Trump signs bill to release Jeffrey Epstein case files after fighting it for months  —  President Donald Trump signed legislation Wednesday that compels his administration to release files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, bowing to political pressure from his own party after initially resisting those efforts.

South Florida Congresswoman Charged with Stealing $5 Million in FEMA Funds and Making Illegal Campaign Contributions  —  For Immediate Release  —  MIAMI - A federal grand jury in Miami has returned an indictment charging Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick and several co-defendants …

Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties  —  Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.

Autism and Vaccines  —  KEY POINTS … Vaccines do not cause Autism*  —  Pursuant to the Data Quality Act (DQA), which requires federal agencies to ensure the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information they disseminate to the public, this webpage has been updated because the statement …

Fox News Poll: Voters say White House is doing more harm than good on economy  —  Unhappy with the economy.  Pain with prices.  Unsure about Trump administration policies.  It adds up to high disapproval among the president's loyal constituencies.  —  Here are six takeaways from the latest Fox News national survey.

House unanimously rebukes Thune on data seizure payouts  —  The House unanimously voted 426- Wednesday night to claw back language in last week's government funding bill that could award some GOP senators hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages for having their phone records unknowingly obtained …

Capitol agenda: Where health care talks stand  —  The Senate's leaving Thursday for Thanksgiving recess without clear bipartisan agreement on how to address expiring Obamacare subsidies.  But after a busy week of talks across the Capitol, we're starting to get some clarity on what will or won't pass muster …

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene voters say they're sticking with her, despite the Trump feud  —  NBC News spoke to roughly 20 voters in her conservative district, many of whom praised Greene for her courage and conviction — while making clear they still back Trump, as well.

Employee of a Federal Official Charged with Conspiracy to Falsely Report Violent Attack and Giving False Statements to Law Enforcement  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey  —  CAMDEN, N.J. - A New Jersey woman was charged with conspiring …

Elon Musk's Grokipedia cites a neo-Nazi website 42 times, researchers say  —  An analysis by researchers at Cornell University is the first comprehensive look at Grokipedia since Musk launched his project last month.  —  Tech billionaire Elon Musk's online encyclopedia, Grokipedia …

Family Affair: Commerce Secretary's Sons Cash In on A.I. Frenzy  —  Howard Lutnick is helping push data center projects.  His family companies are profiting from them.  —  Kyle Lutnick, the 29-year-old scion of his family's real estate business, traveled in July to Amarillo, Texas …

Man Detained by ICE Found Dead, Hanging With Hands and Feet Tied—Attorney  —  Warning: This article contains descriptions of suicide.  Please proceed with caution.  —  A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged.

Top military lawyer raised legal concerns about boat strikes  —  The lawyer at U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the operations against alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela, disagreed that the strikes are legal and was overruled, according to six sources.

Ethics Committee Opens Probe Into Rep. Cory Mills After Mace's Censure Push  —  The House Ethics Committee launched a formal investigation Wednesday into a host of allegations against Rep. Cory Mills, following a push for censure by his Republican colleague, Rep. Nancy Mace.

The hidden axis: the left-right spectrum has a non-ideology problem  —  This article presents more results from our November Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll.  You can read the first article about this poll here:  —  Introduction to this essay  —  Dissatisfaction with American politics …

How the FBI Became the Face of Deprofessionalization  —  A 2020 paper published in the American Journal of Political Science studied who works for secret police organizations under authoritarian governments.  The authors, Christian Gläßel and Adam Scharpf, argued that those willing …

Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with ‘suspicious’ travel patterns  —  The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, The Associated Press has found.