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Far-right paramilitary groups like the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys have all but “disappeared” from public view following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, but experts fear that such groups may see a resurgence as the 2026 midterms draw close, Zeteo reported Saturday.

“What kinds of actions are going to be taken to potentially intimidate voters?” said Peter Simi, a Chapman University professor who studies extremist groups, speaking with Zeteo about his concerns over the 2026 midterms and potential voter intimidation from right-wing groups.

President Donald Trump carried Clare County in Michigan by significant margins in the 2024 presidential election, but his supporters in the rural community are readying to ditch the president as prices continue to soar and food pantries become overwhelmed, Reuters reported Sunday.

“I would probably vote the way the conditions are going,” said Bob Benjamin, a retired auto worker and Trump supporter in Clare County who’s been forced to rely on a local food pantry amid soaring costs, speaking with Reuters on how he sees himself voting in 2028.

Outgoing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) painted a bleak picture for President Donald Trump Saturday, labeling him as a “lame duck” who’s lost his grip on power.

Once among Trump’s most loyal supporters, Greene had a public spat with Trump amid her scrutiny of the U.S.-Israel relationship, and during her push for the Trump administration to release its files on Jeffrey Epstein. Trump would ultimately pull his endorsement for Greene and pledge to back a GOP opponent before Greene announced her retirement from Congress.

Jeffrey Epstein received a suspicious phone message from an unidentified individual in 2004 that read “I have a female for him,” a message written down within days of President Donald Trump having reportedly called Epstein amid their bidding war over an expensive Florida property.

The proximity of the two phone messages – hand-written notes put together for Epstein when someone called – was flagged by retired journalism professor and ex-prosecutor Seth Abramson, who on Friday said that the proximity of the two phone calls raised serious questions.

One of the thousands of Jeffrey Epstein-related photos released by the Justice Department Friday was removed from the DOJ’s website without explanation, with critics noting it happened to be one of the few photos featuring President Donald Trump.

“File 468 is now missing,” wrote the Faytuks Network Saturday in a social media post on X, an account associated with the news aggregator Faytuks News. “It was one of the few files that showed Trump. They deleted that one, which looks like the clearest sign yet of a cover-up.”

Progressive political commentator Cenk Uygur flagged a key detail in the Justice Department’s handling of files on Jeffrey Epstein that carries explosive implications about the disgraced financier and convicted child sex offender.

Per CNN, counterintelligence specialists were asked to help process the DOJ’s files on Epstein ahead of their release on Friday, as was mandated by the Epstein Files Transparency Act, a bill that forced the DOJ to release all of its files on Epstein by Friday, though the agency admitted it withheld hundreds of thousands of documents, an omission critics have called a blatant violation of the new law.

Rep. Elise Stefanik’s surprise decision to not only drop her bid to run for governor of New York but also give up her seat in the House and return to private life was an admission that she no longer wants to spend her days talking about Donald Trump.

The Republican lawmaker who started out as a moderate only to go full MAGA, which allowed her to rise to a GOP leadership position an extraordinary speed, said in a statement, “While spending precious time with my family this Christmas season, I have made the decision to suspend my campaign for Governor and will not seek re-election to Congress. I did not come to this decision lightly for our family.”

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s decision to withhold video from one of his attacks on alleged drug boats, not only from the public but also from members on Congress, is ludicrous, according to retired US Army Lieutenant General Mark Hertling.

With the Trump administration continuing their attacks, claiming they are going after narcoterrorists without providing any evidence, Hertling claimed the Donald Trump appointee’s excuse for hiding the notorious Sept. 2nd attack video showing survivors of an earlier attack being killed doesn’t hold water.