The Justice Department on Friday released the transcript and audio of a two-day interview with Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime Jeffrey Epstein associate serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who previously represented President Donald Trump against a flurry of criminal charges levied against him in the lead-up to the 2024 election, conducted the nine hours of questioning on July 24 […]
Democrats should speak more “like normal people” and examine their language, liberal think tank Third Way said in a memo. The Democratic Party is scrutinizing its messaging, platform, and candidates that it’s marketing to Americans after a decisive 2024 election loss. Third Way, in a memo addressed to “All Who Wish to Stop Donald Trump […]
President Donald Trump said Friday that chipmaker Intel has agreed to give the United States government a 10% equity stake in the company, a historic government intervention. Trump said during a news conference that the deal came after negotiations with the CEO of Intel, Lip-Bu Tan. “I said, ‘I think it would be good having […]
Acting New Jersey U.S. Attorney Alina Habba blamed Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) on Thursday for some of her struggles to keep her job due to his refusal to end a bipartisan tradition on judicial nominees. Habba said during an appearance on Fox News that Grassley had helped stall her nomination “by holding up a traditional […]
A Democrat in Michigan filed an ethics complaint against Rep. John James (R-MI) on Friday over a campaign event he held this week. Joel Rutherford, who was previously the Michigan Democratic Party’s chairman for the 10th Congressional District, which James represents, claimed James used one of his House staffers and several printed signs at a […]
The Department of Justice on Friday sent the first round of files about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to the House Oversight Committee. Rep. James Comer (R-KY), chairman of the committee, subpoenaed the Epstein files earlier this month. “The House Oversight Committee has received the Department of Justice’s first production of Epstein records pursuant to […]
Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell told Justice Department officials last month that President Donald Trump “was never inappropriate with anybody” during the years he and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein were acquaintances, according to a transcript made public on Friday. Maxwell sat for a roughly nine-hour, two-day interview in July with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche in Tallahassee, Florida, where she was asked about her […]
President Donald Trump is weighing how to proceed with peace talks between Russia and Ukraine amid a pause in negotiations, describing himself as “not happy at all.” Trump expressed some frustration on Truth Social on Friday, pondering whether he would need to take part in the next round of discussions, though he would “rather not.” […]
Salvadoran national Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from criminal custody in Tennessee and is on his way to Maryland, his attorney confirmed Friday. Abrego Garcia, 29, was freed after U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes authorized his release while he awaits trial on human smuggling charges in Nashville. His legal team has arranged for private security to transport […]
President Donald Trump bashed Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) on Friday while speaking with reporters at the Oval Office, calling him “incompetent.” Newsom has attempted to position himself as a resistance leader during the second Trump administration after enjoying abnormally warm relations during the first. But Trump made known his disdain for the California governor while […]
