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Johnson Changes Course on Releasing Epstein Files

There'll be no House vote before recess, speaker now says

(Newser) - The House won't vote this summer on whether the Justice Department should release files related to the Jeffrey Epstein case, Speaker Mike Johnson said on Monday, after he called last week for the Trump administration to "put everything out there." The Rules Committee has already sent a...

Greene: 'Dangling Bits of Red Meat No Longer Satisfies'

Trump supporters want 'the whole steak dinner and will accept nothing else,' she says

(Newser) - Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene didn't name names in a post on X Monday morning, but Politico sees it as a clear warning to President Trump that his supporters won't stand by him if he fails to release more information on Jeffrey Epstein.
  • "If you tell the base
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Epstein Accuser Says She Had Unpleasant Trump Encounter

She tells New York Times Epstein saw him looking and declared, 'She's not here for you'

(Newser) - The New York Times has been digging into the decades-ago friendship between President Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, and its coverage suggests no criminal activity on Trump's part. But one story includes an interview with a woman who alleges an unpleasant encounter with Trump back in 1995. As the Times ...

Durbin: Bondi 'Pressured' FBI on Review of Epstein Files

Dem senator says in letters to DOJ, FBI that 1K agents were made to 'flag' any references to Trump

(Newser) - Sen. Dick Durbin, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, is raising new questions about how the FBI has handled files related to Jeffrey Epstein, the late convicted sex offender. According to letters Durbin sent to the Justice Department and FBI leadership, agents reviewing Epstein's files earlier...

Trump Files $10B Suit Against Murdoch, WSJ

President is peeved after paper reported on ties between himself, Jeffrey Epstein

(Newser) - As promised , President Trump filed a lawsuit on Friday against media mogul Rupert Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal over the newspaper's reporting on ties between Trump and disgraced financier Jeffery Epstein. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Miami, seeks at least $10 billion in damages, per...

DOJ Asks Judge to Release Epstein, Maxwell Testimony

Grand jury secrecy laws complicate such disclosures

(Newser) - The Justice Department on Friday asked a federal judge in Manhattan to unseal grand jury testimony from the prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein, after demands from President Trump's supporters to release documents about the case threatened to overshadow the administration's agenda. The department requested a similar release in the...

Trump: Rupert Ignored My Demand, Will Pay the Price

President livid over Wall Street Journal report about him and Jeffrey Epstein

(Newser) - President Trump says he personally warned Rupert Murdoch not to let his Wall Street Journal publish a story about him and Jeffrey Epstein . And because the Journal went ahead and printed it anyway, Trump says he's relishing a court fight, reports the Hill .
  • "I look forward to getting
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Report: Trump Wrote 'Bawdy' Birthday Card to Epstein

President denies it, says he will sue newspaper

(Newser) - As the uproar over the Trump administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case continues , the Wall Street Journal is out with a report claiming President Trump was among the many people who sent Epstein "bawdy" letters on the financier's 50th birthday. Per the sources who spoke to...

Trump Won't Name Epstein Special Prosecutor

President doesn't feel it's necessary, says press chief

(Newser) - President Trump is not going to name a special prosecutor to investigate his administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, says White House press chief Karoline Leavitt. "The president would not recommend [a] special prosecutor in the Epstein case," she told reporters on Thursday, reports Politico . "...

4 Dicey Jokes From Shane Gillis' ESPY Set

Comedian goes after Belichick, Trump, and Caitlin Clark, among others

(Newser) - Comedian Shane Gillis kicked off the ESPY awards on Wednesday night with a monologue heavy on cringe and controversy, reports the Guardian . Gillis, previously ousted from the cast of Saturday Night Live over jokes about Asian people, didn't shy away from controversy—or race—in his set. A...

DOJ Fires Prosecutor in Epstein Case

Trump dismissed Maurene Comey's father in his first term

(Newser) - Maurene Comey, who worked on the criminal prosecutions of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, was fired Wednesday from the job she held for nearly a decade in the Manhattan US attorney's office, insiders told multiple publications. No explanation for the firing has surfaced, Politico reports, though the White House...

Trump Turns on 'Weakling' Supporters Over Epstein

'I don't want their support anymore!'

(Newser) - President Trump says supporters questioning his administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files should no longer consider themselves Trump supporters. In a post on Truth Social Wednesday, Trump lashed out at his critics, accusing them of falling for a Democratic hoax, NBC News reports.
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Analysts Say 3 Minutes Were Cut From Epstein Video

Experts tell Wired that prison video was assembled from two edited clips

(Newser) - An FBI video intended to shed light on the circumstances around Jeffrey Epstein's death is raising more questions than answers. Metadata uncovered by Wired shows that roughly three minutes of footage were trimmed from what the Department of Justice and FBI had described as "full raw" surveillance...

Democrats Happily Pile On the Growing Epstein Chaos
In the MAGA-Epstein Chaos,
5 Factions Emerge
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Jul 15, 2025 10:55 AM CDT

In the MAGA-Epstein Chaos, 5 Factions Emerge

Meanwhile, Democrats are trying to make political hay out of the infighting

(Newser) - The MAGA infighting over the Jeffrey Epstein files continues to escalate, and now Democrats are piling on. Axios reports that Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna introduced a resolution requiring the Justice Department to release all files related to Epstein, forcing House Republicans to shoot it down Monday night. Khanna, however, promised...

Elmo&#39;s X Account Hacked, Gets Dark, Racist
Elmo's X Account
Is Back in Safe Hands
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Jul 15, 2025 12:30 AM CDT

Elmo's X Account Is Back in Safe Hands

Sesame Workshop ultimately regains control after antisemitic, racist posts appear

(Newser) - Sesame Workshop regained control of Elmo's X account Monday, a day after it was hacked and started posting racist and antisemitic messages. Those messages were quickly removed, the AP reports. In a statement, the nonprofit behind Sesame Street called the messages "disgusting." It is not clear who...

Own the NH 'Hideout' Where FBI Busted Ghislaine Maxwell

The 156-acre estate could be yours for $2.5M

(Newser) - Nearly five years after federal agents tracked down Ghislaine Maxwell in New Hampshire, the secluded mountaintop property where she was arrested has hit the market with a $2.5 million price tag. The 156-acre estate, which sold for $1.1 million in 2019 to a company allegedly linked to...

Trump Tells MAGA Critics of Bondi to Back Off

Attorney general is doing a 'fantastic job,' says president amid Epstein controversy

(Newser) - As MAGA infighting continues over the federal Jeffrey Epstein investigation, President Trump is making clear that he is very much on the side of his attorney general. In a lengthy Truth Social post on Saturday, the president criticized those going after Pam Bondi on the issue, reports CNN :
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Editor Tina Brown Recounts 'Creepy' Epstein Threat

Former Daily Beast chief says MAGA is right to cry foul over files related to his death

(Newser) - Former Daily Beast editor Tina Brown writes that she is rarely in alignment with MAGA, but she is in the case of Jeffrey Epstein. In a Substack essay, Brown doesn't think the sexual predator killed himself in prison, and she agrees with many on the right that the government—...

Epstein Fallout Intensifies in Trump Administration

Deputy FBI chief reportedly close to resigning in clash with attorney general

(Newser) - The fallout continues in DC over the handling of the federal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's death . CNN and Axios report that Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino is close to resigning—in fact, he didn't show up to work on Friday—as he clashes with Attorney General Pam...

Bondi Explains 'Missing Minute' in Epstein Video

'Every night the video is reset, and every night should have the same minute missing'

(Newser) - President Trump scolded a reporter for asking Attorney General Pam Bondi about "lingering mysteries" in the Jeffrey Epstein case at a Cabinet meeting Tuesday—but she said she wouldn't mind answering the question. She explained the "missing minute" from video recorded outside Epstein's cell door. The...

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