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'Dropped a bomb': Fox News confronts acting AG with Melania's Epstein claims

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche insisted that the Department of Justice has released all files on Jeffrey Epstein after First Lady Melania Trump made a surprise announcement calling for men who conspired with the sex offender to face consequences.

"The First Lady dropped a bomb at the White House," Fox News host Bill Hemmer told Blanche on Tuesday. "A number of questions that come off of this. Did you know she was going to make that statement? Did you have information prior? Will you act on her request before Congress?"

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Expert flags telling citation in Trump's Epstein card lawsuit dismissal: 'Speaks volumes'

President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal for its reporting on a lewd birthday card the president allegedly sent Jeffrey Epstein was tossed out by a judge on Monday, who in their ruling, made a telling citation that one ex-prosecutor and legal expert said “speaks volumes.”

Last year, the Journal got its hands on a lewd birthday card that Trump had allegedly sent to Epstein in 2003 for the disgraced financier’s 50th birthday, and its subsequent report on the letter drew outrage from the president, who denied having written the letter. Trump would later sue the Journal over its report, which he called “defamatory” and “false.”

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'Fake': NY Times editors pinpoint crack in Trump's armor that could bring him down

The New York Times editorial board had a message Tuesday on what it takes to defeat Trumpism — and authoritarianism — as midterms approach.

The editors described how the landslide defeat of Viktor Orban by Peter Magyar in Hungary should inspire Americans hoping to see change in the United States amid President Donald Trump's tumultuous second administration. They outlined the different ways opposing candidates could identify vulnerabilities for Trump and his regime using Magyar as an example of how to defeat autocratic rule and apply "an American version of this strategy."

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Trump judges block contempt hearings that would punish government officials

A three-judge composed mostly of jurists appointed by Donald Trump blocked ongoing criminal contempt hearings as U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg was considering sanctions after government attorneys violated his order to halt deportations under the Alien Enemies Act.

Last year, Boasberg found there was "probable cause" to find the Trump administration in criminal contempt for defying him by sending a Venezuelan man to the CECOT prison in El Salvador.

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GOP lawmaker nails Trump and JD Vance over 'double-dumb' endorsement hurting Republicans

Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance just suffered a humiliating foreign policy defeat that exposes the severe limits of American influence abroad — and signals potential disaster for the GOP in the midterm elections.

According to the Washington Post's Michael Birnbaum, Trump's decision to personally intervene in Hungary's election by dispatching Vance to campaign for strongman Viktor Orban not only failed catastrophically, but also damaged Republican credibility on the international stage.

Orban had been a darling of the American right, preaching to conservatives at CPAC about seizing control of institutions. "Have your own media," Orban once declared, "it was the only way to combat the 'insanity of the progressive left.'" He aligned perfectly with Trump's worldview, opposing NATO aid to Ukraine and framing it as anti-war rather than pro-democracy.

Trump returned the embrace enthusiastically by exempting Hungary from energy sanctions imposed on other European countries, and Vance personally campaigned for Orban, telling Hungarians they had a guaranteed friend in Washington if they reelected their prime minister.

It wasn't enough. Orban was decisively defeated. A constitutional supermajority for the opposition will now rewrite election laws that Orban had previously reshaped to favor his own party — a stunning reversal of fortune for Trump's endorsed candidate.

Vance attempted to minimize the damage, claiming "I'm sad that he lost. We will work very well, I'm sure, with the next prime minister of Hungary. It wasn't a bad trip at all because it's worth standing by people, even if you don't win every race."

But Republicans are furious. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE), who is retiring, blasted the intervention as a norm-breaking disaster that backfired spectacularly.

"President Trump and Vice President Vance broke the norms by going and campaigning for a candidate in another democracy," Bacon said. "It's not appropriate to do it, and then they failed. So it's like a double-dumb move, and it just undermines us."

The strategic implications are dire. One Republican strategist with extensive European experience warned that Orban's ouster is "a harbinger" for what might come in the midterm elections this fall.

"If you don't define your campaign on an issue set that gets your base energized to turnout in huge numbers, it will be a problem," the strategist told the Post.

Trump's naval blockade crumbles after Iran-linked vessels breach barricade: report

A U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz went into effect Monday at 10 a.m. EST at the direction of President Donald Trump, but in a matter of hours, the blockade was breached without incident by at least four Iran-linked vessels, BBC reported Tuesday.

On Monday, Trump said that he had instructed the U.S. Navy to “seek and interdict every vessel in international waters that has paid a toll to Iran,” and the U.S. military later said that the “blockade will be enforced impartially against vessels of all nations entering or departing Iranian ports and coastal areas.”

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Trump actively considering ‘another abduction operation’ against world leader: insiders

Despite being entangled in the ongoing U.S. war against Iran, President Donald Trump is actively considering an operation to abduct another world leader, much like his administration had in January with the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, three insiders revealed to Zeteo in its report Tuesday.

“In recent days, according to two sources familiar with the situation and another person briefed on it, officials at the Pentagon and elsewhere in the US government were quietly given a new directive that came straight from the Trump White House,” Zeteo’s report reads. “The message: ramp up your preparations for possible military operations against Cuba.”

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JD Vance out as 'Trump's obvious successor' as president targets him with jokes: analyst

JD Vance’s less than impressive performance as vice president, combined with Donald Trump needling him in his comments to the press, led longtime Financial Times columnist Ed Luce to claim the veep’s star has faded to the point where he is becoming irrelevant.

And because of that, he no longer can be considered Trump’s successor.

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'The vibes aren't great' at the White House as Trump chaos grows: Politico

Appearing on MS NOW to expand upon her report on the meme war between Donald Trump’s White House and Iran on social media, which has become the latest tool for spreading propaganda, Politico’s Dash Burns claimed White House insiders admit things are not going well on multiple fronts.

Speaking with the hosts of “Morning Joe,” Burns claimed Trump insiders are dismayed at how badly things are going.

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'Trump is torching his coalition' with cascade of controversies: report

President Donald Trump is shedding supporters as he launches bombs and threats against Iran, insults the pope and rattles markets with his policies.

The 79-year-old president won re-election in 2024 with an eclectic alliance made up of MAGA diehards, crypto enthusiasts, non-white men, anti-war isolationists and right-wing Christians, but he has tested their loyalty in recent months with a series of erratic moves and bellicose statements, reported Axios.

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JD Vance schooled on MS NOW over pope lecture: 'That's what he's talking about, buddy'

JD Vance’s decision to add to Donald Trump’s attacks against Pope Leo XIV earned him a scolding on MS NOW on Tuesday morning as “Morning Joe” co-host Joe Scarborough called him out for lecturing the Catholic leader on “morality.”

Adding to the Trump administration’s all-out attack on arguably the world’s most powerful religious leader, Vance told Fox News, “I certainly think that in some cases, it would be best for the Vatican to stick to matters of morality, to stick to matters of what’s going on with the Catholic church, and let the president of the United States stick to dictating American public policy.”

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Unearthed FBI doc undercuts White House denial about Epstein's connection to Melania Trump

A newly unearthed FBI document appears to directly contradict First Lady Melania Trump’s surprise statement last week regarding how she met her husband, President Donald Trump, and whether Jeffrey Epstein had played a role.

Last week, Mrs. Trump stunned onlookers by issuing a statement – seemingly unprompted – denying having had a relationship with Epstein, and denying allegations that the disgraced financier had been the one to introduce her to Trump. Paolo Zampolli, a former modeling agent who now serves as Trump’s special envoy, later claimed that he was the one to introduce Mrs. Trump to her future husband.

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Trump family venture accused of freezing out investors as value plummets

One of the largest stakeholders in the Trump family's crypto venture accused the company of bilking investors.

Crypto billionaire Justin Sun alleged that World Liberty Financial grants company officials with unilateral authority over user accounts – including the power to freeze them – and an independent analysis found the value of his personal stake in the company has shriveled while he's been locked out of his account, reported NBC News.

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