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'Only race I care about': MAGA outcast vows to stop Trump-endorsed Gov candidate in Ohio

Neo-Nazi activist and "Groyper" leader Nick Fuentes has a new target to defeat in the political arena — and it's a MAGA Republican.

According to Fox News, "White nationalist Nick Fuentes vowed to campaign against Vivek Ramaswamy in a slur-laced rant denouncing the Republican’s Ohio governor bid," during a stream. Specifically, Fuentes said, "I think I’m going to go to Ohio, and the word that we are looking for is denial. We have to deny Vivek Ramaswamy the governorship. This is the only race I care about in ‘26. It’s the only one I care about."

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Trump DOJ's handling of Epstein files 'has created the worst possible outcome': analysis

Amid this week's newest release of files pertaining to convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein's two federal criminal investigations, one author is arguing that justice for Epstein's victims is being considered an afterthought.

In a Wednesday op-ed for the New York Times, author and MS NOW contributor Molly Jong-Fast lamented that the Department of Justice's (DOJ) releases of documents show that Epstein caused great harm to a significant number of young girls and observed that "we seem no closer to getting justice for the women who were the victims of this vast scheme."

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'An outrage': Ex-prosecutor says DOJ's move on Epstein files is aimed at shielding Trump

The Justice Department is now all but openly manipulating the release of the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case files to insulate President Donald Trump from any potentially damaging information, former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance wrote on her Substack on Wednesday.

This comes after White House officials started directly controlling the social media account for the DOJ, which shortly proclaimed a letter in which Epstein appeared to incriminate Trump was "fake" and called an influencer expressing skepticism a "dope."

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Embattled Colorado clerk asks state court to recognize Trump's pardon: report

An embattled former county clerk in Colorado who is serving a nine-year sentence for her efforts to help President Donald Trump overturn the results of the 2020 election asked the Colorado Court of Appeals to recognize the president's pardon of her, according to a new report.

The Associated Press reported on Wednesday that lawyers for Tina Peters asked the appeals court to recognize Trump's pardon, citing George Washington's pardons of those who participated in the Whiskey Rebellion in 1795. Presidential pardons do not cover state crimes, although Peters' lawyers are asking the appeals court to make an exception.

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A small group of Republican 'extortionists' has usurped Mike Johnson's power: WSJ

House Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) Republican majority is not only razor-thin, but is also becoming increasingly rebellious, according to a new analysis in the Wall Street Journal.

The Journal's Kimberly A. Strassel wrote Wednesday that Johnson has effectively ceded his power to a group of "moderate extortionists" within the House Republican Conference who continuously extract concessions from him. She specifically singled out Reps. Rob Bresnahan (R-Pa.), Ryan Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) and Ryan Mackenzie (R-Pa.) for "tank[ing] months of hard-fought Republican healthcare effort with one display of indignation."

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Analysts chide DOJ for delaying Epstein files release: 'Dog ate my homework'

The Department of Justice dropped an announcement on Christmas Eve that the full disclosure of the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case files, which was supposed to have concluded by now under a law passed by Congress, will instead take weeks more.

"The US Attorney for the Southern District of New York and the FBI have informed the Department of Justice that they have uncovered over a million more documents potentially related to the Jeffrey Epstein case," stated the official X account for the agency. "The DOJ has received these documents from SDNY and the FBI to review them for release, in compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, existing statutes, and judicial orders. We have lawyers working around the clock to review and make the legally required redactions to protect victims, and we will release the documents as soon as possible."

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Trump's talks with Harvard in chaos as university officials reject $200 million shakedown

President Donald Trump has boasted that Harvard University is on the brink of capitulating to a deal with the administration after months of government attacks and moves to pull funding from the storied institution. But according to The New York Times, recent email communications show the talks are going nowhere.

A huge sticking point, according to reporter Michael Schmidt, is that the administration wants to shake down Harvard for $200 million, which university officials consider to be out of the question.

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'End of the era': Trump just created the 'kryptonite' that could bring down his presidency

President Donald Trump may have just created the "kryptonite" that brings down his second administration, according to a new report.

Trump's MAGA movement coalition has started to crack in recent weeks over the administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, which Trump promised to release in full during his 2024 presidential campaign. The administration has sought to withhold files from the public, and the Justice Department has said it "needs more time" to comply with a discharge petition that required it to release all of the files by December 19.

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Republican says new Epstein files release proves Trump and his Cabinet were lying

President Donald Trump maintained that he "was never on Epstein’s Plane, or at his ‘stupid’ Island." However, this week's release of thousands of documents pertaining to convicted child predator Jeffrey Epstein show that the president had not been forthcoming with the American public.

In a Wednesday essay, the Atlantic's Sarah Fitzpatrick observed that Trump had indeed been on Epstein's jet more than half a dozen times according to the Department of Justice's (DOJ) latest tranche of documents from Epstein's two federal criminal investigations. And Trump's name came up more than 100 times in this week's release – including one FBI tip in which an unnamed person claimed that the eventual 45th and 47th president of the United States assaulted an underaged girl along with Epstein in the 1990s.

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'Smallest audience ever': Kennedy Center Honors tank on CBS after Trump takes over

"The Kennedy Center Honors" reportedly drew its lowest ratings ever after President Donald Trump announced he would host the event.

"According to preliminary Nielsen data, 'The Kennedy Center Honors' on CBS drew its smallest audience ever on the night of December 23, 2025, averaging an estimated 2.65 million viewers," Programming Insider reported on Wednesday. "To put that in perspective: the 2024 broadcast averaged 4.1 million."

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Legendary filmmaker reveals 'most disturbing' part of Trump admin on CNN

A legendary filmmaker revealed what America's Founding Fathers would likely consider the "most disturbing" part of President Donald Trump's second administration in an interview with CNN.

Trump's second administration has been marked by his swift efforts to amass executive power. Trump has attacked independent agencies, fired multiple independent watchdogs, and sought to take control of the federal purse.

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CBS boss doubles down on blocking immigrant torture story in email to staff

CBS News' newly-appointed right-wing chief, Bari Weiss, doubled down in an email to staff on her decision to delay a "60 Minutes" investigation into the way migrants President Donald Trump has sent to the Salvadoran CECOT megaprison are being tortured, some without having any criminal record or violation of the law whatsoever.

Weiss, who founded The Free Press, was given control of CBS as part of a Trump administration-approved merger between the network's parent company, Paramount, and Skydance.

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'Deeply concerning': Dems sound off on Trump's latest turn toward China

Top Democrats on the foreign affairs and armed services committees sounded off against President Donald Trump's latest turn toward China in a recent letter, according to a new report.

Fox News reported on Wednesday that Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) sent a letter to Under Secretary for Industry and Security Jeffrey Kessler on Monday regarding Trump's decision to allow Nvidia to sell its H200 chips to China.

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