4 h. ago Nancy Mace was tearful after meeting with Epstein victims. A day later she defended Trump who has called it a ‘hoax’

Mace, a survivor of sexual assault and rape herself, has defied GOP leadership and thrown support behind House bill to force further releases of Epstein files

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14 h. ago Donald Trump accused of trying to silence Epstein victims with jet flyover

Women who survived abuse at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein gathered at the Capitol in Washington DC to urge transparency - only for the president to call the case files a “hoax”

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24 h. ago Trump flounders as he calls Epstein furor a ‘hoax’ while sex

Republican rebels and Epstein survivors are both ramping up the pressure on Trump, who for once seems unable to shift the spotlight, writes John Bowden

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27 h. ago Can Epstein’s survivors beat back Trump’s pressure campaign over ‘files’?

‘I think it’s shameful that this has been called a hoax,’ said GOP Rep. Thomas Massie, flanked by survivors on the Hill Wednesday, reports Eric Garcia. ‘This is not a hoax. This is real. There are real victims.’

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27 h. ago Can Epstein’s survivors beat back Trump’s pressure campaign over ‘files’? (cloned)

‘I think it’s shameful that this has been called a hoax,’ said GOP Rep. Thomas Massie, flanked by survivors on the Hill Wednesday, reports Eric Garcia. ‘This is not a hoax. This is real. There are real victims.’

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38 h. ago Nancy Mace leaves Epstein victims’ testimony hearing in tears after ‘full blown panic attack’

Republican lawmaker says she was left ‘hyperventilating,’ ‘shaking,’ and unable to breathe after meeting Jeffrey Epstein survivors on Capitol Hill

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55 h. ago Trump faces new Epstein headache as Congress returns from recess

Lawmakers plan pressure campaign for release of Epstein files as victims meet with speaker and oversight committeeUS politics live – latest updatesCongress returns to session on Tuesday, and with it will come a political headache for Donald Trump in the form of renewed attention on the investigation into the disgraced financier Jeff Epstein and his death, a subject that the president has sought to avoid in recent weeks.While the president got a month-long break from the Epstein issue when lawmakers left town for the annual August recess – with the House of Representatives wrapping up a day early because of the controversy over Epstein – the calm is likely to end quickly. On Tuesday afternoon, representatives from both parties have planned press conferences and legislative maneuvers intended to put pressure on the Trump administration for more transparency over Epstein, whose suicide while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges in 2019 has been the subject of conspiracy theories t...

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9 d. ago Colleges across the country targeted with active shooter hoaxes on the first day of classes

Hoax swatting calls have affected at least 10 college campuses from Arkansas to Pennsylvania

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9 d. ago Spate of hoax calls about active shooters stir fear at college campuses around the US

A rash of hoax calls about active shooters on college campuses has spread fear among students around the country as the school year begins at institutions of higher learning

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2 w. ago Hoax bomb caller who also threatened to burn down woman's Coatbridge home avoids prison

Steven Agnew, 50, claimed an explosive device had been placed in the town's Bank Social Club.

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3 w. ago Hoax caller, 61, who told police he had planted bombs at Heathrow and Birmingham airports is jailed

Paul Fisher, 61, from Oadyby, made false threats in May to numerous forces claiming he had planted bombs at several locations.

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