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President Donald Trump flatly denied the new bombshell reporting about his friendship with deceased money manager and child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein in the Wall Street Journal — and threatened to sue the paper over it.

“This is not me. This is a fake thing," said Trump, according to the report. "It’s a fake Wall Street Journal story. I never wrote a picture in my life. I don’t draw pictures of women. It’s not my language. It’s not my words.”

President Donald Trump may have purchased his Attorney General's loyalty long before he entered politics, according to a new report.

In 2013, Trump faced a litany of complaints against his now-defunct Trump University. At the time, Pam Bondi served as the Attorney General of Florida and was considering joining a lawsuit brought by the Attorney General of New York involving potential tax fraud charges.

President Donald Trump's birthday letter to deceased financier and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein in 2003 featured a raunchy reference to naked women, reported the Wall Street Journal in their bombshell story on Thursday evening.

The letter from Trump "is bawdy — like others in the album," said the report. "It contains several lines of typewritten text framed by the outline of a naked woman, which appears to be hand-drawn with a heavy marker. A pair of small arcs denotes the woman’s breasts, and the future president’s signature is a squiggly 'Donald' below her waist, mimicking pubic hair."

As President Donald Trump tries to distance himself from the Jeffrey Epstein saga, explosive new reporting gives salacious details about the two men's intimate friendship.

The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday evening that Trump was one of several celebrities to send Epstein a 'bawdy' letter for his 50th birthday. The letter contains typewritten text and is "framed by the outline of a naked woman," according to a copy of the letter reviewed by the outlet.

In a move blasted by The Atlantic's Shane Harris as sheer "pettiness," President Donald Trump prohibited the former Obama administration spymaster from attending the graduation ceremony of a bomb-sniffing dog he sponsored and which was named after his late wife.

The dog, named Susan, was "an adorable yellow Lab [who] completed a CIA training program for 'detection K9s,'" and was "a natural at sniffing out concealed explosives," including suicide vests and car bombs. And she had been sponsored by James Clapper.

An elite group of Chinese hackers infiltrated the National Guard over nine months, according to a report from NBC News.

The Department of Homeland Security initially acknowledged the hack, known by its nickname "Salt Typhoon," in a June memo. It says the hacking group “extensively compromised a U.S. state’s Army National Guard network” but does not specify which state.

The Department of Justice is recommending a one-day sentence for the cop who killed Breonna Taylor in 2020, according to reports.

Louisville, Kentucky, police officer Brett Hankison was found guilty of violating Taylor's civil rights last year. Hankinson fired several shots into Taylor's home while she was sleeping in a drug raid gone awry. He faces a maximum penalty of life in prison.

White House officials called the Wall Street Journal to try to kill a possible coming story about President Donald Trump's ties to deceased wealth manager and child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, Status News reported on Thursday.

"The article, said to be in the works for days, had still not appeared as of Thursday afternoon — raising eyebrows and fueling speculation across Washington and New York," said the report. "According to people familiar with the matter, The Journal is facing pressure from the White House over the story."

Tesla stock fell on Thursday after an extremely large tariff was imposed on materials used in car batteries.

The New York Times reported that the Commerce Department announced that it intends to issue a 93.5% tax on Chinese graphite, which is necessary for creating the batteries in electric vehicles.

President Donald Trump's administration could face serious consequences for playing hardball over budget cuts, according to one analyst.

Over the last few days, the GOP worked to ram through Trump's $9 billion rescission package that cuts money from foreign aid and public media outlets like NPR and PBS. Those efforts included holding an all-night vote-a-rama that began on Wednesday afternoon and ended in the early morning on Thursday.

President Donald Trump's chief at the Office of Management and Budget, Russ Vought, confessed that he's enjoying making drastic cuts as his office slashes funding for things like medical research into cures for diseases like cancer and Alzheimer's.

The Christian Science Monitor reported on Vought's statements at their "Monitor Breakfast" on Thursday, in which he said his team was "very excited" about their "win" over the 2026 budget.

A former employee of Voice of America was indicted by the Department of Justice for alleged threats to kill Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and her staff.

Seth Jason, of Maryland, was arrested Thursday by U.S. Capitol Police and the Anne Arundel Police Department, according to a DOJ statement.