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–waltz deputy As scandals pile up, ICE and fellow Democrats erupt, burn ‘Laken Riley Act’ in furious Twitter storm

-Nancy Mace vows to ‘fight like hell’ to change name Black Lives Matter Plaza for charlie kirk

-Thomas Massie introduces bill to call for U.S. withdrawal NATO: “America should not be the world’s security blanket”

Justice Department cleared to release secret grand jury materials in Jeffrey Epstein case

A federal judge has clarified Ministry of Justice Secret grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 sex trafficking case were released Wednesday.

U.S. District Judge Richard Berman overturned a previous decision to keep the transcripts secret, citing recent congressional action on the Epstein dossier. Berman had previously warned that the roughly 70 pages of grand jury materials contained little new information.

Just a day earlier, Judge Paul Engelmeyer granted the Justice Department’s motion to unseal separate grand jury transcripts and exhibits in Ghislaine Maxwell’s criminal case. Last week, Judge Rodney Smith also moved to allow the Department of Justice Release of transcripts from abandoned federal grand jury investigations from the 2000s…Read more.

Trump’s ties to Epstein have come under increased scrutiny as the Justice Department under Attorney General Pam Bondi recently claimed that Epstein’s “client list” did not exist. (Getty Images)

White House

we fight: U.S. Chamber accused of leading ‘wake-up for corporate America’ as Trump dismantles DEI agenda

The Center for Consumer Research issued a “woke alert” this week, accusing the U.S. Chamber of Commerce of being “completely woke and pushing the DEI and left-wing climate agenda.” (iStock)

digital scan: Homeland Security begins reviewing social media accounts of foreign visitors before entering the country

prison dangers: Pro-Trump staffers convicted in 2020 election planning were threatened and assaulted in prison, lawyers say

Mesa County Clerk and Colorado Republican Secretary of State candidate Tina Peters reacts to the early election results during a primary vigil party on June 28, 2022 in Sedalia, Colorado. Peters lost to former Jefferson County Clerk Pam Anderson, who will go on to face Democratic incumbent County Clerk Jena Griswold. (Photo by Mark Piscotti/Getty Images)

world stage

wartime footing: Navy chief warns shipyards must ‘act like war’ as China’s AI fleet leads the way

The Navy deploys the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier and robotic ships on counterdrug missions in Latin America. (Jonathan Klein/AFP via Getty Images)

capitol hill

Nuclear action pays off: Senate Republicans break blockade, advance nearly 100 Trump nominees

Rep. Lloyd Doggett speaks as activists protest mid-decade redistricting at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. Organizations came together to demand that Gov. Greg Abbott and state representatives free Texas House Democrats trapped in the House chamber, pass flood relief and reject redistricting maps. (Mikala Compton/Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images)

Texas Takeover: Doggett withdraws after Supreme Court upholds Republican-drawn maps – warning GOP redistricting could backfire

‘General’: Democrat John Fetterman condemns ‘inhumane’ attack on Charlie Kirk’s widow Erica

Left: Democratic Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania outside the Senate Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, United States, Wednesday, May 21, 2025; Right: Erika Kirk discusses the newly released book “Stop, In God’s Name: Why Honoring the Sabbath Will Change Your Life” on “Hannity” at Fox News Channel Studios on December 8, 2025 in New York. (Left: Alex Wroblewski/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Right: Dimitrios Kabouris/Getty Images)

Across America

blue city blues: Mayor Tim Keller defeats law and order challenger to serve third term as Albuquerque mayor

Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller greets then-Vice President Kamala Harris at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Tuesday, October 25, 2022. (Sam Watson/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

golden state culpability: Newsom says poverty, homelessness are “exemplary” of California’s failures

payback period: New York Democrats won’t support Mamdani for mayor — now Mamdani backs his challenger

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander and then-candidate Zohran Mamdani carry banners across the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City on Monday, November 3, 2025, ahead of Election Day. (Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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