The latest releases from the Epstein archive are shredding the familiar defense that powerful acquaintances “barely knew him.” Names, dates, travel plans and favors are laid out with a level of specificity that is difficult to square with claims of fleeting contact. What is emerging instead is a dense documentary record of proximity, access and…
The long promised transparency around Jeffrey Epstein’s network has finally arrived in the form of millions of pages of government records, but the release has only deepened Washington’s arguments over secrecy. Lawmakers, advocates and the White House are now battling over what was exposed, what was blacked out and what may still be locked away,…
The latest cache of Jeffrey Epstein documents is doing what years of carefully worded statements could not: it is pinning powerful people to specific dates, meetings, and favors that unfolded after he was a convicted sex offender. As those timelines harden into the public record, the gap between what some of Epstein’s associates have long…
“Yes… I saw the racist meme from the President of the United States,” Sen. Raphael Warnock said in a social media post after President Donald Trump shared — and later removed — a video on Truth Social that depicted former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes, a racist trope that…
ATLANTA — Sen. Raphael Warnock posted a blunt warning Saturday tying public health fears and voting-rights concerns to the Trump administration, writing that the country is facing “Measles on the rise,” “Masked agents in the street,” and “The President seizing ballots.” Measles on the rise.Masked agents in the street.The President seizing ballots. This is America…
The private correspondence between a major bank chief and Jeffrey Epstein has stripped away the fiction that their relationship was a matter of routine client management. The emails, laced with coded references, intimate language, and apparent awareness of Epstein’s world, show a level of personal engagement that regulators and victims now argue helped normalize a…
“Millions lost health care so Washington Republicans could give their rich friends yet another tax cut,” Sen. Raphael Warnock said in a social media post, arguing that former President Donald Trump and Sen. JD Vance “think that’s a win.” Warnock, a Georgia Democrat, added: “I think it’s a moral tragedy.” Warnock’s comments come as Washington’s…
The US Department of Justice has quietly unloaded a mountain of material from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, a document dump so vast it is measured in millions of pages rather than boxes. Buried inside are familiar names and institutions, but also fresh connections and failures that look worse the longer they are examined. The scale…
WASHINGTON — Sen. Raphael Warnock criticized President Donald Trump on Monday after Trump’s condemnation of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show helped turn the performance into a political flashpoint online. “Only Donald Trump could (try to) divide the nation over a Super Bowl Half-time Show,” Warnock, a Georgia Democrat, wrote on X. Warnock added that…
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said abortion access will remain “safe, legal, and accessible” in the commonwealth, drawing a sharp rebuttal from a national anti-abortion group that cited clinic oversight and the long-running political fallout from the Kermit Gosnell case. “As long as I’m your Governor, abortion will remain safe, legal, and accessible…
Stephen Miller, a senior Trump administration adviser, accused the Biden administration of enabling “mass child sex trafficking” in a social media post that pointed to a newly filed federal case involving an Alaska man charged with paying smugglers to bring a Honduran mother and child into the United States. The Biden Administration facilitated mass child…
Elon Musk said SpaceX intends to build “a system that allows anyone to travel to Moon,” expanding on the idea in a short series of posts that also included a broader message about optimism and a follow-up: “And Mars too.” Musk’s first post on the topic was blunt: “SpaceX will build a system that allows…
NEW YORK — Pete Buttigieg, the former U.S. transportation secretary and a leading Democratic voice, is blaming President Donald Trump for a sudden stoppage on the Gateway Program, the massive rail project meant to expand capacity and replace the aging Hudson River tunnel used by Amtrak and New Jersey Transit. Buttigieg said Friday that construction…
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is proposing a new package of tax relief aimed at seniors and working families, including a property tax refund program that her office says would save eligible older residents an average of about $345 a year. Whitmer previewed the proposal in a Feb. 8 post on X, saying rising property taxes…
Sen. Bernie Sanders said “no one is required to bow down” to President Donald Trump after Trump called U.S. Olympic freestyle skier Hunter Hess “a real loser,” escalating a political dispute that has followed some American athletes during the early days of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. Trump called American Olympian Hunter Hess a…
Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Monday accused President Donald Trump and his family of profiting from his return to the White House, saying they have “gained over $4 billion” by using the presidency as “their own personal grift machine.” Trump and his family have gained over $4 billion by using the White House as their own…
WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is urging Congress to reject what she described as a dramatic expansion of funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, weighing in as lawmakers continue to negotiate broader Department of Homeland Security funding with a deadline looming. In a post Monday on X, Warren said congressional Republicans want to…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez fired back at influencer and boxer Jake Paul after he urged followers to “turn off” a televised halftime show and described the performer as a “fake American citizen” in a post that spread quickly across X. Purposefully turning off the halftime show Let’s rally together and show big corporations they can’t just…
House Speaker Mike Johnson is pushing a sharp, simple border line that’s getting repeated across conservative accounts: “In the last 9 months, ZERO illegal aliens were released in the U.S.” The post (dated Feb. 7) appears to echo a Rapid Response 47 clip quoting President Trump making a similar “nine months” claim. In the last…
Trump’s tax-cut victory lap just got louder — Mike Johnson says CNN proved the point Even CNN must admit: The Working Families Tax Cuts are putting MORE MONEY in the pockets of the American people. pic.twitter.com/VUQ2OqVQeq — Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) February 8, 2026 House Speaker Mike Johnson is pointing to a CNN explainer about…