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The woman alleges that, as a financially vulnerable teen seeking money for braces, she was taken advantage of in encounters involving former GOP lawmaker Matt Gaetz, allegations he denies.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The woman alleges that, as a financially vulnerable teen seeking money for braces, she was taken advantage of in encounters involving former GOP lawmaker Matt Gaetz, allegations he denies.
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🚨A small bloc of Republicans is breaking with President Trump to back a bill forcing release of unclassified Epstein records, a rare split triggered by public pressure and newly surfaced estate emails.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🚨A small bloc of Republicans is breaking with President Trump to back a bill forcing release of unclassified Epstein records, a rare split triggered by public pressure and newly surfaced estate emails.
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Epstein wrote that he was “the one able to take [Trump] down.” Months later, he died in federal custody amid major jail failures; some outside experts have questioned the official suicide ruling.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Epstein wrote that he was “the one able to take [Trump] down.” Months later, he died in federal custody amid major jail failures; some outside experts have questioned the official suicide ruling.
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In a series of newly released emails, Jeffrey Epstein described President Trump as “evil beyond belief,” “borderline insane” and “f***ing crazy,” offering a rare, candid view of how the disgraced financier saw the president in private.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
In a series of newly released emails, Jeffrey Epstein described President Trump as “evil beyond belief,” “borderline insane” and “f***ing crazy,” offering a rare, candid view of how the disgraced financier saw the president in private.
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A House Oversight email places the name “trump” in Jeffrey Epstein’s 2017 Thanksgiving exchange, while verified records show President Trump at Mar-a-Lago, exposing unresolved gaps in the public timeline.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A House Oversight email places the name “trump” in Jeffrey Epstein’s 2017 Thanksgiving exchange, while verified records show President Trump at Mar-a-Lago, exposing unresolved gaps in the public timeline.
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🚨Verified congressional emails show convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein wrote in 2019 to Ghislaine Maxwell, later convicted of sex trafficking minors, that President Trump “knew about the girls”.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🚨Verified congressional emails show convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein wrote in 2019 to Ghislaine Maxwell, later convicted of sex trafficking minors, that President Trump “knew about the girls”.
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The Trump administration’s war-memorial agency removed Dutch plaques honoring Black American servicemembers who fought and died as liberators in World War II, an act that coincided with Washington’s rollback of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The Trump administration’s war-memorial agency removed Dutch plaques honoring Black American servicemembers who fought and died as liberators in World War II, an act that coincided with Washington’s rollback of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.
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🚨 Jonathan Braun, a convicted felon granted clemency by President Donald Trump, is returning to prison after multiple violations in a case that underscores how Trump’s soft-on-crime clemencies reward unrepentant offenders and endanger Americans.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
🚨 Jonathan Braun, a convicted felon granted clemency by President Donald Trump, is returning to prison after multiple violations in a case that underscores how Trump’s soft-on-crime clemencies reward unrepentant offenders and endanger Americans.
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🚨A whistleblower’s letter says Epstein-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell enjoys privileges most inmates never see, including access to puppies from the prison’s dog program, as Congress probes whether Trump is preparing clemency for her.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🚨A whistleblower’s letter says Epstein-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell enjoys privileges most inmates never see, including access to puppies from the prison’s dog program, as Congress probes whether Trump is preparing clemency for her.
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Daraxonrasib, an experimental pill that shuts down proteins driving most pancreatic cancers, nearly doubled survival in early trials and earned FDA fast-track status. But public health officials warn the testing may be moving too fast.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Daraxonrasib, an experimental pill that shuts down proteins driving most pancreatic cancers, nearly doubled survival in early trials and earned FDA fast-track status. But public health officials warn the testing may be moving too fast.
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Scott David Mason, a GOP lobbyist who advised Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and transition, has been charged in federal court in North Carolina with distributing and possessing child-sexual-abuse material, according to court records. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/lobbyist-f...
November 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Scott David Mason, a GOP lobbyist who advised Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and transition, has been charged in federal court in North Carolina with distributing and possessing child-sexual-abuse material, according to court records. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/lobbyist-f...
America’s construction industry is unraveling as immigration raids empty job sites, workers disappear overnight, and billions in projects remain unfinished while the nation’s builders vanish from sight.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:00 AM
America’s construction industry is unraveling as immigration raids empty job sites, workers disappear overnight, and billions in projects remain unfinished while the nation’s builders vanish from sight.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene built a career on QAnon, on conspiracy, defiance, and rage. Then, live on national television, she said she’d been “misled” about the movement, disavowing it and claiming she was a victim of it.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene built a career on QAnon, on conspiracy, defiance, and rage. Then, live on national television, she said she’d been “misled” about the movement, disavowing it and claiming she was a victim of it.
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After his party’s sharp election losses, even loyal Republicans are beginning to act like the president has an expiration date, and his own behavior suggests he knows it.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
After his party’s sharp election losses, even loyal Republicans are beginning to act like the president has an expiration date, and his own behavior suggests he knows it.
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Millions risk losing lifesaving care as rural hospitals collapse under Medicaid cuts, turning vast Republican heartland counties into health deserts where every minute now decides who lives and who dies.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Millions risk losing lifesaving care as rural hospitals collapse under Medicaid cuts, turning vast Republican heartland counties into health deserts where every minute now decides who lives and who dies.
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The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation—the ocean system that stabilizes Earth’s climate—is weakening as global warming melts Greenland and freshens the seas. Its collapse could flood coasts and trigger mass migration. Civilization hangs in the balance.
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November 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation—the ocean system that stabilizes Earth’s climate—is weakening as global warming melts Greenland and freshens the seas. Its collapse could flood coasts and trigger mass migration. Civilization hangs in the balance.
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Following his September 10, 2025 arrest in Florida for failing to appear in court, former Congressman Madison Cawthorn, once of North Carolina, seeks a comeback to replace Byron Donalds, marking at least six legal incidents since 2020.
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November 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Following his September 10, 2025 arrest in Florida for failing to appear in court, former Congressman Madison Cawthorn, once of North Carolina, seeks a comeback to replace Byron Donalds, marking at least six legal incidents since 2020.
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America’s economic boom rides on seven giant stocks and the spending of its wealthiest households. If those shares slip, confidence, jobs, and growth could fall fast, leaving the economy balanced on a thin edge.
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November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
America’s economic boom rides on seven giant stocks and the spending of its wealthiest households. If those shares slip, confidence, jobs, and growth could fall fast, leaving the economy balanced on a thin edge.
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🚨A secretive ICE waiver lets migrants be held for days in rooms meant for hours, a quiet rule change now testing the limits of the agency’s own detention policy.
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November 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🚨A secretive ICE waiver lets migrants be held for days in rooms meant for hours, a quiet rule change now testing the limits of the agency’s own detention policy.
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🚨Across the U.S., a century of public-health consensus is being quietly rewritten. In statehouses from Florida to Utah, lawmakers are advancing measures that erode vaccination and food-safety standards.
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November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🚨Across the U.S., a century of public-health consensus is being quietly rewritten. In statehouses from Florida to Utah, lawmakers are advancing measures that erode vaccination and food-safety standards.
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Appearing on CNN’s State of the Union, Senator Chris Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut, warned that President Donald Trump is using the congressional shutdown to transition the United States to a form of totalitarianism
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November 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Appearing on CNN’s State of the Union, Senator Chris Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut, warned that President Donald Trump is using the congressional shutdown to transition the United States to a form of totalitarianism
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Since taking office, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has jolted the Pentagon with rapid firings, demotions, and loyalty tests. Supporters call it long-overdue reform, while critics see chaos in command. This is the story of the Pentagon in disarray.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Since taking office, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has jolted the Pentagon with rapid firings, demotions, and loyalty tests. Supporters call it long-overdue reform, while critics see chaos in command. This is the story of the Pentagon in disarray.
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Trump’s refusal to release emergency SNAP and Head Start funds makes hunger a bargaining tool, turning aid for children and families into leverage in a political standoff documented by AP and Reuters.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Trump’s refusal to release emergency SNAP and Head Start funds makes hunger a bargaining tool, turning aid for children and families into leverage in a political standoff documented by AP and Reuters.
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The Supreme Court is poised to decide whether race can still shape voting maps, a ruling that could erase decades of protections and shift political power across the South for a generation.
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November 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The Supreme Court is poised to decide whether race can still shape voting maps, a ruling that could erase decades of protections and shift political power across the South for a generation.
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The richest 1% now own a third of all U.S. wealth. For everyone else, debt, automation, and high costs have made progress feel impossible. “The Prosperity Illusion” asks: who still gets ahead—and why?
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November 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The richest 1% now own a third of all U.S. wealth. For everyone else, debt, automation, and high costs have made progress feel impossible. “The Prosperity Illusion” asks: who still gets ahead—and why?
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