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Pam Bondi unmasked a dark truth about the Trump admin with theatrics: analysis

A new analysis claims Attorney General Pam Bondi just pulled back the curtain on the Trump administration's whole sordid operation.

During her congressional hearing this week, Epstein survivors sat behind Bondi "unacknowledged and irrelevant to her purposes" as she performed for the cameras. That's according to Dahlia Lithwick in a scathing analysis in Slate, in which Lithwick said her testimony wasn't about justice or accountability.

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Murky Trump DHS case falls apart as 'new evidence' undermines case

The Trump administration claimed in a new court filing that it discovered "new evidence" in a case where it charged migrants with attacking immigration officers, which made the initial lawsuit even murkier, according to a new report.

In early February, the Trump administration filed charges against two immigrant men who were accused of attacking Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers with a shovel and a broom, an incident that left one individual with a gunshot wound in his leg. Officers also nabbed a 19-year-old witness to the event, who happened to be a romantic partner of one of the two other men involved.

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Ex-GOP official accused of misconduct in wrongful termination lawsuit

The former Republican attorney general of Virginia is being sued for wrongful termination by an ex-staffer who claims she had been looking into improperly diverted taxpayer funds in his office.

According to Joe Dodson of Courthouse News, "Financial services manager Linda Orr sued former Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, alleging wrongful termination. Orr claims the firing came after she observed the OAG giving tax $ to a company with multiple OAG attorneys serving as executive leadership."

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'Dire situation': TMZ founder shares 'ominous' email claiming to know Guthrie kidnapper

TMZ founder Harvey Levin revealed Thursday night that he received another email from someone claiming to know the person who took Nancy Guthrie almost two weeks ago.

The new email, Levin said on CNN's "Erin Burnett OutFront," paints a "bleak picture" of Guthrie's case.

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Trump dealt another major ICE setback by a judge he appointed

President Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security got a huge blow on Thursday evening, as a judge he appointed found a systematic and illegal effort to deprive Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees in Minnesota of access to legal counsel.

In the 41-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Nancy Brasel outlined the damning state of affairs, including how attorneys were not allowed to enter the Whipple Building to speak with detainees.

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'Heartless': Pam Bondi hit with blistering takedown by CNN's Jake Tapper

CNN's Jake Tapper didn't mince words in his fiery takedown of Attorney General Pam Bondi's performance before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday.

Bondi appeared before the committee to discuss the Department of Justice's continued efforts to stall the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, as required by federal law. The Attorney General was combative throughout the hearing, and at one point refused to acknowledge the presence of Epstein survivors who attended.

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'Everyone is scared': Professor reveals devil's bargain made with Trump

Billionaire CEOs have lined up to kiss President Donald Trump's feet — and NYU Professor Scott Galloway wants America to put a stop to it.

Speaking to MS NOW's Nicolle Wallace on the latest edition of her "All the Best People" podcast, Galloway, who is spearheading a movement to boycott tech companies like Apple and Amazon that have rolled over for the president, outlined why he thinks so many of them are knuckling under — and why it wouldn't take much to send the message that's not going to fly anymore.

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'You're struggling': Trump nominee quails at demand to explain white nationalist rhetoric

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) backed President Donald Trump's nominee for assistant secretary of state for international organizations into a corner during questioning this week, as he asked him to clarify what he meant by a series of pro-white nationalist posts claiming that "white identity" is under threat in America.

This comes after Jeremy Carl has deleted 5,000 social media posts, including posts claiming that Jan. 6 rioters were treated worse than Black Americans under Jim Crow, and that the head of a top teachers union should be executed.

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Social media lights up as Jared Kushner allegation emerges: 'Today in unsurprising news'

Social media lit up Thursday following bombshell revelations that Jared Kushner’s name surfaced in a confidential intelligence intercept at the center of a whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.

A whistleblower alleged that Gabbard improperly restricted the distribution of a highly classified report about an intercepted conversation concerning Iran in which Kushner was mentioned, the Wall Street Journal reported. The intercept reportedly captured two foreign individuals discussing Kushner, with “significant” but unverified allegations raised about him.

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New details about Nancy Guthrie's abductor released by FBI

The FBI released new details about Nancy Guthrie's abductor on Thursday, and increased their reward for information leading to Guthrie's location.

The FBI said Guthrie's abductor is likely between 5'9" and 5'10" tall with an "average" build. In the FBI's recent video of the individual, they were seen wearing a black 25-liter "Ozark Trail Hiker Pack" backpack.

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Mockery erupts as RFK Jr. admits snorting 'cocaine off toilet seats'

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s revelation Thursday that he wasn't afraid of COVID-19 since he "used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats" prompted a wave of responses online.

Kennedy recalled during an interview that he had met podcaster Theo Von at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting on Los Angeles' Westside.

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Trump-backed Republican drops out of pivotal swing state race

A Republican candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump for governor of Arizona is suspending her campaign — but this doesn't mean Trump has no cards to play in the race.

On Thursday, former Arizona Board of Regents member Karrin Taylor Robson posted her withdrawal announcement, exactly a year after she began her campaign.

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'Very sad': Ousted Trump official's tweet storm brutally ridiculed by GOP analysts

A pair of GOP analysts were flabbergasted on Thursday by former Customs and Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino's "gross' and "very sad" tweet storm.

Bovino sent off a series of posts on X last night, in which he made strange comments, like asking a reporter covering President Donald Trump's deportation forces to make him a pie and telling an anonymous MAGA account he wanted to try beaver meat. Bovino also admitted to having tried raccoon meat during the tirade.

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