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August 24, 2025
Trump reportedly pointed finger at John Bolton before FBI raid as conservative media sounds alarm
12h Weeks before the FBI raided John Bolton’s house, President Donald Trump made clear that his former national security adviser was a target of his second term. Law enforcement agents raided Bolton’s home in Bethesda, Maryland and his Washington, D.C. office on Friday as part of an investigation related to classified documents, Vice President JD Vance confirmed. Bolton served as Trump’s national security adviser from 2018 to 2019 but has since become a vocal critic of the president. On Frid ...
Go to discussionHouse Oversight Committee Democrats say most Epstein files turned over by DOJ were already public
PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2025, 6:25 PM ET Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are decrying what they say is a lack of new records in the Jeffrey Epstein files that the Justice Department provided to the panel Friday. “Only 3% of the documents given to the Oversight Committee are new. The rest are already in the public domain. Less than 1% of files have been released. DOJ is stonewalling,” Rep. Ro Khanna of California said in a statement Saturday as he called for the full release of the files. ...
Go to discussionRural communities prepare for Medicaid cuts to hit hospitals
Aug. 24, 2025, 5:03 a.m. ET Penny Blue was walking up the stairs of her Union Hall, Va. home in 2013 when a blood vessel burst in her brain. "I actually felt the pop in my head when it happened," she told USA TODAY. After sitting down and calling an ambulance she was quickly on her way to the closest hospital 15 minutes away, where she was stabilized. She was flown by helicopter to Roanoke Memorial hospital and remained in intensive care there for 13 days. If the same thing happene ...
Go to discussionPritzker slams Trump's Chicago threats: 'We don't play those games'
Posted: Aug 23, 2025 / 04:24 PM PDT Updated: Aug 23, 2025 / 04:24 PM PDT (The Hill) — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) on Friday pushed back on President Trump’s threat to target Chicago next in the Trump administration’s crackdown on crime following a sweeping takeover in the nation’s capital. “As Donald Trump attempts to create chaos that distracts from his problems, we’ll call it out for what it is,” Pritzker wrote in a lengthy thread on social platform X. “Trump and Republicans are trying ...
Go to discussionNew Trump design chief aims to improve thousands of US government websites
August 23, 2025 5:59 PM EDT Updated 11 hours ago WASHINGTON, Aug 23 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's new design chief said on Saturday he aims to improve government services to be as satisfying to use as the Apple (AAPL.O) App Store. Trump has named Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia to spearhead the new National Design Studio that will seek to make digital services at federal agencies more efficient. Gebbia said on X on Saturday he aims to make government websites beautifully designed an ...
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