46 h. ago Trump administration files motion to unseal Epstein transcripts

US Department of Justice claims there is ‘extensive public interest’ in the cases targeting the late disgraced financier

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48 h. ago Pranksters fill Trump Tower gift shop with merch featuring pictures of Epstein with the president

The prank comes as the Trump administration is embroiled in controversy surrounding files in the criminal investigation of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

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3 d. ago Attorneys sue to restore deportation protections for abused and neglected migrant children

Legal advocates have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration to restore deportation protection for migrant children and youth who suffered parental abuse, neglect, or abandonment

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4 d. ago Most Americans think Trump administration is covering up evidence in Epstein case, new poll finds

A new poll finds 67 percent of Americans believe the government is hiding evidence related to the convicted sex offender

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4 d. ago Trump administration sued by 20 states for cutting disaster prevention grants

Lawsuit claims Fema lacks power to cancel multibillion-dollar Bric program after it was approved by CongressA group of 20 mostly Democratic-led US states filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to block the Trump administration from terminating a multibillion-dollar grant program that funds infrastructure upgrades to protect against natural disasters.The lawsuit filed in Boston federal court claims that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) lacked the power to cancel the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program in April after it was approved and funded by Congress. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago 20 states sue the Trump admin for cutting disaster prevention money

A group of 20 mostly Democrat-led U.S. states filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to block the Trump administration from terminating a multibillion-dollar grant program

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4 d. ago The Epstein Files: How the saga unfolded within Trump’s administration

Full timeline of how Jeffrey Epstein investigation file caused rift in Trump’s MAGA base

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4 d. ago The View host tears into Republican infighting over Epstein files

The View host Ana Navarro tore into Republicans' responses to the Trump administration's handling of the Epstein files during Tuesday's (15 July) program.

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5 d. ago How the Trump administration’s handling of the Epstein files became a vehicle for QAnon

Maga’s obsession with the files shows how a fringe QAnon conspiracy theory has taken root in the pro-Trump movementThe release of the “Epstein client list” has long been the holy grail for the Maga movement. Supposedly, this list, once released, would incriminate a veritable who’s who of liberal elites complicit in Jeffrey Epstein’s child sex-trafficking operation and expose the moral rot at the heart of the Democratic establishment.The mystery surrounding the Epstein files also became a vehicle for QAnon conspiracy theorists to push their ideas about a “deep state” cover-up of a network of global pedophiles into the broader tent of the Maga movement. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Who is Dan Bongino? FBI deputy at center of Maga fallout over Epstein files

Bongino appears to be on course to be the Trump administration’s first casualty of the Epstein files falloutThe future of the deputy FBI director, Dan Bongino, is unclear after he stormed out of a meeting with Pam Bondi, the attorney general, and told friends he was considering quitting over the controversy surrounding Jeffrey Epstein.Bongino, a former New York police officer and Secret Service agent who helped protect George W Bush and Barack Obama, appears on course to be the Trump administration’s first casualty of the Epstein fallout, which is threatening to split the “Make America great again” (Maga) movement Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Heavily redacted Epstein flight logs undermine DoJ and Trump's 'transparency' claims and fuel cover

The Trump administration's insistence that there are no more Epstein files to release has been undermined by documents previously disseminated by the Department of Justice.

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1 week ago Mahmoud Khalil files $20m claim against Trump administration for false imprisonment

Precursor to a lawsuit also claims the Palestinian activist was maliciously prosecuted and smeared as an antisemiteLawyers for Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University graduate and Palestinian activist who was detained by the Trump administration for months, have filed a claim for $20m in damages against the administration, alleging Khalil was falsely imprisoned, maliciously prosecuted and smeared as an antisemite as the government sought to deport him over his prominent role in campus protests.The filing – a precursor to a lawsuit under the Federal Tort Claims Act – names the Department of Homeland Security, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the state department. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Jeffrey Epstein's brother reveals why he refuses to believe death was suicide despite Pam Bondi claims

Jeffrey Epstein's brother said he 'laughed at how stupid' the Trump administration's handling of the 'Epstein files' has been amid mounting scrutiny on the notorious pedophile's death.

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1 week ago Ghislaine Maxwell was not Jeffrey Epstein’s sole enabler. So why is she the only one in prison? | Arwa Mahdawi

This weekend, the Trump administration officially closed the file on the notorious billionaire Epstein. Maga aren’t the only ones who should be outragedGreat news, everyone! We can all stop thinking about Jeffrey Epstein, who was charged with the sex trafficking of minors in 2019 and found dead in his Manhattan jail cell shortly after, apparently of suicide. Great minds have looked into the case and discovered there is nothing more to uncover. So don’t waste your time wondering which powerful people might have been part of Epstein’s alleged trafficking operation. There’s nothing to see here – nothing at all. Case officially closed.That, in essence, was the message from the Trump administration over the weekend. On Sunday, Axios reported on a memo from Trump’s justice department and the FBI that concluded there is no evidence that Epstein was involved in blackmailing people, kept a “client list” or was murdered. Most importantly, the memo said there is no “evidence that could predica...

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