It was a week from hell that nearly broke Donald Trump’s administration. By the time it was over, the president had sustained more blowback and political damage for his administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files than he did for bombing Iran last month. “The week was a big kick …
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Multiple federal law enforcement officials who spoke to Rolling Stone on the condition of anonymity say that Jeffrey Epstein hired private investigators to follow, intimidate, and surveil FBI special agents investigating allegations that he paid underage women for sex. The FBI declined Rolling Stone’s request for comment. These new allegations …
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About a month after National Guard troops and federal officerson horseback descended on MacArthur Park, where children at a summer day camp were reportedly present, CaliforniaGov.Gavin Newsom slammed Donald Trump for deploying the U.S. military to Los Angeles. “They’re sitting there on horses with American flags, running through soccer fields, …
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Jon Stewart revealed that he scrapped his intended opening monologue after the X account belonging to beloved Sesame Street character Elmo was hacked over the weekend. The Daily Show host explained that due to the antisemitic, violent tweets that appeared on Elmo’s account, he felt he had to address the …
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In a late night vote at the Capitol on Monday, House Republicans blocked a Democratic effort to unseal documents related to the investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Republicans have long stoked conspiracies about the disgraced financier’s death, voted against the resolution in the heat of a MAGA civil …
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Donald Trump hasn’t exactly done a great job handling the backlash to the Justice Department’s memo announcing that Jeffrey Epstein killed himself and there is no high-profile “client list.” The president lashed out at a reporter who asked about the memo, before posting a bizarre rant on Truth Social in …
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Speaking to a private gathering of conservative operatives and fossil fuel advocates in January, a top deputy to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton gave “the inside story” about how his office bullied Wells Fargo, one of America’s biggest banks, into dropping out of a global initiative to reduce carbon emissions. …
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Former President Joe Biden fired back at President Donald Trump and others in the GOP who have claimed his staff’s use of an autopen was done without his knowledge while granting pardons and clemency toward the end of his term. “They’re liars. They know it,” he said in an interview …
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The X account belonging to Sesame Street character Elmo was hacked on Sunday, resulting in a series of antisemitic posts that included violent threats against Jewish people. The six now-deleted posts called on the muppet’s followers to “kill all Jews” and declared that Donald Trump is the “puppet” of Israeli …
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Chelsea won the FIFA Club World Cup final against Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday, 3-0, which has nothing to do with President Donald Trump, but that didn’t stop the spotlight-loving former reality TV star from trying to steal some of their shine by staying onstage for the winning celebration. “Wait, wait, …
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