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NEW: We uncovered multiple photos of Jeffrey Epstein at Donald Trump‘s wedding. Photos of the pair together earlier that year at an event. And video of Epstein and Trump at the 1999 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. cnn.com/2025/07/22/pol…
.@SpeakerJohnson to shut down House early amid Jeffrey Epstein drama: usatoday.com/story/news/pol… (via @USATODAY) #Trump
NEW: 'Now, do the #Epstein files.' #MLK's daughter knocks #Trump over records release. usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
ALERT: Ex-@LMPD detective Brett Hankison sentenced to 33 months in prison for shots fired during 2020 raid of #BreonnaTaylor's apartment courier-journal.com/story/news/loc… #Louisville #BlackLivesMatter
For the Black boys who grew up in the middle of the 1980s crack epidemic with both parents in the home... this was our king. What a blow. #RIP
Malcolm-Jamal Warner was the cool older brother we all wish we had. That's why this feels like losing a family member. RIP to the Gordon Gartrell guru. This one really hurts.
#Florida @GovRonDeSantis calls for #Trump to release Epstein files: 'Let people see' usatoday.com/story/news/pol… (via @USATODAY) #FLGov
The timing and optics are terrible, but Stephen Colbert’s show costs more than $100M a year to produce and is losing more than $40M a year. CBS execs had been mulling for a long time whether to pull the plug. Details ⬇️⬇️ puck.news/was-colberts-c…
Breaking News: Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to wear an ankle bracelet and stay home most hours. The order comes before Bolsonaro’s trial on charges that he attempted a coup after losing the 2022 election. nyti.ms/4f0sHIg
From @savannahkuchar: House passes #Trump's cuts to public broadcasting, foreign aid. Next stop, the president's desk. usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
"THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT will end in May 2026 at the close of the 2025-26 broadcast season," CBS says.
.@TheJusticeDept recommends 1-day sentence for former @LMPD detective who was convicted of violating #BreonnaTaylor's civil rights: courier-journal.com/story/news/loc… (via @courierjournal) #Louisville #BlackLivesMatter #Trump
Rarely has President Trump sounded as out of touch with his own base as he did this week when he said, of Jeffrey Epstein, "Are people still talking about this guy?" Trump knows why his base is energized by Epstein theories because he consumes the same conspiratorial content
When you play with fire. #Trump #MAGA
The conspiracy theories just aren’t true, never have been. It’s an honor to serve the President of the United States @realDonaldTrump — and I’ll continue to do so for as long as he calls on me.
The State Department will begin the mass layoff of over 1,000 civil servants and foreign service officers as part of their restructuring plan. As of September, the department had about 80,000 employees.