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Watch live: FBI Director Kash Patel grilled in new congressional hearing

FBI Director Kash Patel will testify Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee, his second hearing since the killing of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk, and just one day after an explosive hearing on Tuesday before that saw Patel grilled by a Senate committee.

Patel is expected to be grilled by lawmakers on his agency’s handling of the investigation into Kirk’s killer, which has drawn scrutiny for its numerous missteps, which include false statements and inflammatory rhetoric.

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'Open season': Expert says Trump heading straight for a 'danger moment' with UK visit

Donald Trump’s so far smooth appearance as he visits the United Kingdom could end badly, according to the former Deputy to Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.

Appearing on CNN International, Sir Alan Duncan claimed the beginning of the visit has gone well while admitting the American president, who is not popular overseas, has been “hermetically sealed” away from the public.

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UK cops seize mobile billboard with Trump-Epstein photo amid president's visit

Police have seized a truck driving a billboard around Windsor Castle, where President Donald Trump is visiting for a state visit. The billboard showed a giant photo of convicted child abuser Jeffrey Epstein standing with Trump.

The National, a Scottish newspaper, uploaded a video showing the banner as it was driving down the street. A police officer is then seen stopping the truck, turning off the sign and driving off with it.

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'Go home, pedophile!' Epstein scandal follows Trump to London on state visit

President Donald Trump received a rude welcome in the United Kingdom, where hundreds of protesters greeted him with signs calling him a fascist and pedophile.

A van displaying a photo of the U.S. president and the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was briefly stopped by police Wednesday as it approached Windsor Castle, where King Charles will host him for an official state visit, and CNN International's Nic Robertson reported on the massive protests against Trump.

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Ex-prosecutor sticks knife in current Kash Patel and Pam Bondi 'clown show'

Appearing on MSNBC to promote his book on the investigation into American presidents starting with Richard Nixon, a former prosecutor and current CNN legal analyst managed to fit in a shot at Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel over their recent antics.

Speaking with the hosts on “Morning Joe” about reforms needed at the Department of Justice when it comes to independent counsels, Elie Honig changed direction briefly to touch on Patel’s bumbling investigation of the Charlie Kirk murder and Bondi’s much-criticized comments about using the full force of her office to prosecute people for “hate speech.”

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'Who's the biggest pain?' Trump's 'least liked Cabinet' member sinks even lower in polling

CNN's Harry Enten presented polling data that showed which of President Donald Trump's Cabinet members was causing him the most problems with the public.

All of the president's top-ranking officials are unpopular, with none of them enjoying approval ratings above 50 percent, but the network's chief data analyst found that Attorney General Pam Bondi was by far the most disliked Trump Cabinet member.

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Ex-judges slam 'fiery rhetoric' in apparent dig at Trump: 'We are no longer constrained'

Nearly 50 former federal judges lashed out at what they described as a wave of “misinformation, disinformation and fiery rhetoric” aimed towards the judicial system in an open letter on Wednesday, a condemnation and call to action that appears to be a direct jab at the Donald Trump administration.

“Misinformation, disinformation, and fiery rhetoric distort public understanding of the judiciary’s critical role in maintaining our democracy,” the letter reads, signed by 46 former federal judges. “Threats against judges and their families are obvious attempts to intimidate, harass, and pressure judges and sway their opinions, shaking the public’s trust and confidence in the courts.”

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'Tasteless camera-hogging' Kash Patel buried for making Charlie Kirk murder about himself

FBI Director Kash Patel’s abrasive and argumentative appearance before a Senate committee on Tuesday did him no favors as he appears to be desperately attempting to hang onto his job while at the same time enhancing his profile.

That is the opinion of Salon’s Amanda Marcotte who wrote on Wednesday that Patel has been using the shooting death of Kirk at a Utah college last Wednesday as a promotional vehicle to prove to his detractors that he is up to the job despite all evidence to the contrary.

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'Congressman stop it!' Trump ally's 'incitement' rant dismantled with JD Vance's own words

A Republican congressman's rant defending President Donald Trump was interrupted by another CNN panelist who quoted Vice President JD Vance and slain activist Charlie Kirk to disprove his point.

Vance encouraged supporters to file complaints with employers for anyone who criticized Kirk online and Attorney General Pam Bondi threatened to prosecute anyone who criticized conservatives with what she called "hate speech," and CNN's Audie Cornish challenged Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT) to justify those threats.

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'He has another thing coming': Reporter breaks bad Epstein news to Trump amid his UK visit

President Donald Trump is on his second state visit to the United Kingdom Wednesday, and while the president has excitedly called the invitation a “great honor,” local protestors are refusing to allow Trump to escape one of the biggest scandals that has plagued his administration.

Reporting from London, England, NBC News international correspondent Raf Sanchez said that “thousands of British protestors” were expected to march the streets of central London later on Wednesday in protest to Trump’s visit. As such, Trump’s entire trip was “designed,” Sanchez said, to avoid London.

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'Stupid thing a president said': Trump's 'stream of consciousness' threat blasted on MSNBC

Any hope that Donald Trump might try to calm the waters as the finger-pointing continues after the murder of far-right conservative gadfly Charlie Kirk was blown to pieces on Tuesday as the president headed off to his trip to London.

On Wednesday morning, the co-hosts of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” showed a clip of the president’s confrontation with Jonathan Karl of ABC, where the president threatened the journalist with being investigated by the DOJ and told him he had “hate" in his heart.

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'They tried to force Charlie out of business!' Trump makes wild claim in online tirade

President Donald Trump made a stunning claim Tuesday after accusing a federal prosecutor – who also oversaw criminal investigations into him – of having tried to “force” right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk “out of business.”

“Why was the wonderful Turning Point under INVESTIGATION by ‘deranged’ Jack Smith and the corrupt and incompetent Biden administration,” Trump wrote late night Tuesday on his social media platform Truth Social.

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'Way too far': MAGA influencer's conspiracy theory about Charlie Kirk murder stuns analyst

MAGA influencer Candace Owens' explanation on Tuesday for why conservative activist Charlie Kirk was murdered at a Utah university campus last week shocked an analyst.

Owens floated a theory about Kirk's murder on a new episode of her podcast on Tuesday, claiming that Kirk may have been killed by Israel because he spoke out about some of the country's actions. Owens also implied that hedge fund owner Bill Ackman staged an "intervention" designed to save Kirk's life.

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