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Zeteo founder Mehdi Hassan battled British conservative Piers Morgan into agreeing that the U.S. Justice Department must investigate the connection of President Donald Trump to his close friend, convicted sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.Hassan pushed Morgan to grudging agreement after pointing out the numerous times Trump lied about the facts of his relationship with Epstein.“Donald Trump travelled on Epstein’s private jet many more times than has previously been reported or that we were aware: That’s an email from one of his own DOJ lawyers in 2020,” Mehdi told Morgan. “Trump lied, Piers, when he said he

Critics on social media dunked on President Donald Trump’s so-called Board of Peace “vanity project” Thursday, laughing that the conclusion of the event to the tune of the Village People’s “YMCA” appeared to cap the moment with a final non-serious cherry.“Nothing says America is a serious country, like YMCA playing at the closure of ‘Board of Peace’ meeting. Absolute clown show,” said one commenter on X, speaking of the Thursday meeting cont

The Daily Beast reports high-grossing MAGA podcaster Shawn Ryan appeared shaken at President Donald Trump’s meandering stumbles and senior citizen behavior at Thursday’s meeting of his "Board of Peace," unofficial gathering of countries.Trump presided over the meeting attended by many nations with questionable human rights history, including Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan and Israel. Trump

Former federal prosecutor Brendan Ballou warns that President Donald Trump’s lucrative business of handing out pardons in exchange for donations is stripping away the federal justice department’s ability to hold wealthy lawbreakers accountable.“This is now a boom business,” Ballou told CNN anchor Jake Tapper. “You know, there are at least 18 people and companies that donated money to the Trump inaugural campaign, then then had their government investigations dropped or their civil litigations dropped or in extraordinary cases their criminal cases dropped entirely. This is something that has never happened before.”Ballou reported that Trump is

President Donald Trump expressed frustration with the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, telling steel workers that he has had to wait "many months" for a decision on the tariffs case, even though tariffs are still being collected.The court hear oral arguments on November 5 — three and a half months ago — and a decision could come as soon as Friday. It is not unusual for the justices to take many months to decide a case.The court, reports stated, appeared skeptical of Trump's authori

Former DHS Chief of Staff Miles Taylor says President Donald Trump is endangering himself by conducting an illegal search of ballots in Fulton County Georgia.Weeks ago, Trump sent members of the FBI to raid Fulton County of its 2020 ballots in an effort to prove that he actually won the election in Georgia over former president Joe Biden. But Taylor — who worked in Trump’s first administration and wrote the executive order that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is now using to conduct the raid — said there is no federal rule protecting Trump from the co

Stars and Stripes reports Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins announced the VA was ending a controversial policy that lowered a veteran’s disability rating and subsequent monthly compensation.The administration of President Donald Trump began enforcing the rule after a series of policy decisions that riled veterans in Trump's first

Here in America, before the royal formerly known as Prince Andrew was arrested in the UK, Reuters reported the results of a new public survey. Ipsos, the pollster, found nearly 70 percent of Americans believe the system is rigged, allowing elites to act with impunity.Reuters:Some 69 percent of respondents in the four-day poll, which concluded on Monday, said their views were captured "very well" or "extremely well" by a statement that the Epstein files "show that powerful people in the U.S. are rarely h

Slate reports that on Jan. 26, U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz not only prohibited Homeland security agents from illegally moving a detainee out of state but also demanded President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice attorneys pen a list of all the violations they committed while defying his orders.Under the argument of seeking to craft a “remedy” against further Homeland Security insubordination, Farbiarz demanded a thorough act of self

President Donald Trump is vowing that the controversial SAVE America Act voter ID bill will pass into law, "one way or another.""We are going to have the Save America Act, one way or the other, after approval by Congress through the very proper use of the Filibuster or, at minimum, by a Talking Filibuster, à la 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,'" he wrote on Truth Social on Thursday.The legislation, which narrowly passed the House, is currently sitting in the Senate. For it to pass will require 60 votes under current filibuster rules, which — given staunch Democratic opposition — does no