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President Donald Trump filed a $10 billion defamation lawsuit Friday against The Wall Street Journal and its parent company, Dow Jones, claiming the paper knowingly published “false and malicious” information about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. The lawsuit marks a sharp escalation in a week dominated by renewed scrutiny of …

The Trump administration moved Friday to unseal grand jury testimony in the long-running Jeffrey Epstein case, a surprise legal maneuver that highlights the White House’s struggle to control growing backlash over its handling of documents tied to the disgraced financier. In a court filing, the Department of Justice asked a …

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials will gain access to the personal data of over 79 million Medicaid enrollees under a new agreement signed Monday between the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), according to an agreement obtained by The Associated Press. …

President Donald Trump on Thursday vehemently denied writing a letter to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that allegedly included a nude sketch and bore Trump’s signature—calling the report “fake” and threatening legal action against the Wall Street Journal, which broke the story. The Journal reported that Trump was one of …

The U.S. House cleared legislation just after midnight Friday that will cancel $9 billion in previously approved spending for public broadcasting and foreign aid, marking only the second time in more than three decades Congress has approved a presidential rescissions request. The 216-213 mostly party-line vote sends the bill to President Donald Trump …

The U.S. Senate agreed to legislation early Thursday that will cancel $9 billion in previously approved funding for public broadcasting and various foreign aid accounts, another victory for the Trump administration. The 51-48 mostly party-line vote at about 2:30 a.m. sends the bill back to the House, where GOP lawmakers in that chamber …

A group of 10 Republican senators is publicly urging the Trump administration to reverse its decision to freeze more than $6 billion in federal education funding already appropriated by Congress—marking a rare intra-party rebuke of the president’s education agenda. Led by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), the senators sent a …

The Trump administration deported five men convicted of violent crimes to the southern African nation of Eswatini this week, continuing its controversial practice of removing immigrants to third countries that are not their nations of origin. According to Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin, the deported individuals came from …

President Donald Trump said Wednesday it was “highly unlikely” he would fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, appearing to reverse course less than a day after floating the idea with Republican lawmakers and sparking a temporary dip in the stock market. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump said, …

Maurene Comey, a senior federal prosecutor who helped lead the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case, was fired this week without public explanation, amid mounting pressure on the Justice Department from President Donald Trump’s base to release additional files tied to Epstein’s associates. The move adds to growing tensions within the …

In a stunning rebuke to a segment of his MAGA base, President Donald Trump on Wednesday disavowed supporters who have pushed for the release of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, calling them “weaklings” who “bought into this bulls—.” The blistering post on Trump’s Truth Social platform marked his sharpest break …

President Donald Trump is urging Texas Republicans to redraw the state’s congressional maps to add five GOP-friendly House seats, a move that could dramatically reshape the battleground for the 2026 midterm elections. Speaking Tuesday before departing the White House for a trip to Pittsburgh, Trump said, “Texas will be the …

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the withdrawal of 2,000 National Guard troops from Los Angeles, the Pentagon confirmed Tuesday, scaling back a controversial military response to immigration-related protests that erupted across the city last month. “Thanks to our troops who stepped up to answer the call, the lawlessness in …

Attorney General Pam Bondi has fired the Justice Department’s top ethics official, Joseph Tirrell, intensifying concerns among legal experts and former department staffers that a systematic purge of internal watchdogs is underway under President Donald Trump’s administration. Tirrell, who served as director of the Departmental Ethics Office, announced his dismissal …

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday filed murder and stalking charges against Vance Boelter, the 57-year-old Minnesota man who has confessed to carrying out a deadly attack targeting state lawmakers and their spouses — an act of political violence that has shocked the nation and left Minnesota reeling. Boelter is accused of …