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GOP lawmaker calls out FBI Director Kash Patel for 'troubling deflection' on Epstein files

FBI Director Kash Patel came under fire early Wednesday morning for what one GOP lawmaker called a "troubling deflection" on the controversial Epstein files release.

Patel was asked in an interview if the FBI will release the Epstein files by the 30 day deadline that's required under the newly passed Epstein transparency law, and he responded with, "Well, we are working with our partners at the Department of Justice... to release what we can lawfully, legally produce." He then adds that there are numerous barriers keeping certain files from being publicly disclosed by the federal agency.

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Trump and Pete Hegseth's latest 'stupid political play' will come back to haunt them: host

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s attempt to please Donald Trump by pursuing Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) with a possible recall and court-martial will not play well with the public, as evidenced by GOP lawmakers siding with the former Navy pilot and astronaut, according to some.

Expanding upon reports that Hegseth wants to make an example of the Arizona Democrat for his part in a public service announcement advising military members they don’t have to follow “illegal“ orders, “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough and his panel agreed it is a massive misstep by the administration.

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'Republicans in no-win position' as Trump pushes health plan that would 'freeze out' many

A proposed healthcare plan from the Trump administration would "freeze out a lot of people", a political commentator has warned.

The repeal of Affordable Care Act so people can "negotiate and buy their own, much better, insurance," has caused controversy within the GOP and beyond as Trump looks to adapt to the expiration of the ACA subsidies. Everyday Americans are now facing a "massive spike" in costs to their health insurance, according to The Atlantic's James Surowiecki.

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The one thing you need to ask your MAGA relatives at Thanksgiving

USA Today's Rex Huppke rejected the notion of avoiding politics at Thanksgiving Wednesday, saying it's "letting them off the hook," and had a suggestion to make the dinner more palatable — especially when it comes to those MAGA relatives.

"I understand the desire to set disagreements aside for the holidays. I understand the importance of family. But at this moment in history, I wholly reject avoiding a subject that, thanks to Trump’s extremism and unquenchable thirst for attention, envelops virtually every aspect of our lives," he wrote.

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Trump DOJ officials warned 'this doesn't end well' as they play with fire with judge

Reacting to a report that the Department of Justice is now pointing the finger at Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem as the culprit in a fight over ignoring a judge’s order, MS NOW host Joe Scarborough claimed all involved will end up paying a price.

In a DOJ response late Tuesday, to U.S. District Judge James Boasberg’s insistence that the administration specify the officials who ignored his ruling that deportees could not be flown out of the country to a notorious prison in El Salvador, the judge was directed to Noem.

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'Hegseth has been upstaged': Secretary inspecting uniforms as underling negotiates Ukraine

Self-styled "secretary of war" Pete Hegseth has been reduced to threatening uniform inspections as one of his subordinates takes part in talks to bring Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine to an end.

The secretary of defense has been publicly attacking Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) for taking part with other Democratic lawmakers in a viral video that President Donald Trump wants investigated as sedition, and Hegseth first threatened to court martial the retired U.S. Navy captain and astronaut and then taunted him online over an alleged uniform violation, reported NOTUS.

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'Instilling more fear': Locals say Trump admin effort to fight crime has already backfired

The GOP's crime crackdown has been criticised by those living in communities the Trump administration targeted most of all.

According to an ANC commissioner for Washington's Kingman Park area, Ebony Payne, the tough attitude towards crime from the president's administration has caused more problems than it has solved. Speaking to NOTUS, Payne believes there is a desire from locals to live in a "safe community" but that the Trump administration has done very little to affect this positively.

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Colorado clerks beg governor: don't give in to Trump over imprisoned election denier

As President Donald Trump exerts pressure to release into federal custody a disgraced Colorado elections official convicted of felonies for a data breach scheme related to attempts to overturn the 2020 election, county clerks in the western state are imploring their governor to keep the convicted felon imprisoned.

Seven Colorado elections officials held a press conference Tuesday to ask Jared Polis, the Democratic governor, to keep former Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters in state custody for the duration of her nine-year sentence, for charges related to a data breach that allowed Trump ally Mike Lindell to access voter information in an attempt to prove false claims of election fraud.

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'Veered into micromanagement': Rift between Trump and White House ballroom architect grows

Donald Trump is scheduling "frequent meetings" which verges on "micromanagement" of the White House ballroom proposal.

The president confirmed earlier this year he had hired architects and received funding from donors to overhaul the East Wing. The area will play host to a ballroom which the Trump administration has claimed will be fit for future generations to host world meetings in.

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'Most significant challenge': Epstein files release may grind to a halt: Comer

A series of challenges threaten the timely release of Jeffrey Epstein's files according to investigation lead James Comer.

The House investigation is already facing off against a flurry of issues in securing the release of the files, but other problems could make it so nobody believes what they are reading, Politico reported. Investigation head Comer believes there is too much speculation around the Epstein files for the release to be believed.

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'Hide the hard truth': Trump administration 'living in a fantasy' on crucial issue

The Trump administration are finding it difficult to "hide the hard truth" according to an investigative piece into the president's whereabouts.

The New York Times reported there are "signs of fatigue" in the 79-year-old president's actions, including less meetings, fewer public appearances, and a worry over a bruise on his hand. The president's number of public engagements has dropped significantly since his first term, and a political historian, Matthew Dallek, says this decline mirrors that of his predecessors.

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'25th Amendment shiver': Trump's meeting with Mamdani did not go to plan: biographer

The meeting between New York City mayor elect Zohran Mamdani and Donald Trump did not go according to plan, according to a biographer.

Michael Wolff suggested the president's plan had been to be tough but instead Trump looked as though he was won over by the Democratic socialist during their Oval Office press conference. The slip up from Trump, who had reportedly been set to be tough on Mamdani only to say he and the NYC mayoral elect agreed on several issues, has made some insiders "shiver", The Daily Beast reported.

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'Can't make this up': Mark Kelly says Trump administration prosecuting him is ridiculous​

Arizona senator Mark Kelly has ridiculed comments made by Donald Trump, who called his recent actions "seditious" in a furious Truth Social post.

The president had also implied Democrats calling on military personnel to reject illegal orders be "executed", with Kelly addressing the comments on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth confirmed an investigation was now underway into Kelly over "potentially unlawful comments", The Guardian reported.

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