In the days since President Donald Trump issued a 50-day ultimatum to Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine, Kremlin officials have shown little interest in coming to the negotiating table. The president’s deal, as clarified by a White House official after his public announcement, gives Russia 50 days, roughly seven weeks, […]

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) on Friday accused the Justice Department of ordering the FBI to “flag” files related to the Jeffrey Epstein case that mentioned President Donald Trump.  In multiple letters to top DOJ and FBI officials, Durbin, the No. 2 Senate Democrat, referenced Attorney General Pam Bondi‘s move to review the Epstein files in […]

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Thursday suggested that Democrats attacking President Donald Trump over his handling of investigations into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are hypocrites.  Democrats have ramped up pressure against Trump for not releasing Epstein’s “client list” and other information, even as the Department of Justice says no such list exists and […]

The National Institutes of Health is still blaming processing delays for public records requests on the COVID-19 shutdown from five years ago, with response times to simple inquiries reportedly averaging months. To this day, NIH’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) portal says hospitals, research institutions, healthcare companies, and medical professionals whose records are subject to information […]