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The Wall Street Journal ignited a firestorm Monday by releasing images of a sexually suggestive birthday message allegedly penned by President Donald Trump to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein back in 2003.

The note, reportedly part of a birthday tribute book marking Epstein’s 50th birthday, includes a nude sketch in which Trump’s signature is stylized as pubic hair. Trump denied signing the letter.

Trump megadonor and billionaire hedge fund manager Ken Griffin isn't afraid to criticize President Donald Trump or those who enable him.

In a Wall Street Journal opinion piece published Sunday, the founder/CEO of investment behemoth Citadel criticized Trump's attacks on the Federal Reserve and challenged the credibility of economic data used by the administration to justify the firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. And the Murdoch-owned WSJ did a deep dive Monday into Griffin's resistance to Trump, calling him "the most outspoken critique from a business leader in Trump’s second term." The outlet noted that "other prominent executives haven’t seen upside in going against a president who singles out people or companies for retribution over alleged slights."

The Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board mocked President Donald Trump in a new op-ed on Monday over the president's auto tariffs on Mexico and Canada.

The editorial argued that Trump's auto tariffs on Mexico and Canada are "starting to bite U.S. auto makers and will soon hit consumers." It was published at a time when public polling shows 61% of Americans disagree with Trump's handling of inflation, which is their top economic concern.

A far-right activist and conspiracy theorist renewed her war on President Donald Trump's hand-picked attorney general Monday evening, melting down that a staffer remains in the Justice Department despite being married to a former voting official who hasn't pushed baseless election fraud claims.

Laura Loomer, who has attacked Pam Bondi recently over her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case, laid into her once again, this time raging that a federal prosecutor remains employed, despite being married to a former Maricopa County recorder in Arizona.

The internet erupted on Monday after a photo was published showing disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein jokingly selling a "fully depreciated" woman to Donald Trump for $22,500.

The Wall Street Journal published the photo, which was taken at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, in a report confirming the veracity of a raunchy letter the president reportedly sent to Epstein for his 50th birthday. Democrats on the House Oversight Committee also shared the photo on social media.

A national security expert set the record straight for MAGA supporters on Monday about President Donald Trump's fatal attack on an alleged drug boat off the coast of Venezuela, which many observers claimed is effectively murder under international law.

The strike, which took place in international waters, killed 11 people. The administration has claimed it was necessary because the vessel was running illegal narcotics to the United States, but hasn't put forward much evidence to support this or outlined what the basis would be for a military strike on the boat, even if this were true.

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released a photo on Monday showing disgraced financier and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein jokingly selling a "fully depreciated" woman to Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.

The redacted photo was released after Democrats released a photocopy of the birthday letter Trump sent to Epstein on his 50th birthday. The image shows Epstein holding a large check with Trump's name on it.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) escalated his feud with political commentator Tucker Carlson for comments Carlson made during a recent podcast episode.

Carlson suggested during a recent podcast episode that Hamas seems to be a "political organization" and not a terrorist organization. He also said he wanted to apologize to Osama Bin Laden's family for the way he was treated by the U.S. government.

President Donald Trump announced Monday that the Department of Education will soon release updated guidelines to safeguard “the right to prayer” in public schools.

Speaking before the White House Religious Liberty Commission, Trump reaffirmed his strong religious convictions and criticized how he sees the separation of church and state as being used to marginalize devout students.

In President Donald Trump's latest public appearance, he appeared to minimize domestic violence while speaking at the Museum of the Bible, where he was said to be defending his administration's "defense of religious liberty."

Speaking about crime in Washington D.C., which he claimed is "virtually nothing" after flooding the city with National Guard who are largely planting mulch and blowing leaves, Trump weighed in on domestic violence, saying: "Things that take place in the home they call crime ... If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this is a crime." He then pivoted to saying he wanted to "bring back religion in America."

Conservative analyst Bill Kristol said on Monday that Secretary of State Marco Rubio made a "revealing mistake" about the Trump administration's decision to attack a supposed drug smuggling boat off the coast of Venezuela.

Kristol, the editor at large for the conservative outlet The Bulwark, joined Tim Miller on a new episode of "The Bulwark Podcast" to discuss the strike. One thing Kristol noted in particular was Rubio's defense of the strike.

President Donald Trump raged on Tuesday at a "horrible tragedy" in a new social media post as a way to promote his preferred candidate in the 2026 North Carolina Senate race.

On Aug. 22, a Ukrainian woman named Iryna Zarutska was killed on the Charlotte Area Transit System. Zarutska had come to the United States after escaping Russia after the war in Ukraine started, according to NBC News. The case has drawn national attention, including from the Trump administration.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt argued without evidence that The Wall Street Journal had proven President Donald Trump did not send a birthday letter to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, even though the publication released a copy of the note.

On Monday, the Journal reported that House Democrats had obtained a copy of the letter from Epstein's estate. The note included a doodle of a woman and mentioned a "wonderful secret."