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2 days ago

Trump appears sidelined as the US caught unawares by Israel's unprecedented strikes on Qatar

The White House was sidelined and informed late about Israeli strikes in Doha, straining relations with Qatar while balancing support for Israel.
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 day ago

MSNBC's Katy Tur Asks If Trump Will Use Charlie Kirk Shooting As a Justification For Something' Bad

He's 31, he is very young. He founded this group, Turning Point USA, which is one of the premier, if not the premier, conservative political groups around, and it started to eclipse the Conservative Political Action Conference or Committee, the CPAC conference that's held every year. He grew very close to Donald Trump. He could certainly be said to be a Donald Trump confidant in good standing, someone who is incredibly supportive of the president
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fromAdvocate.com
2 days ago

The government abandoned LGBTQ+ workers. Its former civil rights lawyers stepped up.

The cases the EEOC withdrew from included those brought on behalf of an Alabama hospitality group worker who alleged their manager said they needed to be "hidden" on the night shift before firing them outright; a transgender woman at an Illinois hog farm who said her coworker exposed his genitals to her and touched her breasts; and a transgender hotel worker in New York who said their supervisor referred to them as "transformer" and "it."
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#supreme-court
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 days ago

Trump Admin Refused to Comment on the Record About Nick Fuentes Out of Fear' of Attacks by His Online Fans, NY Times Reports

Nick Fuentes has grown influential among alienated young male conservatives, promoting anti-Israel, anti-immigrant, anti-transgender views while testing and criticizing President Trump.
#domestic-violence
LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
3 days ago

Trump orders removal of peace vigil site near White House

A peace vigil held near the White House since 1981 was dismantled after the Trump administration ordered its removal during a sweep of homeless encampments.
#scott-bessent
fromAdvocate.com
3 days ago
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Scott Bessent threatened to punch a fellow Trump official in the 'f***ing face,' Politico reports

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3 days ago
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Scott Bessent threatened to punch a fellow Trump official in the 'f***ing face,' Politico reports

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3 days ago
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Scott Bessent threatened to punch a fellow Trump official in the 'f***ing face,' Politico reports

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3 days ago
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Scott Bessent threatened to punch a fellow Trump official in the 'f***ing face,' Politico reports

#authoritarianism
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 days ago
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Ezra Klein Lists Off Trump's Actions In Office In Scathing NYT Editorial: The Authoritarian Consolidation Stage'

Donald Trump is consolidating authoritarian power by corrupting government institutions, using federal authority to punish enemies and enrich himself.
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago
US politics

Opinion: Why America Risks Becoming A 'Presidential Dictatorship'

Donald Trump's violations of law and democratic norms are pushing the United States toward authoritarian rule and away from democratic governance.
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 days ago
US politics

Ezra Klein Lists Off Trump's Actions In Office In Scathing NYT Editorial: The Authoritarian Consolidation Stage'

#harvard
#immigration-enforcement
fromPoynter
2 weeks ago
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Trump officials have made sweeping claims about Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Here's what the record shows. - Poynter

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2 weeks ago
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Trump officials have made sweeping claims about Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Here's what the record shows. - Poynter

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fromThe Atlantic
3 days ago

What Cities Actually Want from Trump to Fight Crime

The Trump administration defunded community-violence-intervention programs and prioritized a punitive crime strategy that treats people involved in street violence as irredeemable.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Donald Trump's Department of War' will just deliver bloodshed and destruction | Judith Levine

Donald Trump restored the Department of Defense's name to the Department of War, signaling a push for a revived warrior ethos and rejection of DEI in the military.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 days ago

Distraction 101: Blow them up

The US carried out a lethal maritime strike near Venezuela, killing civilians, and escalated rhetoric by renaming the Defense Department and endorsing destructive interdictions.
Arts
fromThe New Yorker
3 days ago

Kadir Nelson's "The Soloist"

Painter Kadir Nelson chose the September 15, 2025 cover to celebrate an artist and affirmed art soothes, informs, and inspires appreciation of life's beauty.
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fromSlate Magazine
3 days ago

Trump Actually Has an Opening to Do Something Great on Immigration. Hear Me Out.

Immigration hawks secured unprecedented enforcement under Trump, creating leverage for bipartisan reform while expanding ICE, advancing a border wall, and intensifying deportations.
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fromABC7 Chicago
5 days ago

Trump says he doesn't know 'anything' about reported failed SEAL Team 6 mission in North Korea

President Trump said he knew nothing about a 2019 SEAL Team 6 mission in North Korea that resulted in the deaths of unarmed civilians.
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fromConsequence
5 days ago

West Post Graduates Cancel Ceremony Honoring Tom Hanks

West Point Association of Graduates canceled the ceremony honoring Tom Hanks with the Sylvanus Thayer Award to focus on preparing cadets for military service.
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fromInsideHook
5 days ago

Bill Maher Talked Ivy League Drama and Economic Distress

Bill Maher mocked renaming Defense to Department of War and explored political norms and economic debate with Steven Pinker, Kaitlan Collins, and Stephen Moore.
Higher education
fromThe New Yorker
5 days ago

Harvard's Mixed Victory

A court ruling blocked the Trump Administration's funding freeze of Harvard, but the administration retains multiple legal and administrative tools to pressure universities.
#eric-adams
fromwww.amny.com
6 days ago
Brooklyn

NYC Mayor's Race: Eric Adams publicly expresses openness to possible Trump job offers to end campaign | amNewYork

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1 week ago

JUST IN: Trump Offers Eric Adams a Job to Get Him to Drop Out of NYC Mayor's Race

Eric Adams is weighing a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development job offered by the Trump administration against running for a second term as NYC mayor.
New York City
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week ago

BREAKING: Trump Reportedly Considering 'Clearing the Field' In NYC Mayoral Race for Coumo

Trump's advisers have discussed offering Eric Adams a White House post to clear the NYC mayoral field and boost Andrew Cuomo against Zohran Mamdani.
fromwww.amny.com
6 days ago
Brooklyn

NYC Mayor's Race: Eric Adams publicly expresses openness to possible Trump job offers to end campaign | amNewYork

fromThe Atlantic
6 days ago

Why This Administration Can't Fill Its Jobs

The best line of Donald Trump's three-hour-plus Cabinet meeting last week came not from the president but from Marco Rubio. "Personally, this is the most meaningful Labor Day of my life, as someone who has four jobs," said Rubio, who was serving as secretary of state, acting national security adviser, acting archivist of the United States, and acting administrator of USAID. (He's since handed the latter to Russell Vought, who now also has three titles.) Three of these roles are subject to Senate confirmation; Rubio has been confirmed, and for that matter nominated, only as secretary of state. Trump has not put any nominee forward for the other two positions.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
6 days ago

Trump Commerce Secretary Blames Bad Jobs Numbers On Govt Rooting Against' Trump

Howard Lutnick blamed naysayers and Biden holdovers for weak August jobs numbers and backed removing officials to align agencies with President Trump's agenda.
US politics
fromTruthout
6 days ago

Trump Accuses Foes of Mortgage Fraud, Doesn't Look Into His Own Cabinet Members

Multiple Trump Cabinet members listed different properties as primary residences on separate mortgages, a practice often legal but now targeted by the administration.
fromFast Company
6 days ago

How lawsuits over the 2020 election haven't slowed Fox News dominance

Twice recently, the people who run Fox News were reminded of their biggest nightmare. The conservative network Newsmax's $67 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems over false claims after the 2020 election recalled Fox's own $787.5 million deal with the same company more than two years ago. New legal papers filed last month by a second company suing Fox, Smartmatic, also put an episode they would like to forget back in the news.
Media industry
fromThe Verge
6 days ago

Tech leaders take turns flattering Trump at White House dinner

You and your policies are really helping a lot,
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fromwww.mediaite.com
6 days ago

Trump's First Jobs Report Since BLS Ousting Disappoints

The July jobs report had been so dissatisfying to the president that he announced through Truth Social that McEntarfer was being let go from her position to make room for someone more qualified. Trump accused the former commissioner of faking numbers to make him look bad. I have directed my Team to fire this Biden Political Appointee, IMMEDIATELY. She will be replaced with someone much more competent and qualified, he wrote.
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fromLos Angeles Times
6 days ago

Commentary: Trump wants to erase the tragedy of the Californios. We shouldn't let him

President Trump is attacking California institutions and historical narratives, criticizing Smithsonian exhibits and questioning the legitimacy of Californios.
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fromwww.npr.org
6 days ago

Hats on hats: How the Trump administration is loading officials with jobs

Multiple Trump administration officials are serving concurrently in two or more high-level roles, with Marco Rubio briefly holding four positions.
#biglaw
fromAbove the Law
1 week ago
US politics

Guy Who Helped Orchestrate Some of Biglaw's Pro Bono Payola Deals Offers Tone Deaf Defense Of Them - Above the Law

fromAbove the Law
3 weeks ago
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Paul Weiss & Kirkland Doing Free Trump Commerce Department Work As Part Of 'Please Don't Hurt Us, Daddy' Deals - Above the Law

fromAbove the Law
1 week ago
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Guy Who Helped Orchestrate Some of Biglaw's Pro Bono Payola Deals Offers Tone Deaf Defense Of Them - Above the Law

fromAbove the Law
3 weeks ago
US politics

Paul Weiss & Kirkland Doing Free Trump Commerce Department Work As Part Of 'Please Don't Hurt Us, Daddy' Deals - Above the Law

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fromBoston.com
1 week ago

Here's what to know about the HHS demand that Mass. erase 'gender ideology' from sex ed materials

The Trump administration ordered Massachusetts to remove references to gender identity, pronouns, and "gender ideology" from federally funded PREP materials and threatened funding loss.
fromIntelligencer
1 week ago

Trump's Paved White House Patio Renamed 'The Rose Garden Club'

"The White House has not been given any tender, loving care in many decades, so President Trump is taking necessary steps in order to preserve and restore the greatness and glory of 'the People's House,'" Steven Cheung, the White House communications director, told The New York Times. But now the White House is embracing the idea that Trump has established his own private club right outside the Oval Office.
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#jeffrey-epstein
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago
US politics

US House committee releases more than 33,000 pages of Jeffrey Epstein files

House committee released thousands of DOJ records on Jeffrey Epstein, including court filings and apparent bodycam footage, amid renewed scrutiny of the Trump administration's handling.
fromwww.npr.org
2 weeks ago
US news

Timeline: Trump administration's words as critics press for Epstein records

The Trump administration pledged transparency on Jeffrey Epstein records but has not released the requested files, leaving calls for disclosure unresolved.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

Trump says 11 killed in strike on alleged drug-carrying boat from Venezuela

President Donald Trump has announced that the United States military conducted a kinetic strike on a small boat he accused of smuggling drugs out of Venezuela for the Tren de Aragua gang. In a Tuesday post on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump shared black-and-white aerial footage of the bombing, which reportedly killed 11 people. list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3list 2 of 3list 3 of 3end of list The strike resulted in 11 terrorists killed in action.
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fromThe Atlantic
1 week ago

The Trump Administration Gets a Serious Scolding

The Trump administration illegally deployed military forces domestically, knowingly violating the Posse Comitatus Act and seeking to circumvent limits on military involvement in law enforcement.
#offshore-wind
LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
1 week ago

Daily newsletter 9/2

President Trump is alive while his administration faces setbacks: grand juries decline indictments, public pushback for blaming transgender people, and global LGBTQ+ policy shifts.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week ago

We Now Know Trump's Surprise Announcement From White House

President Trump announced relocating U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Huntsville, Alabama, reversing a prior Biden-era decision.
fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago

At Labor Day rallies, speakers decry Trump

Thousands of union members and others participated in marches, rallies and picnics on Labor Day throughout the Los Angeles region and across the country on Monday, decrying actions by the Trump administration that they say weaken unions and harm workers while strengthening and emboldening major corporations and the wealthy. A White House proclamation Monday said President Trump's actions are "reversing decades of neglect and finally putting American Workers first" by rewriting tax laws and creating a better economic climate for businesses.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week ago

Scott Bessent Roasted for 'Dishonest' Trump Tariff Defense

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claimed tariffs do not fall on American consumers; critics, including Jonah Goldberg, said that claim is dishonest and provoked widespread backlash.
fromwww.dw.com
1 week ago

Hundreds at Voice of America and parent agency to lose jobs DW 08/31/2025

"The US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) has initiated what is known as a reduction in force (RIF) of a large number of its full-time federal employees,"
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#ashli-babbitt
fromThe Atlantic
1 week ago

MAGA Has a New Favorite Slogan

The first problem with this argument is that the Biden administration did not politicize law enforcement-in fact, it went out of its way to avoid doing so. Biden put the Justice Department in the hands of Merrick Garland, a widely respected figure who had bipartisan support and who pledged to operate independently, and who followed through on that pledge by appointing a special counsel to insulate the federal Trump investigations from political influence.
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fromwww.npr.org
1 week ago

Trump ends Harris' Secret Service detail

President Trump revoked Secret Service protection for former Vice President Kamala Harris by ending her extension.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

What do a US envoy's animalistic' remarks to journalists signify

US envoy Tom Barrack's demeaning remarks toward journalists sparked outrage in Lebanon and mirror escalating hostility toward the media within the Trump administration.
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fromTruthout
2 weeks ago

Trump Refuses to Participate in UN Review of the US's Human Rights Record

The Trump administration refused to participate in the UN Universal Periodic Review, prompting ACLU condemnation for evading accountability and weakening human rights protections.
#federal-reserve
fromwww.dw.com
2 weeks ago

US Fed Governor Lisa Cook sues Trump administration DW 08/28/2025

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook has launched a legal battle against the White House, suing the administration of Donald Trump over her firing, according to court documents published on Thursday.
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fromFast Company
2 weeks ago

The White House or Theranos HQ? Trump's purges put him in league with these disgraced CEOs

Donald Trump removes or sidelines government officials who present unflattering facts, prioritizing loyalty and discouraging dissemination of inconvenient information.
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fromAxios
2 weeks ago

Republican support for unions plunged this year

68% of U.S. adults approve of labor unions; support is 90% Democrats, 69% independents, and 41% Republicans, reversing recent Republican gains.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

White House threatens sex education funds unless states nix references to transgender people in curriculums

The Prep initiative was created in 2010 to help prevent teen pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections. Accountability is coming, said Andrew Gradison, acting assistant secretary of ACF, which is part of the Department of Health and Human Services. Federal funds will not be used to poison the minds of the next generation or advance dangerous ideological agendas. The Trump administration will ensure that Prep reflects the intent of Congress, not the priorities of the left.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

Is President Trump a Socialist?' Questions MSNBC Host Katy Tur

President Trump's recent economic interventions resemble socialist-style government ownership and control, marking a shift toward expansive federal involvement in private business.
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fromProPublica
2 weeks ago

The Leader of Trump's Assault on Higher Education Has a Troubled Legal and Financial History

Leo Terrell switched from lifelong Democrat to Trump ally, gained Fox platform and DOJ roles despite a mixed legal record and financial and professional controversies.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

Donald Trump promises death penalty for murder cases in Washington, DC

United States President Donald Trump has announced his government will seek the death penalty in every murder case that unfolds in Washington, DC, as part of his crackdown on crime in the country's capital. Trump made the announcement in the midst of a Labor Day-themed meeting of his cabinet on Tuesday as he discussed a range of issues, from weapons sales to the rising cost of living.
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#john-bolton
fromAbove the Law
2 weeks ago
US politics

Former Trump White House Attorney Preaches 'Justifiable Paranoia' For Critics Of The President - Above the Law

fromFortune
2 weeks ago
US politics

Trump coy on raid of critic John Bolton's house: 'I could know about it. I could be the one starting it'

fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago
US politics

FBI raids home of John Bolton, former Trump adviser turned critic

FBI searched John Bolton's home in a national security probe into his handling of classified information amid tensions with the Trump administration.
fromBoston.com
2 weeks ago
US news

FBI searches home and office of ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton

The FBI searched John Bolton's Maryland home and Washington office in an investigation into handling classified information; Bolton was not detained or charged.
fromAbove the Law
2 weeks ago
US politics

Former Trump White House Attorney Preaches 'Justifiable Paranoia' For Critics Of The President - Above the Law

fromFortune
2 weeks ago
US politics

Trump coy on raid of critic John Bolton's house: 'I could know about it. I could be the one starting it'

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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

Everybody's Freaking Gay': Queer Republicans Reportedly Flock to DC Under Drag Queen' Trump

Washington, D.C. has become a hub for openly gay conservative men drawn to jobs, social life, and prominence within the Trump administration.
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

CNN Fact-Checker Smacks Down Trump Crime Claims Minutes After Wild Presser: Fantastical'

It is not accurate. So of course, it's fantastic. There has currently been the 11-day stretch without a reported homicide, but that also happened earlier this year. In February and March, there was a 16-day stretch with no reported homicides in the district. So the president is exaggerating again, and that wasn't his only false claim, guys, on the subject of D.C. crime.
US politics
fromThe Atlantic
2 weeks ago

Trump's Right-Wing Socialism

In his second term, the president is embracing perhaps the most sweeping expansion of federal power since that of Franklin D. Roosevelt: bullying state governments, using military force if necessary; telling private institutions, including media corporations and universities, how to operate; extorting law firms into doing free work for the government; and, in the latest escalation, taking a stake in the tech firm Intel.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

Gateway Pundit Reporter Slams Dems for Being Emotionally Attached' to MS-13 Gangbanger' Abrego Garcia in Wild Question to Trump

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran paroled after an administrative deportation error, was returned to the U.S., faces human trafficking charges, and became a partisan flashpoint.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Why Trump built a staff of incompetent sycophants | Robert Reich

Many senior Trump appointees and nominees lack relevant qualifications, display unprincipled or incompetent behavior, and attain powerful positions through nonmeritocratic channels.
#south-park
fromFortune
3 weeks ago
Television

'South Park' skewers Trump's DC police takeover with tanks, Towelie, and Satan in bed

fromFortune
3 weeks ago
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'South Park' skewers Trump's DC police takeover with tanks, Towelie, and Satan in bed

fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

We shouldn't focus on how bad slavery was' says Trump. What's next? | Francine Prose

Apparently, the purpose of removing programs that degrade shared American values, divide Americans by race or promote ideologies inconsistent with federal law is to present the American past as an unblemished landscape of positivity and perfection, to pretend that nothing wrong let alone evil has been done on our shores since our nation's founding. The point is to create a national identity that mirrors the president's own view of himself as a model of moral purity,
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fromFortune
2 weeks ago

Trump says Intel agreed to give the government 10% of the chipmaker. 'We do a lot of deals like that. I'll do more of them'

They've had some bad management over the years and they got lost. I said 'I think you should pay us 10% of your company,' and they said 'yes.' That's about $10 billion. I don't get it, this comes to the United States of America,
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

JUST IN: Migrant Trump Imprisoned In El Salvador Has Been Released From Criminal Custody

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, wrongfully deported to El Salvador, has been released from criminal custody and is returning to Maryland under ICE supervision and protective status.
fromABC7 Chicago
2 weeks ago

DOJ releases transcripts of interviews with Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's former girlfriend

WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department on Friday released transcripts of interviews its No. 2 official did with Jeffrey Epstein's imprisoned former girlfriend as the Trump administration scrambles to present itself as transparent amid a fierce backlash over an earlier refusal to disclose a trove of records from the sex-trafficking case. The disclosure represents the latest Trump administration effort to repair self-inflicted political wounds after failing to deliver on expectations that its own officials had created through conspiracy theories and bold pronouncements that never came to pass.
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fromIrish Independent
2 weeks ago

US Justice Department releases transcripts of interviews with Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell

The Trump administration released two days of interviews to appear transparent amid backlash for withholding sex-trafficking case records.
fromThe New Yorker
2 weeks ago

How Big Tech Sets the Agenda in Trump's America

Donald Trump is the most tech-friendly President in American history. He enlisted social media to win office; he became a promoter-and beneficiary-of cryptocurrency, breaking long-standing norms around conflicts of interest; and, in his second term, he brought Elon Musk, the world's wealthiest tech baron, to the White House, to disrupt the federal government in the manner of a Silicon Valley startup.
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fromAbove the Law
2 weeks ago

ICE Goes Full Hegseth: Adds Random Person To Group Chat Discussing Ongoing Manhunt - Above the Law

Senior Trump administration officials repeatedly mishandle operational security by sharing sensitive military and law enforcement discussions with unauthorized civilians and family members.
fromFast Company
2 weeks ago

The entire wall along the U.S.-Mexico border will be painted black. Here's why

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday that the entire border wall along the southern border with Mexico is going to be painted black to make it hotter and deter illegal immigration - and she credited President Trump with the idea.Noem spoke during a visit to a portion of the wall in New Mexico, where she also picked up a roller brush to help out with the painting.
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#alina-habba
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fromwww.npr.org
3 weeks ago

Kennedy Center terminates dance programming team

The Kennedy Center terminated three dance programming staff amid leadership changes and sweeping shifts after President Trump named himself Chairman and reshaped funding and honors.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
3 weeks ago

Top Trump DOJ Official Deletes Photo of Him Meeting With Colleague Who Appears to Be a Jan. 6 Rioter Who Urged to Kill' Cops

A DOJ official posted then deleted a photo appearing to show him with Jared Wise, a former Jan. 6 defendant now employed at the Department of Justice after Trump dismissed his case.
fromTruthout
3 weeks ago

White House Clashes With Jack White After Using His Song to Promote Deportation

"He rides his ATV in the desert with Border Patrol," she says. "He helps keep our communities safe."
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fromAxios
3 weeks ago

Trump's next fight: "woke" museum interpretations of history

Trump said that the "Smithsonian is OUT OF CONTROL" on Truth Social earlier this week.
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fromAbove the Law
3 weeks ago

Morning Docket: 08.21.25 - Above the Law

Corruption allegations, abrupt Trump U.S. Attorney resignation, TPS termination, Epstein files unsealing debate, and potential Trump-related election damage.
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