Remarkable camera angle of President Trump as he listens to Wall Street Journal reporters receiving an award for their investigation into Trump’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein — which they pursued despite Trump’s threats and lawsuit.
Jessica: California prosecutors working for Gavin Newsom, busted a hospice fraud wearing, $267 million in fraud, they were doing that without the administration. California submitted a 60 page integrity action plan to the federal government and has gotten no response.
Watters: That’s not true.
Jessica: Yes it is true. Here are three facts that you cannot refute. Newsom signed a hospice licensing moratorium in 2021. The Trump administration replicated it in 2026. The Trump administration even praised Newsom's crackdown on EBT fraud. They had an 80% drop. And then there is the elephant in the room, which is that Donald Trump has either commuted the sentences of or pardoned people who have defrauded American people through the medicare and medicaid system to the tune of almost $2 billion. So they want us to take RFK JR or Donald Trump seriously when they talk about fraud and they are pardoning the fraudsters themselves. That reeks to me.
NEW: A second ex-wife of David Brouillette, the ICE agent who killed Joan Durán Guerrero in Maine, Lucinda Brouillette, issued a statement this morning. In it she says "If you were to ask me whether I believe David Brouillette is capable of this level of extreme violence, my answer is unequivocally yes."
"Throughout the years, I brought my concerns to law enforcement, the courts, and the Department of Health and Human Services. I tried to explain what I believed was a long-standing pattern of abuse, intimidation, manipulation, and controlling behavior because I genuinely feared where those behaviors could lead. From my perspective, those warnings did not receive the attention I believed they deserved."
NPR reported on a court filing from Lucinda where she accused him of being physically aggressive with their then 13-year-old daughter.
Below is her statement in full:
GOP candidate Brandon Herrera joking about killing old people with a mallet after abolishing their Social Security.
Herrera is endorsed by Trump, Mike Johnson, and several other Republicans.
Todd Blanche is leading the most egregious cover-up in American history.
He cannot be confirmed as Attorney General. We need an AG who’s serious about investigating and prosecuting criminals in the Epstein Files.
The Ellisons and Paramount are trying to buy Warner Bros. and turn CNN into a mouthpiece for Donald Trump. This is bad for democracy, deeply corrupt, and terrible business, and we’re suing on behalf of Paramount shareholders to stop the deal.
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EXCLUSIVE -- VP arranged for his elementary school son to be flown in a military helicopter -- for a golf lesson across town. @SecretService detail is getting "fed up" with Vance family entitled protection expectations and last minute travel
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I have a funny personal story about Lindsey Graham.
In 2010, he voted against the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" despite overwhelming bipartisan support to overturn the ban on gay, lesbian, bisexual Americans serving openly in our military. (It passed and got signed.)
In 2013, he voted against the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would have provided protections against discrimination for LGBTQ Americans in the workplace. (Substantial bipartisan support in the Senate but the GOP-controlled House refused to take a vote on it.)
In 2022, he voted against the Respect for Marriage Act despite bipartisan support for federalizing protections for same-sex marriage in case Obergefell got overturned. (The bill was passed and signed into law by President Biden).
In fact, he pretty much opposed LGBTQ rights at every turn in his career, never offering anything in the way of sound legal reasoning to justify his opposition.
A lot has been said about Mr. Graham's private life in the past few days. Some commentators say it's unfair to speculate over his sexual orientation, particularly in the wake of his death.
I think it's rather unfair that this man spent his entire career making the lives of LGBTQ Americans much harder for no good reason. Just because it was politically convenient for him.
It's been a rather fascinating exercise to watch many politicos and reporters share their fun and wistful anecdotes about Mr. Graham. He was so funny and so charming.
That's nice.
I'll always remember him as someone who viewed LGBTQ Americans as second-class citizens unworthy of equal treatment and dignity.
Perhaps hypocritically so.
Anyway... that's actually not a fun story but it is very personal.
The Paramount-Warner merger is illegal. The 2nd and 5th biggest studios combining. 200M subscribers. Prices will go through the roof.
But free speech will die too. Because the owners have cut a deal with Trump to silence his critics.
State AGs need to step in and block it. Now.
37 Republicans Voted Against the Bipartisan Housing Affordability Bill
Many of them are running for reelection or seeking another office in 2026.
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Selling advanced AI chips to China will turbocharge its military capabilities and its bid for technological dominance.
The Trump Administration is letting it happen, despite warnings from Republicans and Democrats.
Congress needs to pass bipartisan export control legislation now.
Companies associated with Trump's sons have received $1 billion and counting in government contracts since he returned to office.
We've never seen anything like this coming out of the White House.
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Turmoil, scandal: 2 top Collins aides gone in less than 2 months after:
Campaign resources were used to harass a rape victim
Collins’ office worked to support a Holocaust denier, and updated Hitler admirer Nick Fuentes on its efforts
And Collins is under federal investigation