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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told a room of Epstein survivors who had testified for decades that he was powerless to act, insisting, "I'm just the attorney general."

The meeting happened Thursday at Justice Department headquarters, according to MS NOW, which reconstructed it through one attendee and a representative for other survivors, both speaking on the condition of anonymity for fear of retribution.

The Secret Service has blocked the BBC from serving Donald Trump Jr. with a subpoena seeking his Jan. 6 communications, according to a court filing Friday.

The British Broadcasting Corporation disclosed the blockade in a filing that accused the Justice Department of a conflict of interest — fighting the same subpoena in court that a fellow executive branch agency was stopping on the ground.

A top MAGA influencer lost a debate with Elon Musk's Grok chatbot after he demanded it accept that the "2020 election was stolen" on the heels of President Donald Trump's primetime address.

The influencer is David J. Freeman, a Texas-based conservative commentator and MAGA advocate who posts on X under the handle Gunther Eagleman.

President Donald Trump boasted Friday morning about the success of a primetime address that spurred critics to call him "unhinged" and the speech "proof of dementia."

Trump wrote on Truth Social that his White House address Thursday night had been viewed by a "big audience" and received "great reviews."

Vice President JD Vance admitted to podcast host Joe Rogan that the Trump administration was "guilty" of mishandling the Jeffrey Epstein files after the podcaster said the White House's claims of transparency were little more than a "performative display."

The admission came Wednesday on the Joe Rogan Experience, during a lengthy back-and-forth in which Rogan pressed Vance on the administration's Epstein record.

President Donald Trump's pick to lead U.S. intelligence agencies repeatedly refused to answer questions under unrelenting grilling from Democrats, prompting Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AK) to begin yelling at a confirmation hearing on Wednesday.

Walter "Jay" Clayton III, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, appeared before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence for his confirmation as director of national intelligence — the official who oversees all 18 of America's spy agencies.

A reporter's tribute to the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) backfired this week after it unwittingly revealed a request from the lawmaker that left her colleagues aghast.

Following Graham's death of an aortic dissection at 71, Atlantic reporter Ashley Parker — who covered Congress for the New York Times — shared what she called a favorite memory of the senator.

President Donald Trump has reportedly found a way to cram even more golden garnish on the Oval Office walls just a day after a photo of his tube of Krazy Glue went viral.

CNN White House producer DJ Judd first spotted the adhesive on Monday evening, as Trump fielded reporters' questions about Iran from behind the Resolute Desk.

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito could use a retirement announcement to interfere in the midterm elections, a new analysis warns.

A new analysis by Off Message writer Brian Beutler found a risk that Alito could use an unconventional retirement announcement to influence the outcome of November's election. Beutler called it "LEGAL judicial election interference, and another heist."

Paramount head David Ellison's $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery is unraveling, with a coalition of 12 states filing a blockbuster antitrust lawsuit designed to derail the merger as the media executive faces a financial time bomb that could cost him hundreds of millions of dollars.

According to media watchdog Status, Monday's complaint, filed in federal court in California, represents a potential death blow to one of the entertainment industry's most controversial proposed mergers. The lawsuit argues that combining Paramount and Warner Bros. would "extinguish competition" and cause "substantial harm" to consumers and the media industry.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced backlash Monday after announcing a new task force to hunt and prosecute "leakers," drawing an immediate rebuke from CNN anchor Jake Tapper.

Hegseth posted a video to X Monday morning announcing that the Pentagon and the Justice Department had created a joint task force to identify and prosecute anyone who leaks sensitive military information.