24 h. ago Democrats release Trump’s alleged birthday note to Epstein featuring nude doodle

A note allegedly from Donald Trump wishing late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein happy birthday - and alluding to their “wonderful secret” - was released on Monday by Democratic lawmakers, after the US president denied it existed. Democrats on the US House Oversight Committee, which is investigating the handling of a criminal investigation into the disgraced financier, published the letter and drawing of a nude woman on social media after it was delivered by Epstein’s estate. The US president has...

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6 d. ago US kills 11 people in strike on alleged drug boat from Venezuela, Trump says

The US military killed 11 people on Tuesday in a strike on a vessel from Venezuela allegedly carrying illegal narcotics, President Donald Trump said, in the first known operation since his administration’s recent deployment of warships to the southern Caribbean. Trump told reporters at the White House: “We just, over the last few minutes, literally shot out a boat, a drug-carrying boat, a lot of drugs in that boat.” “And there’s more where that came from. We have a lot of drugs pouring into our...

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6 d. ago Trump says US strike kills 11 on alleged drug boat from Venezuela

The US military killed 11 people on Tuesday in a strike on a vessel from Venezuela allegedly carrying illegal narcotics, President Donald Trump said, in the first known operation since his administration’s recent deployment of warships to the southern Caribbean. Trump told reporters at the White House: “We just, over the last few minutes, literally shot out a boat, a drug-carrying boat, a lot of drugs in that boat.” “And there’s more where that came from. We have a lot of drugs pouring into our...

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7 d. ago Brazil court mulls Bolsonaro’s fate, shrugging off US ‘threats’

Brazil’s Supreme Court vowed Tuesday not to bend to pressure from Washington in deciding the fate of far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro, a Donald Trump ally on trial for allegedly plotting a coup. Kicking off a five-day process of passing judgment in the final stage of the trial, presiding judge Alexandre Moraes said Bolsonaro had aimed to install a “real dictatorship”. Bolsonaro, 70, risks a prison sentence of 43 years if convicted of conspiring to cling to power after losing 2022...

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1 week ago Trump calls for George Soros and son to be charged over ‘violent protests’

US President Donald Trump said that philanthropist George Soros and his son should be charged with racketeering for allegedly supporting violent protests “and much more”, without citing any evidence. Trump made the remark Wednesday in a social media post that did not elaborate on whether Soros was being investigated, or specify which protests or which son he was referring to. Alex Soros, one of the billionaire’s sons, chairs the board of directors of the Open Society Foundations, which was...

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2 w. ago US Fed governor Lisa Cook to sue Trump, saying he cannot legally fire her

US Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook’s lawyer said she will launch a court challenge against US President Donald Trump’s effort to fire her. A member of Trump’s administration filed a referral to the Justice Department over allegations involving mortgages Cook obtained in Georgia and Michigan. “President Trump has no authority to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook,” lawyer Abbe Lowell said in a statement emailed to reporters. “His attempt to fire her, based solely on a referral letter,...

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2 w. ago Trump sacks Fed Governor Lisa Cook over mortgage fraud allegations

President Donald Trump moved to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook from her post at the US central bank in the wake of allegations that she falsified documents on mortgage applications. “The American people must be able to have full confidence in the honesty of the members entrusted with setting policy and overseeing the Federal Reserve,” Trump said in a letter he posted to Truth Social. “In light of your deceitful and possibly criminal conduct in a financial matter, they cannot and I do...

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4 w. ago Intel CEO to visit White House after Trump called for his ouster over alleged China ties: report

Intel CEO to visit White House after Trump called for his ouster over alleged China ties: report  Fox Business

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