The gunman accused of killing four people in New York City suspected he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE — a degenerative brain disease often associated with football players. (Image credit: Jared Wickerham)
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) blew up at fellow Democratic Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (Nev.) and Amy Klobuchar (Minn.) in a heated back-and-forth on the Senate floor Tuesday, accusing members of his party of being “willing to be complicit” with President Trump. “This, to me, is a problem with Democrats in America right now, is we’re…
Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) accused President Trump and the Republican Party of trying to “rig” elections in the state with their plan to conduct a middecade redistricting to increase the number of GOP-held seats. Talarico told NewsNation’s Blake Burman on “The Hill” on Tuesday that his focus has been on the special legislative…
Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) said he’s hoping to decide “soon” on whether to run for Sen. John Cornyn’s (R) Senate seat in what Democrats hope will become a pickup opportunity next year. Talarico told NewsNation’s Blake Burman on “The Hill” on Tuesday that he plans to decide after an upcoming special legislative session,…
President Donald Trump revealed details of his personal connection to Jeffrey Epstein on Tuesday, reigniting concerns about an ongoing GOP-led cover-up of the sex trafficking case. Speaking to reporters on Air Force Once, Trump said that Epstein “stole” employees who worked at his Mar-a-Lago spa and that the behavior led to a purported rift between them. Trump and Epstein were decades-long friends, and his administration’s refusal to release the Epstein files has caused tension among even the most loyal Trump supporters. When a reporter asked Trump if the employees he accused Epstein of “stealing” were young women, he confirmed that they were. “It was the concept of taking people that work for me is bad. But that story’s been pretty well out there, and the answer is yes, they were,” he said. YouTube Video As is often the case with Trump, he paused while discussing the serious criminal case to praise his spa as one of “the best spas in the world.” “People were taken out of the spa, hired by him. In other words, gone. And other people would come and complain, this guy is taking people from the spa,” he added. Trump later identified one of the women who were “taken” by Epstein as Virginia Giuffre, who he said “worked at the spa.” President Donald Trump stands beside Jeffrey Epstein at Mar-a-Lago in 1992. Giuffre was a prominent victim of Epstein’s who pushed for criminal charges to be filed against him. She also provided information to law enforcement in the prosecution of Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, who has been convicted of offenses related to sex trafficking. Giuffre died by suicide in April. Trump’s admission of yet another personal connection to the Epstein scandal comes as he’s desperately trying to make the issue go away. Congressional Republicans have also been working to shut down inquiries and votes related to the Epstein files, while Trump is suing allies like Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch over reporting on the story. But the damage is done: The public already believes that a cover-up is in progress. In a YouGov poll released on Thursday, 61% of respondents said that they believe Trump’s name is in the Epstein files, and 53% said that they think that’s why his administration is stonewalling. Trump’s inability to keep quiet about the case just seems to fuel more suspicions, implicating him even further in the eyes of most Americans.
President Trump’s threats have raised questions about how much leverage the United States has left with Moscow.
Compounding pharmacies are crimping sales of Novo Nordisk’s obesity drug Wegovy by making what are essentially copies of the name-brand medicine. The company says it trying to stop them. (Image credit: Scott Olson)
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) called the humanitarian crisis in Gaza a “genocide” in a social media post, appearing to be the first Republican in Congress to use the term to describe Israel’s conduct. “It’s the most truthful and easiest thing to say that Oct 7th in Israel was horrific and all hostages must be…
Senate Democrats are seeking clarification about whether there is an ongoing investigation into Justice Department official Emil Bove after three different whistleblowers came forward with information ahead of his confirmation vote for a lifetime appointment to the bench. The request from Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) comes as a third whistleblower filed…
A new Gallup poll measures Americans’ approval of Israel’s military action in Gaza at 32 percent, the lowest point recorded since the question was first asked in November 2023, immediately following Hamas’s terrorist attack on the country. Americans’ disapproval of Israel’s military action has now reached 60 percent and diverges greatly along partisan lines. Democratic support is…
