Kellen described her abuse as occurring and violent. It also contained detailed graphic incidents of assault and rape, according to Lee. Kellen explained her prolonged stay with Epstein, "I had nowhere else to go," adding, "I had no money, no family, no education, and no sense that I deserved any better." The three names Kellen shared remain undisclosed.Watch the video below. Your browser does not support the video tag.

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Ex-Epstein aide names three men — including ex-mayor and celebrity stylist — as abusers

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Ex-Epstein aide names three men — including ex-mayor and celebrity stylist — as abusers

Sarah Kellen, the former personal assistant to Jeffrey Epstein who told Congress Thursday she was repeatedly raped and abused by the convicted sex trafficker, has named three of his alleged accomplices — and the identities have sent shockwaves through political and celebrity circles.According to Tara Palmeri's The Red Letter, Kellen identified celebrity hairstylist Frederic Fekkai, former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine, and the late fashion photographer Patrick Demarchelier during her closed-door, transcribed interview with the House Oversight Committee. The Miami Herald's Julie K. Brown — the journalist whose reporting helped bring down Epstein — independently confirmed that Kellen accused Levine of sexually assaulting her.Levine, a Democrat who ran for Florida governor in 2018, has previously denied having any meaningful relationship with Epstein. But DOJ files tell a different story — emails show him referring to the disgraced financier as "a great guy" and signing off as "Your friend, Philip" even after Epstein's 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from a minor. Ghislaine Maxwell, in a DOJ interview, called Levine her "very good friend." Levine has not responded to the new allegations.Fekkai's ex-wife, Elizabeth, pushed back on the claims. "There's no f------ way," she told Palmeri. "He's a lot of things, but he's not abusive." Epstein victim Johanna Sjoberg, however, testified in 2024 that she overheard Epstein ask Fekkai if he could "find some girls for him." Fekkai has not commented directly.Demarchelier, who died in 2022, was a fixture on Epstein's Lolita Express flight logs and was accused by multiple models and former assistants of pervasive sexual harassment during his lifetime.The disclosure marks a significant milestone in a survivor-led push that has been building for months. Last September, a group of Epstein survivors gathered on Capitol Hill and announced they were compiling their own list of abusers after growing frustrated with the government's failure to act. "We know the names. Many of us were abused by them," one survivor said at the time. "Now together as survivors, we will confidentially compile the names who were regularly in the Epstein world." Kellen's testimony appears to be on the list arriving on Capitol Hill.Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-KY) confirmed Thursday that the three names Kellen provided were ones investigators "hadn't heard before," calling her testimony "by far the most substantive and productive interview" the committee has conducted. He promised to release the transcript as quickly as possible.The committee has not officially released the three names. No charges have been filed against any of the men named.

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Republicans terrified of Trump are abusing his toady instead

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Republicans terrified of Trump are abusing his toady instead

When you’re a cultlike party leader with the power to cancel members of your own party, it’s not often you get a face-full of wrath from your angry acolytes. Your butler, however, will catch the hard feelings.“That’s how Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on Friday described a closed-door meeting with Senate Republicans and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on the Trump administration’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund that’s drawn bipartisan opposition,” reports NBC News.According to NBC, screaming, yelling and accusations of self-dealing, was how Cruz characterized it on his podcast “Verdict with Ted Cruz.”“Fiery does not begin to cut it,” said Cruz. “My guess is there’re probably 45 senators in the room, at least half of them were blasting the attorney general, and they were p——.”ABC News reports Senate Republicans met with Blanche on Thursday to discuss the fund, which “ultimately derailed a vote on a Republican bill to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol.”But Cruz said several of his GOP colleagues felt that they could not politically defend the fund because it appeared as though President Donald Trump “cut a deal with himself.”“There were multiple senators yelling at the attorney general, saying this feels like self-dealing,” said Cruz. This is passion and volume that President Donald Trump himself will likely never hear from his own team — not as long as Trump can use his mostly MAGA voting cohort in Republican primaries to oust GOP dissenters and replace them with a hand-picked substitute.So where does a frustrated Republican turn when your supreme leader is single-handedly destroying your midterm election chances with his unpopular policies? Well, you vent to the messenger.“… I got to tell you, the Republican senators were p—— … the entire meeting,” said Cruz. “They were screaming at the acting attorney general, [while] he was trying to lay out [that] the legal basis was quite sound.”The fury Senate Republicans unleashed on Blanche reflects deeper fractures within the GOP. Republican senators face a political bind: defending the fund risks alienating voters already angry over Trump's unpopular war in Iran and skyrocketing inflation, yet publicly opposing Trump invites a primary challenge from a MAGA-backed rival. Blanche's insistence that the legal basis was "quite sound" fell flat—senators understand their constituents won't accept an administration official legitimizing what looks like a brazen power grab. The meeting exposed a growing gap between Trump's absolute authority within party circles and the political reality facing senators in swing states. For many Republicans, the $1.8 billion slush fund represents a breaking point where personal survival instincts finally override party loyalty and fear of Trump's retribution.

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Teacher charged with having sex with student in school closet now accused of abusing 5 others, including girl

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Teacher charged with having sex with student in school closet now accused of abusing 5 others, including girl

A depraved Georgia teacher accused of having sex with a boy in a classroom closet allegedly sexually abused five other students – and had hookups inside a Hummer and on a golf course, according to newly-released arrest warrants.

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Epstein’s alleged ‘lieutenant’ lists 3 names tied to abuse

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Epstein’s alleged ‘lieutenant’ lists 3 names tied to abuse

Sarah Kellen, an alleged survivor and recruiter for Jeffrey Epstein, spoke to lawmakers behind closed doors Thursday.

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The Trump Slush Fund Is an Abuse of Political Power, Not a Legal Wrong

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The Trump Slush Fund Is an Abuse of Political Power, Not a Legal Wrong

Once again, Trump is doing what Democrats did, just far more ostentatiously.

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