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President Donald Trump in one interview endorsed the idea of a special prosecutor looking at the scandal over Jeffrey Epstein, his charges, his apparent suicide in jail in New York, and all of his files and documents, such as a "client list," used by the convicted sex offender suspected of trafficking young girls to celebrities.
But what will develop still remains uncertain.
"I think they could look at all of it. It's all the same scam. They could look at this Jeffrey Epstein hoax also, because that's the same stuff that's all put out by Democrats," he said. Asked about a look at Epstein, he said, "They've already looked at it, and they are looking at it, and I think all they have to do is put out anything credible."
His comments came in an interview with the Just the News, No Noise program.
He said he approved of the FBI decision to open a probe into what could have been a wide-ranging conspiracy under Barack Obama that could have included Obama appointees James Clapper, John Brennan and James Comey, chiefs of the CIA and FBI.
He also committed to declassifying two highly sensitive pieces of intelligence to help further the prosecutor's efforts.
He said he is "happy" with the FBI announcement to investigate events, collusions and conspiracies from about 2016 until 2024 "by Democrats and government officials as a continuing criminal conspiracy," the report said.
"It was a disgrace what happened, what happened in 2016 and what happened in 2020. It's a disgraceful situation. And our voting has to be straightened out. I always say if you don't have borders, if you don't have fair and free voting, you don't have a country," he said.
Those comments were addressing a wide range of election actions, some allegedly nefarious, used against him during the 2016 race, and then even more strident actions in 2020. The first election featured the made-up claims in the Democrats' Steele dossier. And 2020 was the year when the election fell under two significant outside influences, the first being Mark Zuckerberg's decision to give $400 million plus to two foundations to hand out to local election officials who often used the cash to recruit voters in Democrat districts.
The other was the FBI's decision in interfere in the election by telling media corporations to suppress reports about the Biden family scandals documented in a laptop computer abandoned by Hunter Biden. In fact, at the time, FBI agents knew the truth of those scandals, but sought to have the information suppressed anyway. A subsequent polling suggested that conspiracy alone could have handed the Oval Office to Joe Biden.
Just the News reported also, "unprompted," Trump volunteered that a special prosecutor – appointed to look at such weaponization, also could review "anything credible" on Jeffrey Epstein.
His administration had promised to release all remaining evidence in the now-deceased financier's sex scandal and prosecutions, but that has not gone smoothly, the report said, because of missteps from officials.
When the FBI and DOJ released the conclusion that Epstein did commit suicide in prison and did not leave behind a list of the people whom he entertained with young female escorts, many prominent conservatives were openly doubtful.
He also charged that MAGA conservatives speculating about Epstein only gives oxygen to Democrats.
"You know, some of the naive Republicans fall right into line, like they always do. They just don't have the sustainability. … There's something they don't have, that stick to it like glue," he said in the interview. "The Democrats, you know, they have bad policy, they have bad candidates, they have bad everything, but they stick together. The Republicans don't do that."
He charged, "But they ought to look into the Jeffrey Epstein hoax too, because that's another hoax that's frankly, put out by the Democrats pushing, pushing the Republicans, and put out by the Democrats."
He also suggested it's possible that "officials" inside the FBI and other agencies could have doctored files to protect Democrats and harm Republicans.
"I can imagine what they put into files, just like they did with the others. I mean, the Steele dossier was a total fake, right? It took two years to figure that out," he said. "So I would imagine if they were run by (former FBI director) Chris Wray and they were run by (former FBI director James) Comey, and because it was actually even before that administration, they've been running these files, and so much of the things that we found were fake."
He said he hopes that transparency prevails and confirmed a special prosecutor would be a way for that to happen.
The issue remains unclear, however, as White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that the idea of a special prosecutor was suggested to the president, but that's not what he would recommend.
"That's how he feels."
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A police department's open promotions of and advocacy for the LGBT lifestyle choices successfully undermined the public's trust that the agency could be neutral in its enforcement of laws.
That's the verdict from a high court in the United Kingdom in a fight between Linzi Smith and the Northumbria police agency.
Smith, a Newcastle United fan, was investigated by Northumbria police because she expressed gender-critical view over the department's promotions of the lifestyle choices.
Justice Linden, from the court, ruled the chief constable's "participation" in various pro-LGBT campaigns, "was likely to be seen, and may well have been intended to be seen, as expressing the support of the head of the force for the views and the cause which that [LGBT] march sought to promote."
The ruling said, "institutional support for gender ideology and transgender rights" was further expressed by uniformed police officers marching with the "Police Pride" flag, while a static display "included the Northumbria Police badge and the blue, pink and white of the transgender flag."
Those actions, the court ruling said, impacted the public's trust in police abilities to "fairly and impartially" handle clashes between those declining to adopt the leftist agenda, and those who actively promote it and want others to follow their lead.
Christian Institute Ciaran Kelly explained, the decision "struck a major blow against the capture of the police by LGBT ideology and could spell the end for 'rainbow' vehicles and other LGBT branding."
Smith explained, "It is terrifying to live in a community where the police have abandoned their duty of impartiality and embraced a highly controversial political cause. I've experienced first-hand what happens when the police forget their duty of impartiality."
She said the court's decision that police acted unlawfully when they investigated her social media comments about the reality of biological sex gives her hope the agency will change its ways.
Smith still is challenging the decision by the Newcastle United Football club's decision to suspend her membership.
She was targeted by police for her criticisms of the department's "openly supporting 'trans causes.'"
Police claimed her social media statements on the controversial issue were "malicious communications."
Smith was backed by the Free Speech Union and confirmed, "This has all happened purely because I hold views that other people don't agree with."
A lawyer representing her, Paul Conrathe, explained, "By marching at Pride, wearing rainbow lanyards and driving rainbow painted police cars the police have plainly breached their statutory duty of impartiality."
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Under Joe Biden's open borders policy, which, effectively invited millions and millions of illegal aliens to come and break into the United States, then obtain health care and other benefits, they came.
Millions and millions.
But President Donald Trump campaigned on his plan to shut the border and deport illegal aliens, especially criminal illegal aliens.
And his plan is working.
According to a report from the Daily Mail, a key data point has come out of the Darien Gap, an expanse of rainforest with steep ravines and swamps through which 31,000 migrants, en route to America, came during June of 2024.
During June of 2025, under Trump's border security plan, that number was 10.
The report explained more than 520,000 migrants crossed through that remote section heading to America in 2023. In 2024 it was 300,000.
Last year, 55 migrants died during their crossings, and about 180 children were abandoned, and rescued.
The publication cited reports from the Spanish language report efe.com.
That report said normalcy slowly is returning to Bajo Chiquito, the town where migrants arrive after their crossings.
"Bajo Chiquito has transitioned from a bustling hub to a quiet community. With a population of around 400, this indigenous village on the banks of the Tuquesa River received over 2,000 migrants daily during peak migration periods," efe.com reported.
Where once stood makeshift lodgings, food stalls and clothing shops, there now are empty sites.
The result comes partly from the decision by Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino to close jungle trails and reach an agreement with the United States for deportation flights.
"According to Panamanian authorities, only 2,927 migrants crossed the Darién into North America in the first half of this year," the report said. Most were in January, 2,229, just before President Trump took office.
White House spokesman Abigail Jackson told the Mail, "Word of the United States' secure border has spread so far around the world, that migrants aren't even willing to make the dangerous journey to get here because they know they'll be turned away."
She noted over the last two months, Border Patrol officers have released zero illegal aliens into the United States.
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A legal team at the Institute for Justice has dispatched a demand letter to officials in the town of Greers Ferry, Arkansas, insisting that they take down a surveillance camera that watches an innocent family 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The family, explains IJ lawyer Joshua Windham, "cannot enter or leave their own driveway without the city's camera capturing a picture of their movements."
The case involves Charlie and Angie Wolf, and the city's spy program.
The city contracted with a company to install automatic license plate readers, and the Flock Safety company did so, putting one just weeks ago across the street from the Wolfs' home and pointing it at them.
"As positioned, the camera captures their driveway and a good portion of their front yard," the IJ reported.
"After the camera was installed, Charlie reached out to the police chief to express his concerns and was told 'it's not moving.' The following month, the couple sent a letter to city council raising Fourth Amendment concerns and asking officials, once again, to move the camera. Then, in July, Charlie appeared before the city council to reiterate his concerns. At that meeting, city officials doubled down on their stance. City Attorney Blake Spears told Charlie: 'If you want the camera moved, my suggestion would be to get a court order,' and Police Chief Kallen Lacy added: 'We have no plans to move the camera,'" the IJ reported.
Among the concerns, Charlie Wolf said, is that, "Every time me, my family, friends, children or grandchildren come to, leave, play in the front yard or try to enjoy our private property, we are being photographed and added to a database without consent or violation of any law."
Windham said, "Simply put, the city has put the Wolfs under a state of constant surveillance, where they're effectively being treated as criminal suspects, even though they've done nothing wrong."
Of course the city has obtained no warrant for its spying.
The legal team pointed that already two state supreme Courts have concluded putting a surveillance camera in front of a home for months without a warrant is unconstitutional.
"Even if the camera wasn't located directly in front of the Wolfs' home, the decision to place several Flock cameras throughout the city may still violate the Fourth Amendment," the IJ pointed out. "In Carpenter v. United States, the United States Supreme Court ruled that using cell phone location data to retrace a person's past movements was a search that requires a warrant. Using cameras to capture the movements of every person who drives through the city is also a search that requires a warrant under the Fourth Amendment."
The team pointed out that the Flock system already is being challenged in court for its presence in another city.
There a federal court denied that city's attempt to get the case dismissed "because the plaintiffs had plausibly alleged 'an injury caused by [the] installation and operation of the Flock camera'" and 'that a violation of [their] Fourth Amendment rights occurred.'"
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Taxpayers are poised to save $9 billion as a deadline looms for Congress to finalize a recissions package that will withdraw cash handouts for foreign interests as well as tax money being used for the leftist agenda pursued by PBS.
The bill, adopted by the House first and now by the Senate, still requires House approval of Senate changes before it can go to President Donald Trump for his signature.
It specifically attacks spending areas that are problematic for many Americans: billions of dollars being handed out to foreign interests as well as massive subsidies for the PBS operations that critics have called leftist propaganda outlets.
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., documented the bias as only he can:
The Senate adopted the recissions package on a 51-48 vote following a 13-hour vote-a-rama that was written to cancel $7.9 billion in handouts to foreign interests as well as about $1.1 billion intended for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which includes PBS.
A report at Roll Call said senators restored about $400 million for PEPFAR, the president's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
Democrats fighting the cost-saving plan were working without one vote, as Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith went to the hospital on Wednesday feeling unwell.
The report said, "The passage vote marked a victory for the Trump administration, which is seeking to use the rescissions process to pare back federal spending and codify cuts made by the Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE."
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President Donald Trump's agenda to secure America's borders and deport illegal aliens, especially criminal illegal aliens, is off to a roaring start during his first few months in office.
Officials report about 47,000 illegals have been deported each month, so far.
And the numbers of those breaking into the nation, especially across the southern border, have plunged to only a fraction of what they were when Joe Biden essentially declared the borders open, inviting millions to come illegally.
But few law enforcement campaigns are perfect, and one dealing with hundreds of thousands of people will have mistakes.
In fact, there have been occasions where U.S. citizens have been caught up in immigration raids. Federal authorities work to sort those situations out.
But one senator has offered a very succinct solution for those concerned about being rounded up.
"Don't hang around illegals."
The Gateway Pundit explained Sen. Tommy Tuberville was "confronted" with the question.
It was Migrant Insider editor Pablo Manriquez who asked, "Do you care if U.S. citizens accidentally get detained in ICE raids?"
Tuberville confirmed "mistakes" will happen.
"But, again, as long as we take care of it the right way, understand that they are citizens, let them go, but again, if you're going to be hanging around people that are not citizens of this country, some things like that are going to probably happen," he said.
Pushed by Manriquez for more, Tuberville said, "Don't hang around illegals. Bottom line because President Trump has said, 'We're going to go after you,' and at the end of the day, if you're in the wrong place at the wrong time, something bad could happen."
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A South Carolina town is being sued for imposing a permitting scheme and demanding other limits on the display of a religious sign.
First Liberty Institute has filed the action in federal court against the town of Chapin for its agenda to impose a permit requirement, and other limits, on Ernest Giardino.
"No one should be forced to ask the government's permission to express their faith in a public space," explained First Liberty lawyer Nate Kellum, in a statement about the case.
"The First Amendment is his permit. Like any citizen in any city in America, Mr. Giardino is free to peacefully share his religious beliefs on a public sidewalk. Chapin's ordinance is overbroad, unconstitutional, and must be repealed or enjoined."
The legal team explained Giardino "was on a public sidewalk at the intersection of Old Lexington Road and Chapin Road on June 20, 2024, holding a 20×24 inch sign attached to a short handle, which read 'Trust Christ He paid the price' on one side and 'He Saved Others—Jesus—He'll Save You' on the other side."
It wasn't his first time there with a sign, the report said. He'd been there on and off for eight months without any complication.
But on that date, a Chapin police officer confronted him and told him he needed to town's permission to share his message of faith.
The town's code enforcement officer and chief of police both affirmed that message, and they handed him a permit application that suddenly limited his sign display to 30 minutes, including a demand he change street corners after 15 minutes.
The civil rights complaint challenges the constitutionality of the town's agenda.
It's because the town regulating "demonstrations" is written vaguely enough to allow officials to claim that a man holding a sign is, in fact, a demonstration.
"Chapin's application of the ordinance to Giardino has deprived and will continue to deprive him of the exercise of his fundamental freedoms and guarantees," the legal filing charges. It seeks nominal damages and injunctive and declaratory relief restoring his rights.
The town is accused of violating the First and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution as well as the state's Religious Freedom Act.
The case describes facts that undermine the town's agenda to call a sign a "demonstration."
"Giardino does not engage in any form of protest or demonstration with his signs. He does not object to anyone or anything with his signs, nor does he convey any political views with his signs. When holding one of his gospel-oriented signs in public, Giardino consciously avoids blocking pathways or disrupting traffic."
He's compelled to share his beliefs by his Christian faith.
"He wants to inform others of the salvation they can find by believing in Jesus Christ and accepting Him as their savior," the filing charges. "To convey this evangelistic message, Giardino holds a 20-inch by 24-inch sign attached to a short handle containing a short, pithy statement about the gospel while standing on a public sidewalk or public right-of-way in the town limits of Chapin, South Carolina."
His signs, over the months, have said, "Give your burdens to Jesus," "Don't give up! There is hope in Jesus," "Seek ye the Lord while he may be found," "Say it and mean it…God be merciful to me a sinner…," "Christ Jesus came to save sinners," "Sin – Face it now or face Him later," and "Death is Not the End, Ye Must Be Born Again."
He spontaneously picks street corners.
"Through signs, Giardino can convey his message without causing anyone to stop or speak with him. Individuals in vehicles can read the statements on his sign as they drive by him. Giardino typically holds a sign in a public space for over one hour and in the late afternoon during rush hour and/or after schools have let students out, to maximize the number of people who can view the messaging on his sign," the filing charges. "He does not use amplification or project his message orally to share his religious beliefs. He remains silent when he holds a sign, only speaking with individuals who approach him for conversation."
The city, however, set up a permit procedure that allows the mayor to reject any request at his own discretion.
Giardino initially complied with the demands, and obtained a permit, but found police shutting down his speech anyway, as he did not carry a copy of the permit with him while he held a sign.
The filing reveals Giardino tried to obtain relief from the town without legal action, but was told by one official the town believes its local requirement "supersedes the Constitution because it's a local ordinance."
Town officials promised a "statement" on the dispute, which had not arrived by publication.
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In wake of the passage of President Trump's big beautiful bill, the White House Tuesday posted an interactive map to enable Americans to discover the positive financial impact of the legislation's passage in their state, compared with conditions if the measure had failed.
The page also includes a "Tax-Free Tips and Overtime Calculator" for workers to figure out what their individual savings will be under the new law.
The map allows users to click on a specific state, and statistics pop up, including average take-home pay increases, the number of Social Security recipients that will be helped, as well as the projected number of jobs in that state that will be protected.
"A typical family with two children in California can expect to see higher take-home pay of about $8500 to $12500 with OBBB compared to if it was not passed," according to the map. "Around 4% of the labor force is employed in occupations that would likely benefit from the no taxes on tips provision of the OBBB. Around 6.0 million seniors in California could benefit from the no taxes on Social Security provision of the OBBB."
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U.S. Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., is deliciously hitting back at the head of National Public Radio for claiming on national TV that NPR is not biased against Republicans and conservative Americans.
Network CEO Katherine Maher said Wednesday on CNN: "As far as the accusations that we're biased, I'd stand up and say, 'Please show me a story that concerns you,' because we want to know, and we want to bring that conversation to our newsroom."
Kennedy replied, "I've got a few," and then enumerated four prime examples of bias in a series of video clips on X.
"NPR reported that country music and birds are racist, told American people to stop eating beef, and promoted the Russia-gate conspiracy," wrote Kennedy.
"No person with a brain above a single-celled organism would call these articles fair and balanced."
He continued: "NPR claimed President Biden's presidential debate performance didn't change the election, days before he dropped out of the race.
"If you believe that headline, you believe in the tooth fairy. But that's what NPR reported with your tax dollars."
"NPR reported that there is no evidence that biological men have an unfair advantage over biological women in sports.
"NPR also called America's interstate highways racist.
"I did not know our highways were racist. I thought they were concrete, but not according to NPR."
"NPR referred to rural Americans as 'Christian nationalists' and heaped praise on Biden administration official Rachel Levine.
"I could go all day," Kennedy concluded.
"American taxpayers shouldn't have to fund this opinion journalism."
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Amid reports that a firing for Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell was imminent, President Donald Trump on Wednesday said ousting Powell was "highly unlikely," despite calling him a "knucklehead."
"I don't rule out anything, but it's highly unlikely, unless he has to leave for fraud. I mean it's possible there's fraud involved."
The New York Times reported Wednesday that Trump had drafted a letter to fire Powell, and asked Republicans if he should send it and indicated that he likely would.
"He's a knucklehead," Trump told reporters Wednesday in the Oval Office. "We like to say it like it is."
"He's always been too late, hence his nickname 'Too Late.' He should have cut interest rates a long time ago. Europe has cut 'em 10 times in a short period of time. We cut 'em none."
"I think he does a terrible job. He's costing us a lot of money, and we fight through it. It's almost, the country's become so successful it doesn't have a big impact. But it does hurt people wanting to get a mortgage, people want to buy a house. He's a terrible Fed chair."
In an interview with the "Just the News, No Noise" television show to be aired Thursday night on Real America's Voice, Trump said of Powell: "I'd love if he wants to resign. … That would be up to him."
"They say it would disrupt the market if I did (fire him). But you know, there are many people who say he should be removed because of the fraud of what he's doing at the Fed, with regard to the $2.5 billion he's spending, $2.5 billion to, I guess it's a renovation. I don't know. I'm very good at that stuff. I should go look at it."
The president was commenting on reports that Powell's renovation of his headquarters in the nation's capital has skyrocketed $700 million over budget to $2.5 billion.
"It's like one of the most expensive buildings in the world," Trump told the program.
"He's putting all sorts of parks on the top of the building, and this that. And I guarantee the contractors are making a fortune. No, this is not a guy. This is a guy always recommended. He was recommended to me by (former Treasury Secretary) Mnuchin, and he never worked out good."