Epstein files offer scant new insight into his crimes or how he avoided serious prosecution  —  The Justice Department's much-anticipated release of records tied to Jeffrey Epstein arrived in a flood of documents that did little to quell the long-simmering intrigue, largely …

Trump faces narrowing options on Venezuela action  —  The administration's death toll from strikes on alleged drug boats crests 100 as it ratchets up a unilateral blockade of sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers.  —  Just now  —  The day after President Donald Trump declared he had ended 94 percent …

Republican women shrinking their ranks in Congress  —  Retirements, resignations and tough races could cut into their growing numbers from recent elections.  —  Just now … Twenty minutes apart Friday afternoon, Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyoming) and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-New York) …

Epstein files include child porn complaint a decade before federal investigation  —  Maria Farmer has long claimed she warned the FBI about Epstein in the 1990s, but they ignored her complaint.  —  Just now … Justice Department files related to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein …

The year Trump broke the federal government  —  How DOGE and the White House carried out a once-unthinkable transformation of the nation's sprawling bureaucracy.  —  Government reporters Hannah Natanson and Meryl Kornfield can be reached securely on Signal at (202) 580-5477 and (301) 821-2013, respectively.

BREAKING: Proof Blanche was involved in the decision to prosecute Abrego  —  A recording from Allison Gill's live video  —  Get more from Allison Gill in the Substack app  —  Discussion about this video  —  The GOP Can't Escape Its Lies and Cruelty: Kilmar Abrego Garcia, “Antifa headquarters,” and Trump's Failed Policies

Exclusive: Trump appointee inspired by conservative media outlet to push for probe of Democratic congressman  —  A mortgage fraud probe of a Democratic congressman began last month after William Pulte, the Republican head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, referred allegations …

Trump again boasts he ‘aced’ cognitive tests - and reveals which animals he was required to identify  —  President provides insight into the mental fitness test: ‘The first question is like, ‘What is this?’  And they show a lion, a giraffe, a fish, and a hippopotamus’  —  Go to comments

RFK Jr. wanted to endorse the Danish vaccine schedule.  He was forced to pull back. … Billed as an “announcement regarding children's health,” Kennedy was to appear alongside his top agency heads and Tracy Beth Høeg, the Food and Drug Administration's top drug regulator.

UFC fighter bucks Trump White House event over Epstein controversy: 'I'm good, dude'  —  UFC fighter Sean Strickland said Friday that he will not participate in the White House fight next year, citing the Trump administration's controversy around the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.