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President Donald Trump and his loyalists within the administration set a trap for themselves with their constant conspiracy theory appeals to the base, now that they have the task of trying to close the book on the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case and their supporters refuse to accept that they haven't uncovered a "client list" of Democrats involved with his crimes, former Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA) explained on CNN Wednesday.

This comes as House Republicans themselves vote against proposals to force the DOJ to turn over the complete set of Epstein files to the public — even as many of them accuse Trump of hiding something — and it also comes as Democrats turn up the heat on the issue.

A White House official claimed President Donald Trump plans to fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, Bloomberg reported Wednesday

"While the lawmakers voiced support for the move, which would likely roil financial markets and lead to a consequential legal showdown, Trump has not made a final decision and could change his mind, according to the official who requested anonymity to discuss a private conversation," said Bloomberg.

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) took aim at Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Wednesday after the state’s top law enforcement officer threatened to arrest Texas Democrats for opposing Republican efforts to redraw the state’s congressional district map in their favor.

Texas lawmakers are set to convene for a special session following pressure from the White House for the state to redraw its maps to give Republicans five additional House seats, Politico reported last week. News broke on Tuesday, however, that top Democrats had urged Texas Democrats to resist the redistricting efforts, something Paxton didn’t take kindly to.

President Donald Trump's controversial nomination of his former defense attorney as an appeals court judge is just the next step in his effort to corrupt the judicial system, according to a legal expert.

The president nominated Emil Bove III to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which reviews federal cases in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. Author and attorney Jeffrey Toobin published a column in The New York Times advancing the argument that Trump is "grooming" his former attorney for even loftier positions.

A gun seller's shares tanked after Donald Trump Jr. debuted the company at the New York Stock Exchange.

Before ringing the opening bell on Wednesday, Trump explained why he was supporting GrabAGun.

Kilmar Ábrego García was back in a Nashville court on Wednesday as a federal judge reviews a court ruling saying that the U.S. government didn't meet its burden to detain him before trial.

This is unfolding at the same time that another federal judge intends to issue a ruling on whether Ábrego García can be captured by U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and shipped off to a third-party country, such as Sudan, if he were to be released on bail.

President Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security is ripping all the guardrails off of the immigration system when it comes to children, The Atlantic reported in a deep analysis published Wednesday.

This follows the Biden administration's effort to put protections in place, following the family separation scandal that took place under the first Trump administration.

Former Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA) laid into congressional Republicans on Wednesday over their support for President Donald Trump’s plan to claw back more than $9 billion in federal spending already approved by Congress.

Speaking on MSNBC, Dent, who used to serve on the House Appropriations Committee, said that the move to cancel already-approved funding would set a “really bad precedent” going forward, and that it could permanently weaken Congress’s power.

Any hope that Donald Trump might have had that a Wednesday Truth Social post calling the Jeffrey Epstein debacle a "hoax" would satisfy his MAGA base was quickly dashed within minutes.

The president went off on a rant where he blamed Democrats for being behind what he wants to be referred to as a "scam" and the "Jeffrey Epstein Hoax."

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) called for information on the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein to be released Wednesday, while also claiming past comments of his related to the case had been “misquoted and misrepresented."

“I have been misquoted and misrepresented on all of that, go watch the interview I did with Benny Johnson, I'm pretty clear,” Johnson told reporters Wednesday.

President Donald Trump's nomination of Emile Bove, who previously served as his defense attorney, for appeals court judge prompted 900 Justice Department lawyers to speak out against it.

In a letter organized by The Justice Collection, those who signed shared a "grave concern over the senseless attacks on the dedicated career employees who are the backbone of the Department."