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The U.S. military intercepted and shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones and struck an Iranian ground control station in Bandar Abbas that was about to launch a fifth drone, a U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Hill on Wednesday. Bandar Abbas is a port city on the southern coast of the…
The Treasury Department on Wednesday sanctioned an Iranian agency attempting to control the Strait of Hormuz. In a release, the department said the Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA) — which the Iranian government formed earlier this month to manage the passageway — is a “new attempt by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to monetize…
President Donald Trump has refiled his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal — and to bolster his case, he's leaning on a key witness interview conducted by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, the president's own former personal attorney.In an amended complaint filed Tuesday in federal court in Miami, Trump's lawyers cited a July 2025 interview with Ghislaine Maxwell as evidence that the Journal's reporting was false. What the filing doesn't mention is that the interview was conducted by Blanche who was serving as Deputy Attorney General at the time and has since been elevated to Acting Attorney General — and who granted Maxwell limited immunity to participate.The lawsuit centers on a July 2025 Wall Street Journal story reporting that a bawdy birthday letter bearing Trump's name was included in a 2003 album Maxwell compiled to celebrate Jeffrey Epstein's 50th birthday. The letter, the Journal reported, featured a typewritten note framed by a hand-drawn outline of a naked woman, with a signature mimicking pubic hair. Trump has denied writing it.The amended complaint argues Maxwell's statements to federal investigators undercut the Journal's reporting. "Maxwell has stated, subject to penalty of perjury for lying to a federal officer, that she did not remember President Trump submitting a letter for Epstein's 50th birthday," the filing reads.But when Blanche asked Maxwell directly during the two-day July interview, her answer was notably narrow. "Do you remember President Trump submitting a letter or a card or a note?" Blanche asked. "I don't," Maxwell replied. Asked again, she said, "I do not remember."Her statement came in an interview which came with a limited immunity agreement, after which Maxwell was transferred to a minimum-security prison in Texas — a facility that typically does not house sex offenders.When later pressed on whether Maxwell was a credible witness, Blanche told CNN it was "an impossible question to answer."The original lawsuit was dismissed in April by U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles, who ruled Trump's complaint came "nowhere close" to the actual malice standard required of public figures in defamation cases. The amended complaint attempts to clear that bar by arguing the Journal ignored Maxwell's lack of recollection, buried Trump's denials, and published without ever producing the letter itself.Dow Jones, which owns the Journal, said at the time of the original filing that it would vigorously defend against the suit. "We have full confidence in the rigor and accuracy of our reporting," a spokesperson said.
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A former aide to President Donald Trump questioned why his administration was launching a criminal investigation of E. Jean Carroll, who successfully sued him twice for sexual assault and defamation, just months before crucial elections.A jury found Trump liable in 2023 for sexually abusing the writer and columnist decades earlier, and he was also found liable for defamation over comments he made about her on social media.Former White House director of strategic communications Alyssa Farah Griffin told "CNN News Central" the Department of Justice perjury investigation of Carroll, announced Wednesday, was a bemusing mistake."I will never understand why this administration wants to put some of the worst associations of the president back in the headlines," Griffin said. "Most of us have kind of forgotten about the E. Jean Carroll suit, the allegations, what he was ultimately found liable for, and now it puts it front and center.""It's very similar to the Jan. 6 cases, DOJ wants to keep rehashing them," she added. "But then Republicans also say, 'Oh, Democrats keep talking about Jan. 6.' No, this president keeps talking about the election lies, Jan. 6. So from purely a standpoint of wanting to focus on his domestic agenda and move forward, this makes zero sense."Co-host John Berman asked what the administration got out of pursuing possible prosecution against Carroll."Absolutely nothing – it's not a headline that they want, and we've seen a number of these cases go forward," Griffin said. "James Comey and others, where they overreach. DOJ was not able to get the outcome that they wanted, and I suspect this will be a similar case, not from a legal perspective, but based on what we know, this should be the last thing Donald Trump wants to talk about in the twilight of his presidency. He should be focusing on the economy, gas prices, the war in Iran, not re-litigating this." - YouTube youtu.be
A Chicago teen detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for more than two months was released Tuesday in time to attend his high school graduation after pressure from legislators and community backlash.Ricardo Hernandez-Navarrete, 18, and Martha Liliana Navarrete-Capazan, 46, were unexpectedly detained at an ICE check-in in March. They were separated and then transported to at least eight different facilities in seven states, Raw Story first reported.Navarrete-Capazan was ordered immediately released on May 19 in response to her habeas corpus petition, and Hernandez-Navarrete was released by ICE on his own recognizance on Tuesday, said Kelli Fennell, the family’s lawyer.Both reunited Tuesday at a gas station in Crown Point, Indiana, in front of a local media frenzy. Hernandez-Navarrette will attend his graduation at Mather High School in Chicago’s West Ridge neighborhood on Thursday, Fennell said. Kristy Morrow, community organizer; Ricardo Hernandez-Navarette; Liliana Navarrete-Capazan; and Steven Navarrete reunite on Tuesday.“It was just incredibly fortunate and so grateful that they're home now, where they should be, and we're going to continue doing things the right way, and keep fighting their cases,” Fennell told Raw Story Wednesday.At a check-in with ICE on Wednesday, Hernandez-Navarrete was given a watch wrist monitor, Fennell said. While “no monitor and a selfie app on the phone would have been ideal,” Fennell said Hernandez-Navarrete was grateful to not have to wear an ankle monitor that would interfere with his soccer playing."It’s like a watch," Hernandez-Navarrete told Raw Story via phone on Wednesday. "It's okay. I prefer that than be there in jail.""It was really good, see[ing] a lot of people, a lot of friends, and a lot of interviews," Hernandez-Navarrete said after being released.Both the mother and son are still pursuing their asylum cases, Fennell said. The family faces fear of harm or persecution in Colombia, she said."I hope, and I have faith with God, and he's going to be is going to do everything," Hernandez-Navarrete said.Lawmakers reactThe family’s detention experience drew attention from national lawmakers.In response to Raw Story’s investigation, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) called for the release of the mother and son.“Donald Trump and this gang of thugs think that cruelty and bigotry make America strong. They are mistaken,” Schakowsky told Raw Story in a statement last month. “Immigrants are and always have been what makes our country great. My office is in communication with the family’s attorney, and we will do everything possible to bring them home and secure justice for them.”Upon Hernandez-Navarrete’s release, Schakowsky posted a statement on X.“I'm relieved that Ricardo and his mother Martha have finally been reunited and released. But what they endured should've never happened in the first place,” Schakowsky posted.“The cruelty we're seeing in our immigration system must end. Immigrants make our communities stronger, and we must keep fighting for a system that reflects our values."I'm relieved that Ricardo and his mother Martha have finally been reunited and released. But what they endured should've never happened in the first place.The cruelty we're seeing in our immigration system must end.Immigrants make our communities stronger, and we must keep… https://t.co/nHpmgWLUx2— Jan Schakowsky (@janschakowsky) May 27, 2026 Hernandez-Navarrete told Raw Story via a phone interview from Kenton County Detention Center in Kentucky last month that he was subjected to strip searches, slept on the floor without blankets, was unable to use the restroom due to too many people in one room and spent two days in solitary confinement — he says without reason.Fennell called the conditions “appalling” last month.Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) called for the release of Hernandez-Navarrete on the Senate floor last week and celebrated his release in a post on Wednesday.“I am very pleased that Ricardo has been released from ICE detention and is reunited with his mother. But he should never have been taken from his school and family in the first place,” Durbin posted on X Wednesday.“We must end the Trump Administration’s mass deportation operation and stop these needlessly cruel attacks on immigrants and our communities.” I am very pleased that Ricardo has been released from ICE detention and is reunited with his mother. But he should never have been taken from his school and family in the first place.
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