FBI agents were told to ‘flag’ any Epstein records that mentioned Trump, Sen. Durbin says  — FBI agents assigned to review files in the criminal case against Jeffrey Epstein were instructed to “flag” any documents that mentioned President Donald Trump, Sen. Richard Durbin said

Trump Threatens, Then Sues Murdoch Over Epstein Story Using Tactics His Supporters Used To Call A ‘Massive Attack on Free Speech’  —  Donald Trump admitted yesterday that he called Rupert Murdoch and demanded the Wall Street Journal kill its story about Trump's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm  —  The decision comes after a Supreme Court ruling allowing the Trump administration to slash the federal work force and dismantle agencies.  —  The Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday that it would eliminate …

Lawmakers Question Whether CBS Canceled Colbert's Show for Political Reasons  —  Paramount, the network's parent, recently agreed to pay President Trump $16 million to settle his lawsuit over the editing of an interview on the CBS News program “60 Minutes.”  —  Democratic lawmakers …

U.S.-Venezuela prisoner swap frees Americans for migrants in El Salvador  —  The Venezuelans, labeled terrorists and violent criminals by President Trump, had been deported to the notorious CECOT prison, setting off a tense legal battle over executive power.

Texan Moved Fam to Russia to Flee Woke—Now He's Headed to Ukraine Front Line  —  FAFO  —  Derek Huffman, 46, joined the military with hopes of becoming a Russian citizen.  His wife said he was duped into a combat role.  —  An American father who moved to Russia to avoid LGBTQ+ …

Trump's long-stalled suit against Bob Woodward dismissed  —  A federal judge on Friday dismissed President Trump's lawsuit against famed Watergate journalist Bob Woodward for publishing audio tapes of interviews he conducted with Trump for a 2020 book.  —  U.S. District Judge Paul Gardephe's ruling comes …

Comedians Pull Off Brazen Epstein Prank Inside Trump Tower Gift Shop  —  The Good Liars' stunt comes as MAGA backlash to President Donald Trump over the Epstein files grows.  —  Pranksters this week trolled President Donald Trump by placing Jeffrey Epstein-themed postcards in the gift shop at Trump Tower in New York City.

Why Are More Than 100 People Still Missing in Texas, 2 Weeks After the Floods?  —  The number of people unaccounted for dropped this week but remains stubbornly high as some searchers lose hope of finding them.  —  In the days after the deadly July 4 floods in Central Texas …

Democrats' 2024 Autopsy Is Described as Avoiding the Likeliest Cause of Death  —  An audit being conducted by the D.N.C. is not looking at Joe Biden's decision to run or key decisions by Kamala Harris's team, according to six people briefed on the report.  —  The Democratic National Committee's …

Newly Flush With Cash, ICE Races to Build Migrant Tent Camps  —  GOP megabill allocates $45 billion for detention, giving administration hope it can speed up deportation efforts  —  WASHINGTON—With an overnight tripling of its annual budget and intensifying pressure to increase deportations …

State, local officials seek to ban ICE agents' masks  —  A growing number of Democratic-leaning states and cities are weighing proposals to ban federal immigration agents from wearing masks and require them to display IDs when making arrests. … - Just as conservative-leaning states enacted …

Trump's immigration crackdown causing labor shortages to California's construction industry, builder says: “They're hiding”  —  Los Angeles — One construction site in Los Angeles has just about everything needed to build a traditional family home.  Everything, that is, except enough workers.