Trump suggests there is no ‘smoking gun’ in the Jeffrey Epstein files

by admin | Jul 18, 2025 | Politics

Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Friday suggested there is no “smoking gun” in the Jeffrey Epstein files as he seeks to downplay a case that’s long animated his MAGA supporters.”If there was a...

Trump signs 1st major federal cryptocurrency bill into law

by admin | Jul 18, 2025 | Politics

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Friday signed the first major federal law governing cryptocurrency, a business that Trump’s family has begun forging strong ties to and has promoted in recent years.The House of...

Texas Republicans might redraw congressional maps. Democrats plan to strike back

by admin | Jul 18, 2025 | Politics

Bo Zaunders/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s recent decision to consider redrawing his state’s congressional districts mid-decade, which could eke out more seats for the Republican Party, has prompted Democrats to issue new threats to...

Trump administration unfreezes $1B in after-school funding: Source

by admin | Jul 18, 2025 | Politics

William Campbell/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration has unfrozen over a billion dollars for critical after-school and summer education programming, a senior administration official told ABC News.”The programmatic review is over for 21st...

Bondi says she’ll try to unseal Epstein grand jury records; the process could be long

by admin | Jul 18, 2025 | Politics

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Facing uproar from his MAGA base over the Jeffrey Epstein files, President Donald Trump has called for Attorney General Pam Bondi “to produce any and all pertinent Grand Jury testimony, subject to Court...

Another Biden aide invokes Fifth Amendment in deposition before House panel

by admin | Jul 18, 2025 | Politics

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Annie Tomasini on Friday became the third Biden administration official to plead the Fifth Amendment in a House panel’s investigation into former President Joe Biden’s mental fitness and use of a...