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September 26, 2025
'Lying buffoon': Ilhan Omar hits back after Trump claims he tried to send her to Somalia
September 25, 2025 6:44PM ET Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) clapped back at President Donald Trump on Thursday after the president said in the Oval Office that he asked the president of Somalia to take her back. Trump made the claim in the Oval Office after he signed an executive order approving a deal to make the popular social media app TikTok an American-owned company. "I suggested maybe he'd like to take her back," Trump said of his conversation with Somalia's president, Hassan Sheikh ...
Go to discussionSoros' foundation says reported Justice Department push for probe is politically motivated
Thu, September 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) -George Soros-funded Open Society Foundations on Thursday slammed a reported push by the U.S. Justice Department to investigate the philanthropic organization for supporting terrorism and other crimes as "politically motivated attacks" to silence President Donald Trump's adversaries. The New York Times reported earlier on Thursday that a senior Justice Department official had instructed several U.S. attorneys' offices to dr ...
Go to discussionEpstein estate turns over new documents
09/25/2025 08:23 PM EDT The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has received new materials from the estate of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The delivery of documents comes in response to a recent letter from congressional investigators to the estate, requesting cash ledgers, message logs, calendars and flight logs in the estate’s possession. “[T]he Epstein estate has produced unredacted calendars, call logs, and cash ledgers to the Oversight Committee,” said an Oversight ...
Go to discussionSwalwell says 'I fully expect' to be prosecuted over criticism of Trump administration
09/25/25 7:07 PM ET Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), a vocal critic of President Trump, said Thursday he “fully” expects to be prosecuted by the Trump administration over his criticism but said he refuses to shy away from exercising his right to free speech. “I’m ready for it. I fully expect it,” Swalwell said on “CNN News Central,” when asked if he’s concerned that “down the road you may be prosecuted for your criticisms of this White House.” Swalwell noted that FBI Director Kash Patel previ ...
Go to discussionTrump signs memo ordering the enforcement of the death penalty in D.C.
D.C. Trump signs memo ordering the enforcement of the death penalty in D.C. The president Thursday directed Attorney General Pam Bondi and U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro to use federal law to pursue capital punishment cases in the city. September 25, 2025 at 11:22 p.m. EDT Yesterday at 11:22 p.m. EDT 3 min President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Thursday. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post) By Michael Laris and Jenny Gathright President Donald Trump instructed top prosecutor ...
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