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'Flummoxing': Expert flags stunning FBI oversight with Epstein's closest associates

Jeffrey Epstein's former attorney and co-executor Darren Indyke might have committed perjury in his testimony to Congress, legal expert Lisa Rubin told MS NOW's Alicia Menendez on Tuesday's edition of "Deadline: White House" — but it's unclear partly because the FBI never bothered to look at him as closely as they should have.

Indyke and another Epstein associate, his accountant Richard Kahn, spoke to Congress behind closed doors, with their testimony only now becoming available. They both claimed to have had no knowledge of the deceased financier and accused sex trafficker's crimes against children — but there are holes in their story, Rubin said.

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15-point document leaks containing terms of Iran peace deal: report

A 15-point document containing terms of a potential peace deal for the war in Iran was leaked to Israel's Channel 12 on Tuesday, according to a report.

Phil Stewart, chief national security correspondent at Reuters, posted four of the deal terms on X. They include Iran agreeing not to enrich any uranium in the country, agreeing to decommission the Natanz, Isfahan, and Fordow nuclear plants, stopping funding of proxies in the region like Hezbollah, and agreeing to a "free maritime zone" in the Strait of Hormuz.

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'There’s no chance': Irate Iran officials refuse to speak with top Trump negotiators

Iranian officials have apparently refused to continue talks with President Donald Trump's two closest allies behind key negotiations in the Middle East, according to reports on Tuesday.

Negotiations involving Iran, Pakistan and the United States were expected to take place in Islamabad as early as this week or next; however, Trump's picks to discuss the ongoing military conflict were reportedly not wanted at the table, The Guardian reported.

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Trump caught in crossfire as Fox News panel rages about Iran war

President Donald Trump was caught in the crossfire on Fox News between Jessica Tarlov and Jesse Watters on "The Five" about the war in Iran.

Tarlov claimed that Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have told the American public "completely backwards" stories about how the war is progressing and the administration's goals for ending it. For instance, Trump has claimed that victory in Iran means an "unconditional surrender" by the Iranian regime. Hegseth has claimed the goals are to destroy the country's nuclear weapons infrastructure.

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Jury wallops Meta with massive penalty for harming children

A jury in New Mexico found Meta Platforms, which owns Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram, liable for harming children and ordered the company to pay an eye-popping $375 million fine, according to a new report.

The ruling concludes more than six weeks of testimony from company representatives and officials from New Mexico. Officials claimed that internal documents proved Meta was targeting young children with harmful content to keep children on their apps longer, which in turn boosted company revenue.

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Economist paints bleak picture of  America's future after Trump

President Donald Trump's autocratic tendencies are doing more than terrorizing Americans, University of Michigan economist Justin Wolfers told MS NOW's Alicia Menendez on Tuesday's edition of "Deadline: White House" — they are undermining America's future ability to grow and prosper.

Wolfers expounded on this amid reporting that Trump is going out of his way to pay companies to cancel wind energy projects — at a moment when his war with Iran is provoking an energy crisis.

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Red state Supreme Court under fire for 'disregarding the law' as Dems dealt massive loss

Political analysts and observers bashed the Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday after it issued a decision that some argued disregarded the law.

In a 4-3 ruling, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that the Republican-controlled state legislature's efforts to redraw the state election map were constitutional. The ruling paved the way for Republicans to compete in the deep blue Missouri 5th Congressional District, which has been held by a Democrat since 1949. The seat is currently held by Rep. Emmanuel Cleaver (D-MO).

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'Light her up!' Huckabee Sanders sets off Arkansas MAGA rebellion

Sarah Huckabee Sanders' path to a 2028 presidential run is hitting serious turbulence in her own backyard — a grassroots rebellion of conservative Arkansas voters who feel blindsided and betrayed by her aggressive push for a massive new prison.

The former Trump White House press secretary leveraged her Trump connections and family political legacy to become governor, but locals say she brought Washington D.C. power politics with her — and they're experiencing serious buyer's remorse.

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‘This incompetence is just insane’: Critics dumbfounded as Trump officials admit defeat

U.S. officials made the startling admission recently that achieving the Trump administration’s primary goals in its war against Iran had become “unlikely,” The Washington Post reported, and that undoing the damage caused by the conflict had “emerged as perhaps” the war’s new “paramount objective,” a revelation that left several notable critics dumbfounded on Tuesday.

“The incompetence is just insane,” noted Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) on Tuesday in a social media post to their more than 1.1 million followers.

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Trump DOJ accused of withholding evidence after high-profile arrest of 39 protesters

President Donald Trump's Department of Justice has been accused of withholding evidence in a high-profile case where 39 people were arrested after protesting the administration's immigration policies at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Earlier this year, protesters attended a church service at City Church in St. Paul, where David Easterwood, the acting director of the local Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office, is a pastor. A total of 39 people were arrested after the protest, including former CNN anchor Don Lemon.

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Trump gets even after red state Republicans defy his bidding: 'America last!'

President Donald Trump attempted to get revenge on six Indiana Republicans who refused to go along with his demand to have new district maps drawn up before the midterm elections.

In a flurry of Truth Social posts on Tuesday, Trump endorsed primary challengers to the Republicans who had defied him.

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Trump again hurls Pete Hegseth under the bus over Iran war

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was angry about settling the Iran war.

Trump was taking press questions after swearing in new Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin in the Oval Office when he gave a frank response about the status of the ongoing military conflict in the Middle East, which has now reached its fourth week and left 13 troops dead and 232 service members wounded.

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GOP ex-governor sentenced to jail for defying judge in court battle with his son

In an explosive development in an ongoing legal battle, former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has been sentenced to 60 days in jail for contempt of court, unless he pays a $500 cash bond and complies with the court orders he has ignored.

According to the Lexington Herald-Leader, the judge accused Bevin of repeatedly refusing orders to disclose financial information in a dispute brought by his adopted 19-year-old son, Jonah.

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