Category: Politics

Popular diabetes and weight-loss drug tirzepatide (Mounjaro/Zepbound) more than doubles the risk of severe eye disease, with 1.1% of users developing sight-threatening retinopathy compared to 0.5% of non-users. The study tracked 6,870 Type 2 diabetes patients, revealing a 115% higher risk of proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR), which can cause blindness if untreated. Rapid blood sugar…

Resurfaced is a portion of a transcript containing testimony from the late Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims, which contradicts the Democratic Party’s claim that President Donald Trump is involved in the late financier’s illicit behavior with minor females. The transcript shows Giuffre, who died by suicide earlier this year, being questioned about Trump’s…

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) voiced support for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s efforts to apprehend illegal immigrants accused of child sex offenses, while Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) called for those individuals to face the death penalty. In a Monday press release, ICE noted that it “arrested 214 illegal aliens for immigration offenses in the…

A Senate panel is set to vote Wednesday on whether to advance a bill introduced by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) that would ban members of Congress from stock trades. In an interview with reporters on Tuesday, Hawley said that the legislation has the support of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), many Republicans, and even some…

Tensions are running high within the Senate Democratic caucus after Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) launched into a heated tirade against several of his colleagues, accusing them of backing what he called pro-Trump policies. Booker criticized the legislation in question as a “poison pill” aligned with former President Donald Trump’s agenda, including tax cuts. He also…

The Trump administration on Tuesday pressed two federal judges to unseal grand jury testimony from the cases that led to the indictments of the late financier Jeffrey Epstein and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell on sex trafficking charges, amid ongoing public concern over the administration’s handling of the matter. The Justice Department initially requested permission on…

Rep. Tim Burchett says it’s going to take more than a broken rib to slow him down. The Tennessee congressman revealed Tuesday that he was kicked by a horse over the weekend, and one of his ribs didn’t make it out in one piece. “Since everyone is asking, here’s the deal: On Sunday, I was…

A “trillion-dollar” scam that was implemented during the Obama administration has been exposed by the Trump administration. The main tenet of the Democrats’ climate hoax economy is being destroyed by the Trump administration, along with the trillion-dollar regulatory complex that has stifled the American auto industry and pushed working Americans into unwelcome and unaffordable electric…

Ghislaine Maxwell has offered to testify before Congress under major conditions, including full immunity from prosecution. The move comes after House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer subpoenaed the convicted Epstein accomplice to appear next month, CNN reported. In a letter sent to Comer on Tuesday, Maxwell’s attorneys said she originally planned to invoke her Fifth Amendment…

President Trump offered new details Tuesday about his split with the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, telling reporters that Epstein had used the spa at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club to prey on young women. “Everyone knows the people that were taken, and it was the concept of taking people that work for me is bad,” Trump told…

Kerrville officials were mostly unprepared for the disastrous floods that hit the Hill Country on July 4, according to recently made public city correspondence, including emails and text messages that KSAT obtained through public records requests. Among the records is a text discussion in which Dalton Rice, the city manager of Kerrville, seems to make…

Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell reportedly provided information on more than 100 people connected to Jeffrey Epstein during closed-door meetings with the Justice Department this week, a move that has fueled speculation she could be seeking clemency from President Donald Trump. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche led the two-day interrogation, which Maxwell’s attorney claims is…

President Donald Trump confirmed on Tuesday that a Secret Service agent attempted to sneak his wife onto a transport plane that was traveling with the president’s Air Force One flight to Scotland last week. “Wouldn’t you think it might be a little dangerous?” Trump asked reporters on his way back to Washington after five days…

The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly to pass a key piece of legislation aimed at bolstering the country’s nuclear energy sector. The bill passed by a vote of 88-2 with Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) opposing the measure. The nuclear package was combined with another bill that reauthorized the U.S. Fire Administration and grant programs for…

The Trump administration’s recent trade deals with several countries are helping boost public confidence in the economy’s outlook, CNN reported on Tuesday. Consumer confidence rose by two points this month to a reading of 97.2, according to the Conference Board on Tuesday, indicating that Americans’ views on the economy have stabilized after a sharp decline…

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that President Trump may, for now, remove President Biden’s three appointees to the Consumer Product Safety Commission without cause. The decision marks a further erosion of a 90-year-old precedent intended to safeguard the independence of certain regulatory agencies in deferrence to Executive Branch authority, NPR reported. “The Consumer Product…

President Donald Trump doubled down on previous remarks he made regarding the Jeffrey Epstein case, calling it a “hoax” that was run by “the worst scum on earth.” Trump made his remarks during a visit to Scotland, where he met with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and other European leaders ahead of announcing another round…

As Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent collaborator and former lover seeks to have her criminal conviction overturned, a look into Ghislaine Maxwell’s life behind bars may offer clarity about her goals outside of jail. Maxwell supposedly reinvented herself while serving a two-decade term for her role in Epstein’s sex crimes. “I did a double take, because…

Vice President JD Vance has spoken out about the horrific downtown brawl that went viral on social media over the weekend. Vance was in northeast Ohio on Monday to support President Donald Trump’s massive tax cuts and budget measure, commonly known as the “one big, beautiful bill.” During the press conference, he was questioned about…

President Donald Trump signed the GENIUS Act into law, aiming to solidify American leadership in global banking and cryptocurrency technologies. While speaking at an event, Trump thanked numerous political and corporate players for their contributions to the bill’s passage and overall government efforts. The signing was a significant win for the Bitcoin industry, which has previously…

Democrats are urging former President Obama to stay out of the fray as Trump officials release documents accusing his administration of trying to “rig” the 2016 election. They want him to steer clear of public sparring with President Trump, especially as Republicans remain divided over the Epstein files and Democrats stay on offense, WJBF reported….

CIA Director John Ratcliffe said there could still be indictments and prosecutions tied to the so-called Russian collusion hoax that targeted President Donald Trump — and he named names. Appearing on Fox News with Maria Bartiromo, Ratcliffe accused Hillary Clinton of orchestrating the scheme to falsely link Trump to Russia through what became the now-discredited…

The Justice Department has announced the successful conclusion of Operation Grayskull, a wide-ranging joint investigation with the FBI that led to the takedown of four dark web platforms dedicated to child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The operation has already secured 18 convictions across multiple federal jurisdictions, with substantial prison sentences handed down to individuals involved…

Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend and convicted accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein, is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review her 2021 sex trafficking conviction. According to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital, Maxwell’s legal team filed a petition on Monday requesting the high court take up her appeal. In the filing, her attorneys argue…

President Donald Trump said that former President Barack Obama “owes me big” for a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that grants immunity for presidential acts—but warned that those who worked in Obama’s administration aren’t afforded the same protections. Trump, who won the sweeping ruling last year, accused Obama of treason and sedition for ordering a spy…

Actor Kevin Spacey is calling for the Jeffrey Epstein files to be made public, saying “the truth can’t come soon enough” to help clear his name. “Release the Epstein files. All of them,” Spacey said, admitting that he once flew on Epstein’s “Lolita Express” jet and posed on a Buckingham Palace throne with the pedophile’s…

A third suspect, Jermaine Matthews, 39, has been arrested in connection with the brutal mob attack on a white man and a Russian woman in downtown Cincinnati, an incident that has drawn national outrage after graphic videos surfaced online. Matthews turned himself in Tuesday evening and was arraigned Wednesday alongside two other suspects—Montianez Merriweather, 34,…

Vice President JD Vance will return to his home state Monday to continue championing the GOP’s sweeping tax-and-border legislation. He’s set to appear in Canton, Ohio, to highlight the bill’s “benefits for hardworking American families and businesses,” according to his office. While aides released few details ahead of the visit, NBC News reports that Vance…

Democratic Minnesota State Senator Nicole Mitchell announced her resignation from the state senate on Friday after being convicted of first-degree burglary and possession of burglary tools for breaking into her stepmother’s Detroit Lakes home on April 22, 2024. Her conviction was all but assured after she testified that she’d entered her stepmother’s home simply to…

CIA Director John Ratcliffe on Sunday hinted at plans to release additional documents that allegedly link Hillary Clinton and Obama-era officials to the false narrative of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Ratcliffe specifically pointed to “underlying intelligence” cited in the annex of the Durham report—which examined investigations into the Clinton-Trump race—and said that…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is sharply criticizing Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro as the country holds municipal elections on Sunday to fill hundreds of mayoral posts and thousands of local council seats. The elections come just one day before the one-year anniversary of Venezuela’s presidential race, which was widely condemned by the United States and…

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino dropped an alarming update on his official “X” account on Saturday that appeared to suggest there is a massive and highly secretive level of corruption throughout the federal government. In a lengthy post, Bongino said that what he’s seen “has shocked me down to my core,” adding that the way…