Month: July 2025

A federal judge on Thursday ruled that the firing of a Democratic commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) by President Trump was illegal. U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan, a Biden administration appointee, said the Trump administration’s “attempt to remove’ Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter “did not comply with the FTC Act’s removal protections.” “Defendants repeatedly want…
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Trump previously had a relationship with the late disgraced financier, who died in a jail cell in 2019 as he awaited a trial on sex trafficking charges.

“May every day be another wonderful secret,” the 2003 note said.

President Trump penned a new executive order on Thursday to form a new classification of noncareer federal employees who will be hired to “help faithfully implement the President’s policy agenda.”  The employees will be listed under the classification “Schedule G” and will engage in “policy-making or policy-advocating work,” according to the White House.  Schedule G…
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The FBI agents have worried for months that Trump will use a list to target them.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that President Trump’s struggle to contain the MAGA outcry over the Jeffrey Epstein files is a monster of his own making.  “Democrats didn’t put this into the public domain,” Jeffries told reporters in the Capitol. “The conspiracy theory provocateur-in-chief is the one — along with his extreme…
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Rep. French Hill (R-Ark.), the chair of the House Financial Services Committee, said on Thursday that he does not “believe” that President Trump can fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.  Hill was asked during a press conference if he thinks there are any circumstances in which Trump “could and should” fire Powell, whose term as…
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The White House on Thursday said President Trump underwent medical testing due to “mild swelling” in his legs, unveiling a vein condition that is common in those older than 70. In a press briefing, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt shared a note from Trump’s physician that described the exam. The president went through ultrasounds and a…
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Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey and a career federal prosecutor, issued a fiery memo a day after being ousted from her job at the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), telling colleagues that “fear is the tool of a tyrant, wielded to suppress independent thought.” …
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Mick Mulvaney said Trump is “in the files” but said if the evidence made the president look bad, the Biden White House would have released it.

House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) slammed President Trump’s push to reopen the historic Alcatraz prison near San Francisco as “the stupidest initiative put forth by this administration” on Thursday. “Being tough on crime is not turning Alcatraz, which won’t even be a prison for a long time to come — I don’t think it’ll…
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Most Americans say President Trump’s policies in his second term have not so far improved their lives, according to a new AP-NORC survey. In the poll, conducted this past weekend, 49 percent of respondents say Trump’s policies have done more to hurt them, while 22 percent say the policies have not made much of a…
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Podcaster Theo Von called out Vice President Vance on Wednesday for changing his stance on the release of files related to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Von first reposted a clip from his October podcast with Vance where the vice president told listeners, “Seriously, we need to release the Epstein list. That is an important thing.”…
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Attorney General Pam Bondi sent letters to several California sheriffs on Thursday requesting the names “of all inmates in their county jails who are not citizens of the United States, their crimes of arrest or conviction and their scheduled release dates.” Bondi requested the information within 30 days and said the Department of Justice (DOJ)…
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Close Thank you for signing up! Subscribe to more newsletters here The latest in politics and policy. Direct to your inbox. Sign up for the Evening Report newsletter Subscribe 96 <!– {beacon} REPUBLICANS on Thursday moved closer to clawing back billions in federal spending and passing a package of crypto bills, advancing more pieces of…
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The House passed legislation Thursday laying out regulatory rules for the crypto industry, after GOP leadership managed to stem a revolt from competing factions in the conference that brought the floor to a standstill and left the crypto legislation in limbo.  The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act cleared the House in a 294-134 vote, with…
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The president called his base “stupid” and “foolish” for inquiring about Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking investigation. Experts weigh in on his latest attacks.

The White House said President Trump was diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency Thursday after the leader noticed swelling in his lower limbs and ankles.  Trump diagnosed with common vein condition after leg swelling White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the president underwent a “comprehensive examination” that revealed the reason behind inflammation in his lower…
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This is Trump’s “stupidest initiative yet,” Nancy Pelosi said, scoffing at the visit.

The Trump administration previously said it was because he shakes so many hands every day.

The Trump administration is pressing back on a new intelligence assessment, first reported by NBC News, that contradicts President Trump’s repeated assertions that U.S. airstrikes “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear facilities last month. Citing five current and former U.S. officials familiar with the latest assessment, NBC News reported Thursday that Iran’s Fordow nuclear enrichment site was mostly…
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Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Attorney General Pam Bondi visited Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in California on Thursday, just two months after President Trump ordered the reopening of the historic prison near San Francisco. Both Trump administration officials shared photos online from their visit to the offshore prison, which closed more than 60 years ago because…
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(NEXSTAR) — The White House on Thursday said President Donald Trump was found to have chronic venous insufficiency after undergoing medical testing for “mild swelling” in his legs and bruising on one of his hands. A note from Trump’s physician shared by press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the 79-year-old president underwent ultrasounds and a “comprehensive…
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) is seeking a one-day prison sentence, already served, for a Louisville police officer convicted in connection with the raid that resulted in Breonna Taylor’s death. Ex-Louisville Metro Police Department Detective Brett Hankison was convicted last year of violating Taylor’s civil rights by blindly firing shots into a window and door…
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Sen. Markwayne Mullin (Okla.), the Senate Republican deputy whip, on Thursday blocked a request by Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego (Ariz.) to demand the Trump administration release files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Gallego, a freshman, stood up on the Senate floor to demand that colleagues “show the American people that they deserve the…
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