The bill mandating the Department of Justice to release the Jeffrey Epstein files has been signed into law, but certain parts may still never be seen by the public. That's at least in part because the DOJ has been paying FBI agents nearly $1 million in overtime to work on the "Epstein Transparency Project" at a bureau facility in Winchester, Virginia. read more
The Fulton County, Georgia, election interference case against President Donald Trump and others has been dismissed after the prosecutor who took over the case requested that it be dropped. ... [Prosecutor Pete Skandalakis] acknowledged the seriousness of the case, writing that the indictment, if proven, "would establish a conspiracy undertaken by multiple individual. ... to overturn the results of the November 2020 Presidential Election," but said that trying a criminal case against Trump would not be feasible. read more
President Trump lashed out at the New York Times for a story this week that pointed to his advanced age and a diminished White House schedule. "Trump, 79, is the oldest person to be elected to the presidency, and he is aging," the Times reported. "He does not get regular exercise, in part because he has a long-held theory that people are born with a finite amount of energy and that vigorous activity can deplete that reserve, like a battery." read more
A federal appellate court on Wednesday handed President Donald Trump a collection of losses in his yearslong effort to resuscitate a failed lawsuit against Hillary Clinton -- and several others -- based on claims the 2016 presidential election was rigged against him. read more
Foreign tourists visiting popular US national parks like the Grand Canyon and Yosemite will need to pay an extra fee, the Trump administration says. The Department of the Interior, which runs the country's national parks, said each international visitor will need to pay $100 per person on top of existing fees to access 11 of the most popular sites. read more
Senator Jim Justice, a Republican and former governor of West Virginia, has agreed to pay over $5 million in long-overdue taxes, just hours after being sued by U.S. tax authorities. The first-term senator and his wife reached the settlement following a lawsuit accusing the couple of having "neglected or refused to make full payment" on taxes from 2009. read more
While casting doubt on the idea that the PGA and LIV will ever unify as one tour because of the latter's "irrational" spending, Rory McIlroy lamented other divisive fractures in sports and said, "You look at boxing for example, or you look at what's happened in motor racing in the United States with Indy and NASCAR and everything else, I think for golf in general it would be better if there was unification." IndyCar and NASCAR?
A MAGA city council member in Arizona and former Turning Point USA employee has been accused of offering an employee a job in exchange for sex and kidnapping his daughter. A lawsuit, which was filed by two anonymous plaintiffs -- Father John Doe and Minor Jane Doe -- filed on Nov. 14 names Jeannette Garcia, a MAGA council member in Avondale, Arizona, of "drunkenly propositioning a male coworker to have sex and, when he rebuffed her, briefly kidnapping his 14-year-old daughter," according to a report from The Phoenix New Times. read more
The Justice Department asked a judge for permission Wednesday to publicly release financial records, travel documents, and notes of victim interviews obtained during the investigations into Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell to comply with a new law. In a letter to federal Judge Paul Engelmayer, who is overseeing the Maxwell case in the Southern District of New York, prosecutors asked the court to lift a protective order that previously prevented the public dissemination of evidence turned over to Maxwell ahead of her trial. read more
It seems that bulldozing the White House wasn't enough for Donald Trump. The builder in chief declared his intention Wednesday to "fix" the 100-year-old Reflecting Pool on the National Mall in Washington. Fix what, exactly? Your guess is as good as ours.
The Republican and Democratic contenders for Tennessee's 7th Congressional District are locked in a dead heat, according to a new poll -- an unexpected shift in a seat President Donald Trump won by 22 points in 2024. Democrat Aftyn Behn and Republican Matt Van Epps are polling neck and neck in a Tennessee special election to replace former Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.), according to a new poll.
The great thing about this holiday is that it exists for everybody. Which for a lot of us is work, daily, responsibilities as well as the problems and issues that you face in your own life. But Thanksgiving Day is for all of us, and it is an important gift. It belongs to every one of us.
The U.S. Navy's beleaguered shipbuilding program took a major hit on Tuesday as Navy Secretary John Phelan announced he was cancelling plans to buy Constellation-class frigates, once heralded as a key part of U.S. strategy to keep up with China's rapidly expanding naval fleet. Phelan said the multibillion-dollar program for the surface combatants wasn't delivering any bang for the buck. read more
Rick Wilson: MAGA is a foreign influence operation. Not "incidental to MAGA," not touching it," not "nudging it," not "occasionally exploiting it." MAGA is a foreign influence operation, root and branch. read more
A Marketing Science study examined the staggered timing of book bans across states and found a 12 percent average increase in circulation for the most-targeted titles after a ban, compared with similar, unbanned books. The "ban effect" bled across borders: bans in one state nudged up checkouts in places without bans, too. read more
Ukrainian intelligence reports that Russian Army General Oleg Leontievich Makarevich, accused of overseeing the destruction of Ukraine's Nova Kakhovka dam, is now heading a military advisory mission in Venezuela. Makarevich is in charge of more than 120 troops who are training Venezuelan forces on a wide range of military functions. Those activities are reported to be not in reaction to the current US military buildup in the region.
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