a diversion. That's what a federal judge called Donald Trump's Justice Department's request to unseal the grand jury testimony in the criminal case of Gain Maxwell in which she was convicted of sex trafficking for and with Jeffrey Epstein, who said he was Donald Trump's closest friend for 10 years. Diversion is what Donald Trump is all about now more than ever.Donald Trump doesn't want the news media attention on his old friend Jeffrey Epstein and what the Epstein files might say about Donald Trump where we ...

Plan to add five Republican seats to the Texas congressional map is on hold as state house Democrats keep their walk out going. For the eighth day, the Texas chamber failed to reach a quorum. They need 100.Today, they only had 97. That means Republicans do not have the votes they need to get those seats. But this isn't just happening in Texas.Republicans across the country are trying to redraw congressional maps to their advantage. In Missouri, Republicans are pushing to split the district of Emanuel Clever ...

In Washington DC, homicides are down 32%, robberies are down 39%, armed carjackings are down 53%, assaults with a dangerous weapon are down 27%. In Washington, DC, the rates of burglaries and assaults with a dangerous weapon are at their lowest point in 30 years. Nevertheless, because he's so tough on crime, President Trump today deployed hundreds of National Guardsmen and women into Washington DC.send the US military to become the police force in Washington DC. The lead in the Washington Post tonight, quot ...

Governor Gavin Newsome is appealing straight to Donald Trump to stop the Republican plan to rig Texas's congressional map. Today, Newsome sent a letter telling Trump he'd prefer to let independent bodies draw congressional districts, not partisan legislatures. But he wrote, "Cal cannot stand idly by as this power grab unfolds." Not sure if that message will land with a president who says the quiet part out loud.I think we get five and there could be some other states. We're going to get another three or fou ...

President Trump has insisted that he doesn't chicken out when it comes to enforcing his tariffs, telling reporters earlier this summer, quote, "It's called negotiation." Well, despite that, with a deadline to impose new tariffs on China at midnight, Trump was waffling again this morning. >> We'll see what happens. They've been dealing quite nicely.The relationship is very good with President with President Xi and myself. Well, just hours later, Donald Trump folded, extending the deadline for China tariffs f ...

A federal judge has denied the Justice Department's bid to unseal grand jury transcripts from its investigation into Galain Maxwell. But the DOJ's legal battle over the Epstein files is far from over. Several legal groups are now demanding answers from the administration, filing their own requests to force the DOJ to release some of that information to the public, including our next two guests.Ambassador Norm Eisen, former special counsel and special assistant to President Obama. He's the founder and chair ...

This morning, Trump said he would be placing the DC Police Department under federal control and deploying at least 800 National Guard troops to the district, citing what he says is outofcontrol crime with an emphasis on juvenile crime. Take a listen to how Trump falsely described the nation's capital, where more than 700,000 everyday Americans live and work. I'm announcing a historic action to rescue our nation's capital from crime, bloodshed, bedum, and squalor, and worse. This is Liberation Day in DC, and ...

The White House has its list of priorities, and if you thought the economy was at the top, well, you would be wrong. No, it is the preservation of Confederate iconography. A bronze statue referred to as the reconciliation moment is the latest Confederate monument to be reinstalled by the Trump administration.Despite a history of sanitizing slavery that one retired Army general called problematic from top to bottom, Defense Secretary Pete Hegsth defended the decision on Fox News. We recognize our history. We ...

A source shared with me a recording of an emotional all hands meeting for the CDC division that focuses on vaccines. It was held a day after a shooting outside the agency's Atlanta headquarters. >> We're on an active shooter response. >> Now, news reports have cited police as saying that the shooter who killed a police officer during his attack blamed the COVID vaccine for his health problems. In this meeting, employees told CDC Director Susan Monorz that they were terrified as some 40 bullets hit the build ...

President Trump has insisted that he doesn't chicken out when it comes to enforcing his tariffs, telling reporters earlier this summer, quote, "It's called negotiation." Well, despite that, with a deadline to impose new tariffs on China at midnight, Trump was waffling again this morning. We'll see what happens. They've been dealing quite nicely.The relationship is very good with President with President Xi and myself. Well, just hours later, Donald Trump folded, extending the deadline for China tariffs for ...