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'Don't ever accuse me!' Pam Bondi melts down after Dem busts her for 'lying under oath'

Attorney General Pam Bondi lashed out at Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) after he accused her of lying under oath about evidence against President Donald Trump in Jeffrey Epstein's case files.

During a Wednesday hearing before the House Judiciary Committee, Lieu told Bondi that Trump's name was "all over the Epstein files."

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Dem lawmaker flags ‘ties’ between Trump and recipient of Epstein ‘torture’ email

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) hit Attorney General Pam Bondi hard Wednesday over her agency’s redactions of “powerful predators” in its release of files on Jeffrey Epstein, including one now-infamous email about a supposed “torture video,” the recipient of which Jayapal connected directly to President Donald Trump.

“In violation of the law, your department has shown a pattern of redacting the names of powerful predators,” Jayapal said, speaking to Bondi who was testifying before the House Judiciary Committee at the nation’s Capitol Wednesday.

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New reported ransom note in Nancy Guthrie case offers to publicly name kidnapper

A new ransom note sent early Wednesday has offered to name the suspect in the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie in exchange for Bitcoin, according to a TMZ report.

TMZ and two other Tucson-area television news stations had received the note early Wednesday with an offer to give up information about the suspect in exchange for 1 bitcoin, which is worth about $66,000. The account in the letter appeared to be active.

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Trump admin removes Miss USA star from post — she claims she was fired for her Catholicism

Carrie Prejean Boller was removed from the White House Religious Liberty Commission after sparking a “contentious” hearing this week over Israel's war against Gaza.

The former Miss California USA 2009 and a Miss USA 2009 runner-up, faced calls for her resignation after wearing a Palestinian flag pin, defending right-wing podcaster Candace Owens and calling other commissions to condemn Israel's actions against Gaza, and Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who chairs the commission, announced her removal.

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Lawmaker rips Pam Bondi in scathing opening: 'You're running a massive Epstein cover-up'

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) Wednesday delivered a scathing opening statement and directly criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi, accusing her of deliberately blocking the investigation into late financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Raskin, a ranking member, was one of several lawmakers questioning Bondi during a House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Capitol Hill. In a fiery speech, he demanded answers from Bondi about the Epstein files and investigation, and recent Department of Justice actions — reminding her that her clients are the American people — not President Donald Trump.

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New report contradicts Trump admin's explanation for baffling airspace closure

While the FAA blamed Mexican cartel drones after closing the airspace over El Paso, a new report suggests that Department of Defense drones were responsible.

After reopening the airspace on Wednesday, FAA Secretary Sean Duffy pointed to a "cartel drone incursion."

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'Disgusting behavior': JD Vance responds to calls for Howard Lutnick to resign

Vice President JD Vance responded to calls for Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to resign by observing that powerful people were guilty of "disgusting behavior" related to their relationships with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

After Lutnick admitted that he dined with Epstein on his island, Vance took a question about the commerce secretary before departing from Azerbaijan on Wednesday.

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'Who is running this clown show?' Trump admin sparks frenzy after reversing puzzling order

The Trump administration sparked a frenzy of speculation Wednesday after issuing an “unprecedented” order to shutter the airspace around a major Texas airport for 10 days, only to reverse the order hours later, and without explanation.

Early Wednesday morning, Trump’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) around El Paso, Texas spanning a 10-mile radius and up to 18,000 feet. The order stunned aviation experts, who said it had “no modern precedent” and suspected the order to be related to “something big,” such as secret military testing or threats to national security.

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Sean Duffy's 'laughably improbable' answer for airspace shutdown raises new questions

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy offered an explanation for the unprecedented closure of the airspace over El Paso, Texas, but it's not satisfying his critics.

The Federal Aviation Administration imposed a 10-day shutdown starting in the predawn hours Wednesday morning but then abruptly lifted the closure shortly before 9 a.m., and Duffy provided a public statement about 40 minutes later to explain the moves.

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'Get some therapy': MS NOW panel laughs off GOP threat to investigate Bad Bunny

A proposal by House Republicans to investigate the halftime entertainment at the recently concluded Super Bowl drew laughter and rolled eyes on MS NOW on Wednesday morning.

During a Tuesday interview on Real America's Voice, Rep. Mark Alford (R-MO) explained that House Republicans are "investigating" Bad Bunny's Super Bowl show because they feel it was "much worse than the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction."

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Trump posts pic with Black celeb prostitution trafficker to show he's not racist

President Donald Trump shared a slideshow of photos Wednesday showing himself alongside prominent Black figures in what appeared to be an effort to rebut accusations of bigotry – only one of the photos showed him alongside Sean Combs, who last year was found guilty of transportation to engage in prostitution after being charged with sex trafficking and racketeering.

On his social media platform Truth Social, Trump shared a social media post published by Mila Joy, a MAGA influencer with nearly 500,000 followers on X. In the post, Joy included a video that included a slideshow of photographs of Trump with prominent Black figures, along with the sarcastic caption: “A timeline of Trump’s bigotry.”

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Sean Duffy offers explanation for unprecedented air closure: 'Threat has been neutralized'

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Secretary Sean Duffy blamed a "drone incursion" by Mexican cartels after closing the airspace over El Paso, Texas.

Just hours after what the FAA said would be a 10-day closure, the agency reopened the airspace on Wednesday morning.

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Europe set to 'circumvent America' as they do not trust Trump after 'betrayal': analysis

European nations may be set to freeze out the United States following Donald Trump's push to take control of Greenland, a political commentator has claimed.

Colonel Robert Hamlin believes NATO members, European countries, and world leaders are wary of Trump after his Donbas showmanship. Leaders will meet at a summit in Munich, Germany, later this month to deliberate on world affairs, and the US may find itself frozen out of such a conversation.

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