None of the people Trump named in his post were accused of wrongdoing in the sex trafficking case against Epstein, and all three have denied any wrongdoing. Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before the House Committee on the Judiciary during an oversight hearing, at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. Slotkin made it clear during a press conference on Wednesday that she is not going to back down, despite the threats from DOJ. Last week, Slotkin sent Bondi a preservation of records request as she mulls the possibility of a lawsuit concerning potential violations of her First Amendment rights.
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- His teammate Ellie Kam told CBS News that her gold medal was, “definitely like a heavy weight to carry, but I slept with mine under my pillow, so that’s how I’m keeping mine safe.”
- Trump administration cuts $600M in HIV, STD prevention and surveillance grants
- Ambassador Shen Jian of China rejected what he called “false narratives and unfounded accusations by the United States,” saying that “we abide by our commitment to suspend nuclear testing.”
- She said that after immigrant enforcement agents shot and killed Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti in Minnesota, administration officials lied about what happened to them.
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Approval of Trump’s sweeping deportation policies dropped steeply after federal agents killed two Americans last month in Minneapolis. The new NBC News Decision Desk Poll powered by SurveyMonkey finds nearly 3 in 4 U.S. adults support some changes to ICE, with 29% saying it should be abolished outright. In newly released documents Football playoff from the Epstein files, it was revealed that a former Palm Beach police chief said Trump called him two decades ago to warn about Epstein. There are 44 lawmakers on the committee, and each member will receive five minutes for questions. The department recently released millions more pages of documents related to Epstein, but critics are urging more transparency in releasing additional documents and uncovering certain redactions.
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“Regardless, your unprecedented abuse of power will not intimidate Senator Slotkin, who will continue to represent the people of Michigan and to stand up for the fundamental principles of our constitutional system of government.” Trump told NBC News last month that he’s prepared to be in Venezuela for years, and he has not given а target date to hold new elections. He has also said he wants to rebuild Venezuela’s oil industry, bringing production back to benefit the United States and the people of Venezuela.
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There is “no end in sight to the rain”, forecasters have warned, despite downpours having lashed Britain every day in 2026. Parts of England and Wales had 50% more rainfall than usual during a stormy January, and there has been rain every day of the year so far. If Warsh bends under political pressure, he risks eroding his credibility among other members of the FOMC, Luschini told CBS News. Mr. Trump’s eagerness for the Fed to ease borrowing costs raises questions about whether Warsh would bow to the president’s wishes even if economic data signaled a need to stand pat or raise rates, experts note. Even so, Warsh won’t have unilateral control over interest rates, as the federal funds rate is set by a majority vote of the 12 members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC).
“This is clearly, without question, what happened Monday in our hearing on antisemitism in America. “No member of the commission has the right to hijack a hearing for their own personal and political agenda on any issue,” Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, the chair of the commission, said in a statement today. Prejean Boller, a model-turned-conservative activist, denied that Owens had ever said anything antisemitic, quoted a Bible verse that attributed the death of Jesus to Jews and pushed back against the idea that some people mask antisemitism in their criticism of Israel. A member of the federal Religious Liberty Commission has been ousted after a hearing this week that featured tense exchanges about the definition of antisemitism.
Podedworna was convicted of murder, preventing a lawful burial and perverting the course of justice. In an interview with CBS News on Monday, figure skater Danny O’Shea, making his Olympics debut at the Milano-Cortina Games, said he was being cautious with the gold medal he won with his team on Sunday. White House border czar Tom Homan also announced Wednesday that 700 law enforcement personnel will withdraw from Minnesota, though roughly 2,000 ICE officers will remain in the state.
The measure provides funding for the Pentagon, Education, Treasury, Labor and State departments through the end of the fiscal year. The Republican-led House on Tuesday voted to pass the government funding package to end the partial shutdown. The Today host said her family is willing to pay to facilitate the return of Nancy Guthrie in the heart-wrenching video posted to her Instagram. “Would you say… that they didn’t mean to hurt her, but something might have gone wrong, and now they’re still trying to get their payday out of this.
“We want to know who they are. We will identify every single one of them and we will prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law,” he said, according to prosecutors. It was not immediately clear if he has an attorney. The following day, he allegedly encouraged followers to harass immigration officers and said “we should cripple them.” Washington — A Minnesota activist was arrested Thursday and charged with threatening to assault and kill Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, the Justice Department said.
Though most estimates of the quarter’s growth are much lower, the president was referring to the Atlanta Fed’s projection, which has ranged as high as 5.4%, according to a White House official. Using figures that are not backed up by the administration’s own data, Trump claimed that the gross domestic product has grown by 5.6% on his watch. “In the last four days, it’s only four days, the Democrats have not uttered the word ‘affordability,’” he said. An NPR/Marist/PBS News survey released last week showed that 36% of adults say they approve of Trump’s handling of the economy, while 59% disapprove.
The southern and western parts of the UK will see yet another band of rain arrive on Sunday, it is predicted, though it should be slightly drier elsewhere. A succession of storms has battered Iberia, with Storm Marta the latest to affect Portugal, Spain and Gibraltar this weekend, following on a very wet January which saw some places receive three times the normal rainfall. There will be some drier and brighter spells between the rainbands but the overall unsettled outlook continues right into next month, not good news for those places already struggling.
