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Epstein accuser DEMANDS release of files: 'I don’t know what they are protecting.'
MSNBC· 2025-08-10 15:49
This week, top Trump administration officials, including Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Cash Patel, met at the White House to discuss the Epstein case, while Trump struggles to turn the page on the story. But what's continuously missing is the focus on those who were physically and emotionally hurt by Jeffrey Epstein and Galain Maxwell's actions. On Thursday, House Democrats called for a congressional hearing with victims and survivors, writing, quote, "If we are to hold powerful people to acco ...
Zelenskyy invite to Trump-Putin Alaska summit "being discussed"
MSNBC· 2025-08-10 15:48
We've just learned that the White House is considering inviting Ukrainian President Vladimir Zalinski to that highstakes meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin next Friday in Alaska. That's according to a senior US official and three people briefed on the internal discussions. It will be Trump and Putin's first meeting since Trump retook office and Putin's first visit to US soil since 2015.And the stakes could not be higher for everyone involved. The New York Times reports, quote, "Russia has shown no s ...
‘Why are we doing this?’: Tariffs hit highest level since Great Depression
MSNBC· 2025-08-10 14:16
After months of threats and delays, new sweeping tariffs went into effect Thursday raising import taxes to the highest levels since the Great Depression. The Yale Budget Lab estimates the new tariffs will cost the average U.S. household $2,400 this year, with everything from cars to coffee and clothing poised to get more expensive. ...
‘Chilling and harmful to democracy’ Fmr. Asst. District Attorney on politicization in Trump’s DOJ
MSNBC· 2025-08-10 14:11
We begin today back at the start of the 2024 presidential primary when Donald Trump made this proclamation to his followers in his first official campaign rally. I am your warrior. I am your justice.For those who have been wronged and betrayed, of which there are many people out there that have been wronged and betrayed. I am your retribution. We will take care of it.While his MAGA followers believe Trump would look out for them, as has been his MMO, he was speaking for himself. And that retribution has bee ...
‘We are not experiencing spikes in crime’ DC’s Mayor refutes President Trump’s claims
MSNBC· 2025-08-10 14:07
We have new details this morning on President Trump's new crackdown on crime in a city he loves to criticize in his own backyard, our nation's capital, our home, Washington DC. As part of his new week-long campaign, some 450 federal law enforcement officers from various agencies were stationed across the city last night in hightra areas. And Trump announced on social media that tomorrow he will hold an event at the White House that will quote essentially stop violent crime in DC, which he claims has become ...
TX Dems hold the line against redistricting retaliation: "This is for the heart and soul of America"
MSNBC· 2025-08-10 13:52
Joining us now, Texas State Representatives James Telerico and Jalanda Jones. Thank you both so much for for coming on. Um, Representative Telerico, I want to start with you because you know, you guys are gone.The the state troopers can't pop up to Chicago or wherever you are to grab you, but James Cornin, your senator, says that the FBI has approved some kind of plan um to go around the country and get in you guys. How worried are you that federal officials are on their way this week to arrest you all and ...
Trump struggles to spin narrative on Epstein: “Somebody will get thrown under the bus”
MSNBC· 2025-08-10 13:42
No matter how hard he tries, Donald Trump has failed to spin the narrative on the Jeffrey Epstein files. Part of that could be the fact that he and his administration keep acting acting like they've got something to hide. Case in point, NBC confirmed that there was a White House meeting Wednesday night between top officials to to discuss an Epstein strategy, even though Vice President JD Vance denied a meeting was taking place.This is nothing new. Trump is always expected to use the full power of the govern ...
Zelenskyy REJECTS Trump's 'swapping of territories' remark ahead of Putin meeting
MSNBC· 2025-08-09 23:29
Trump says he'll meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in person this coming Friday in Alaska. It'll be their first known in-person meeting since sitting down on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Japan in June of 2019. It'll mark the first time Putin will be on US soil since September of 2015 when he spoke at the UN General Assembly and met with then President Obama.Trump and Putin have spoken several times this year. Their last known conversation was during a phone call back on July 3rd. Trump and Vl ...
Texas state house adjourns AGAIN after Democrats scatter in redistricting fight
MSNBC· 2025-08-09 21:26
The House will come to order. It is evident to the chair that a quorum is not present. Without objection, the House stands adjourned until 1 p.m. Monday. Wow.They say everything's bigger in Texas. Look at that guy's gabble. Look at my little gavvel.Like, this is sweet. That's the biggest gavvel I've ever seen. Don't quote me.That might be the record for the quickest legislative session. Yeah. See, it's I I love my gavvel. It's all I need.But that that was a big g that was like a mallet. Um, that was the Tex ...
‘Sounds like something you do in Russia’: Texas Democrat on facing FBI arrest to go back to state
MSNBC· 2025-08-09 21:22
The Texas State House is now adjourned until Monday as the Democrats boycott is putting a wrench in the GOP's redistricting plans. Right now, Democrats who fled Texas are facing a growing number of threats from Republican leadership aimed at forcing their return. Members of the state's minority party say they have no plans to back down.It is an outrageous power grab to try to appease Trump. And our breaking quorum is truly that. It is a stop on the clock.We're not just fighting for for our families in Texas ...