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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has declassified a cache of Obama-era intelligence materials that she claims reveal a “treasonous conspiracy” to delegitimize Donald Trump’s 2016 election victory. But a review of the documents and past investigations shows that Gabbard’s central allegations are not supported by the evidence. In recent …

The U.S. government is preparing to incinerate nearly $10 million worth of unused contraceptives in France, after rejecting multiple offers to reroute the supplies to developing countries, according to sources and documents reviewed by Reuters. The contraceptives—including implants, pills, and intrauterine devices—have been warehoused for months in Geel, Belgium, following …

Columbia University announced Wednesday it has reached a sweeping $221 million settlement with the Trump administration to resolve multiple federal civil rights investigations stemming from recent campus protests over the Israel-Hamas war. The university said it will pay $200 million over three years to settle U.S. Department of Education inquiries …

Attorney General Pam Bondi is under mounting pressure to testify before Congress following a report that she informed President Donald Trump his name appeared in internal documents from the Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking investigation. According to a report published Wednesday by The Wall Street Journal, Bondi told Trump earlier this year …

In a significant bipartisan move, the House Oversight Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement voted Wednesday to subpoena the Department of Justice for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier and convicted sex offender whose network of political and celebrity ties continues to fuel public interest. The motion, introduced by …

A federal judge in Florida has denied the Justice Department’s request to unseal grand jury materials related to investigations into Jeffrey Epstein dating back to 2005 and 2007. In a ruling issued Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Robin Rosenberg said she was bound by existing legal precedent that limits the disclosure …

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that his administration has reached a new trade agreement with Japan, one of the United States’ top trading partners, that will reduce tariffs on Japanese imports to 15%. The announcement comes just days before Trump’s self-imposed August 1 trade deadline and is being hailed by …

A high-stakes clash between the judiciary and the Trump administration intensified Tuesday as Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the firing of federal prosecutor Desiree Leigh Grace, whom New Jersey’s judges had named to replace Alina Habba as U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey. Habba — a former personal …

A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Monday, blocking a provision in Republicans’ “big, beautiful” law that would have barred Medicaid funding from going to Planned Parenthood for one year. District Court Judge Indira Talwani wrote in a 36-page opinion that Planned Parenthood established “a substantial likelihood of success on their …

House Speaker Mike Johnson is under fire from members of his own party for refusing to act on growing demands to force the release of documents related to the investigation into convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Despite mounting pressure from Republican lawmakers, activists, and online influencers, Johnson shut down legislative …

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche intends to meet with convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell in the coming days, Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed Tuesday morning, in what marks the first known outreach from a Department of Justice official to the former Jeffrey Epstein associate since her 2021 conviction. “We are …

Former President Donald Trump reignited controversy over sports team branding Sunday, calling on the Washington Commanders to revert to their former name—the Washington Redskins—and threatening to block the team’s proposed return to a new stadium in the District of Columbia unless they comply. “The Washington ‘Whatever’s’ should IMMEDIATELY change their …

As the Texas Legislature’s overtime special session kicked off Monday, Democratic lawmakers promised to make their Republican colleagues’ efforts to redraw the state’s congressional maps as painful and protracted a battle as possible. They threatened to drag out hearings, filibuster and even flee the state to deny the quorum necessary …

The Trump administration on Monday released more than 240,000 pages of FBI records detailing the U.S. government’s surveillance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., despite opposition from the King family and key civil rights organizations. The documents, which had been under seal since 1977, provide an expansive — and at …

President Donald Trump’s newly signed tax and spending law will add $3.4 trillion to the U.S. national debt over the next decade and strip health insurance from 10 million Americans by 2034, according to a new report released Monday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The sweeping legislation, which …