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Top Epstein pal hounded by Dem lawmaker during break in hearing: 'Hard to believe'

Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) hounded billionaire Les Wexner Wednesday during a break from the billionaire’s testimony before the House Oversight Committee on his past relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

Wexner was compelled by law to testify Wednesday before the House Oversight Committee, members of which traveled to Wexner’s mansion in Ohio to conduct the closed-door hearing. During a break in the testimony, a handful of lawmakers on the committee spoke with reporters to provide an update, and Lynch, speaking fiercely, blasted Wexner for his “hard to believe” testimony up to that point.

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Trump admin's threats appear to have backfired as Dem candidate gets 'very good news'

President Donald Trump's administration may have elevated a Democratic Senate candidate by strong-arming CBS into calling off an interview with him, according to a new analysis.

Late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert told viewers that said CBS didn't air his interview Monday with Texas state Rep. James Talarico out of fear of regulatory action by the Federal Communications Commission, which the network denies, but CNN's Harry Enten said new data shows the administration's threat could have backfired.

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CNBC humiliates Eric Trump after bragging about brand success: ‘Because your father’

Eric Trump appeared alongside his brother Donald Trump Jr. Wednesday for a sit-down interview with CNBC where, after touting the Trump brand as “hot,” he was issued a scathing reminder of who may be most responsible for its success.

“We have the greatest hospitality assets in the world, the Trump Organization, we have 26 projects going up around the world,” Eric Trump boasted to CNBC’s Sara Eisen.

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Don Jr. defiant on Trump's 'blatant' crypto corruption: 'They put us in this position'

Donald Trump Jr. defended his family after they were accused of corruption over a secret deal in which the UAE invested millions in a crypto venture in apparent exchange for clearance to purchase powerful AI chips that could end up in the hands of China.

During an interview on Wednesday, CNBC's Sara Eisen asked Donald Trump Jr. and his brother, Eric Trump, about the World Financial Liberty deal with the UAE. Critics have called the deal a "blatant, disgraceful conflict of interest and a possible violation of the Constitution's Federal Emoluments Clause."

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'It has to end': MAGA pastor uses slur to smear Black Democrats

MAGA pastor John K. Amanchukwu Sr. lashed out at Black Democrats, comparing them to "cheap prostitutes" because they did not vote for causes he supported.

During a Wednesday discussion on Real America's Voice, Amanchukwu argued that late-night host Stephen Colbert should not have been allowed to interview a Texas Democrat, arguing that the candidate wanted to "destroy America."

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Trump adviser demands Fed economists be 'disciplined' for arguing with presidential tactic

President Donald Trump's longtime economic adviser Kevin Hassett suggested on CNBC Wednesday that the economists at the New York Fed who produced an analysis revealing 90 percent of Trump's tariffs are paid by U.S. companies and consumers, should face punishment of some kind.

"The paper is an embarrassment. It's, I think, the worst paper I've ever seen in the history of the Federal Reserve System," said Hassett, who was recently in the running for Trump's next nominee to lead the Fed. "The people associated with this paper should presumably be disciplined, because what they've done is they've put out a conclusion that has created a lot of news, that's highly partisan, based on analysis that wouldn't be accepted in a first-semester econ class."

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​GOP lawmaker intrigued by Fox host's idea for passing law without votes: 'Great question'

Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo floated a blatantly unconstitutional suggestion for President Donald Trump to get a Republican voter suppression law passed, and a GOP congressman said he'd look into it.

House Republicans passed the SAVE America Act, which would require documented proof of citizenship to vote and potentially disenfranchise millions of eligible voters, but the Trump-backed bill has run into Democratic opposition in the Senate, where it lacks the votes to overcome the 60-vote filibuster threshold.

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'Can't unsee this': MS NOW panel goes off the rails over 'lunkhead' RFK Jr. video

A “workout” video posted by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to X late Tuesday was greeted by gales of laughter and no small measure of disgust and bafflement on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe” on Wednesday morning.

With no introduction, the video of the controversial RFK Jr. and aging rocker Kid Rock taking off their shirts and exercising, with Rock’s “Bawitdaba” from 1999 as a soundtrack, was shown, before the “Morning Joe" producers cut to the panel, most of whom were laughing.

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'You're not answering the question:' CNN host holds conservative's feet to fire on Colbert

CNN's Audie Cornish challenged a conservative political operative to address whether President Donald Trump's administration was imposing right-wing ideology on the media.

Panelists on "CNN This Morning" discussed late night-talk show host Stephen Colbert's feud with his own network CBS, which he claimed had barred him from airing an interview with Democratic Texas senate hopeful James Talarico because network lawyers had warned him it went against federal "equal time" rules, and conservative activist Terry Schilling downplayed the move.

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House Republicans ignoring 'absurd' Trump demand despite backroom arm-twisting: report

Donald Trump's crusade to restrict or end mail-in voting has butted up against resistance from House Republicans whose electoral prospects depend on maximizing voter turnout.

According to Politico reporter Mia McCarthy, the White House tried behind the scenes to strong-arm Republicans to include mail-in voting restrictions in the recently passed SAVE America Act, but the effort proved unsuccessful. Some GOP lawmakers have grown frustrated with the president's demands.

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MS NOW host sounds off on 'most cowardly corporate lawyers' after canceled Dem interview

MS NOW host Lawrence O'Donnell sounded off against what he described as "the most cowardly corporate lawyers in America" after a popular Democrat's interview was canceled.

On Monday night, Texas state Rep. James Talarico was scheduled to appear on "The Late Show" with host Stephen Colbert. But Colbert told the audience that the interview was canceled because CBS News' lawyers said it could violate the Federal Communications Commission's equal-time rule. Instead of airing the interview live, Colbert posted it on social media, where it attracted millions of views.

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Conservative analysts expose 'fundamental lie' behind CBS News shakeup

Two conservative analysts exposed the "fundamental lie" behind the recent shakeup at CBS News during a podcast interview on Tuesday.

The acquisition of The Free Press by Paramount Skydance and the subsequent installation of Bari Weiss as Editor-in-Chief at CBS News was not only a sizable shift in the U.S. media landscape, but it also revealed something unsettling about the state of the media, according to Tim Miller, host of "The Bulwark Podcast," and Jonathan Last, a writer at the outlet. They argued in a new podcast episode on Tuesday that the move shows media companies are now seen as vehicles for appeasing President Donald Trump, something people who supported the shakeup at CBS News often deny.

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Trump could soon suffer stinging court loss as major case on 'life support': expert

President Donald Trump could soon suffer another stinging court loss as a major case his administration is pursuing is on "life support," according to one expert.

For almost a year, the Trump administration has tried to prosecute Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident with temporary protected status, on charges of human trafficking. The Trump administration "mistakenly" deported Abrego Garcia in May to El Salvador, where he spent several weeks in the infamous CECOT prison. Abrego Garcia was returned to the U.S. after spending about seven months abroad, and the Trump administration has since moved to prosecute him again in Tennessee.

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