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2+ hour, 49+ min ago  (243+ words) President Donald Trump's Justice Department wants the American people to know that the still-unreleased files of the late Jeffrey Epstein contain "sensationalist claims against Trump." The Justice Department officials previously said some files included fake or false materials that were…...

3+ hour, 26+ min ago  (321+ words) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement appears poised to shutter a troubled $1.2 billion tent detention facility near El Paso, Texas, that opened just eight months ago, according to internal documents reviewed by The Washington Post. An ICE memo circulating among staff this…...

3+ hour, 38+ min ago  (370+ words) Fairfax County prosecutor Steve Descano was aware of an illegal immigrant's violent past and still elected to set him free, new Freedom of Information Act filings show. Fairfax County Police Major Jeff Mauro emailed Jenna Sands, the Fairfax County Chief…...

3+ hour, 59+ min ago  (180+ words) President Donald Trump is threatening to cancel the May 26 Texas Republican Senate runoff between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, demanding the race stop immediately. After neither candidate secured 50 percent in Tuesday's primary, a runoff became…...

4+ hour, 54+ min ago  (630+ words) Karl Rove, a Republican political strategist who famously advised President George W. Bush, supports President Donald Trump's new war against Iran " but is less impressed with Trump's messaging. Praising Operation Epic Fury as "a historic act," Rove argued for The Wall…...

5+ hour, 41+ min ago  (366+ words) Several prominent Democrats who have criticized President Donald Trump for launching a war against Iran are nonetheless suggesting they might vote to fund the military venture if the administration asks. Most Democrats have criticized the U.S. attacks, which Trump said are…...

5+ hour, 59+ min ago  (1754+ words) Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem got hot under the collar when asked if she was sleeping with one of her employees. In a House Judiciary hearing Wednesday, California Representative Sydney Kamlager-Dove asked Noem if she has had sexual relations with…...

5+ hour, 59+ min ago  (1770+ words) Given the many scandals that have enveloped this country since President Donald Trump began his second term, it's easy to forget one of the first: Big Don's call to gerrymander districts in Republican-held states in order to create more congressional…...

6+ hour, 9+ min ago  (1146+ words) President Donald Trump faces an inherent "problem" in his administration that "magnifies the risk" of failure in Iran, according to a former administration insider. Early Saturday morning, U.S. and Israeli forces conducted a coordinated bombing campaign across more than 100 sites in…...

6+ hour, 19+ min ago  (231+ words) Matt Schlapp, the head of the influential Conservative Union, which runs CPAC, suggested that the Iranian schoolgirls who died in an airstrike are better off dead than alive under the current government. The U.S. and Israel have carried out more than…...