• Trump seeks quick Murdoch deposition in lawsuit over Epstein story

    Trump seeks quick Murdoch deposition in lawsuit over Epstein story

    Jul 28, 2025 05:53 PM EDT

    President Donald Trump is asking a federal court in Florida to force Rupert Murdoch to give a deposition for the president's lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal within 15 days, citing the media mogul's age and physical condition. Trump sued the Journal, owned by Murdoch, is U.S ...

  • What are the risks if Texas Republicans redraw House districts at Trump's urging?

    What are the risks if Texas Republicans redraw House districts at Trump's urging?

    Jul 21, 2025 06:50 PM EDT

    ... held ones — is at the crux of President Donald Trump's high-risk, high-reward push to get Texas Republicans to redraw their political map. Trump is seeking to avoid the traditional midterm letdown that most incumbent presidents endure and hold onto the House, which the GOP narrowly controls. Trump ...

  • Bondi faces pressure after first release of Epstein files fell short of expectations

    Bondi faces pressure after first release of Epstein files fell short of expectations

    Jul 01, 2025 06:31 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — It was a surprising statement from Attorney General Pam Bondi as the Trump administration promises to release more files from its sex trafficking investigation of Jeffrey Epstein: The FBI, she said, was reviewing “tens of thousands of videos” of the wealthy financier “with children or child porn.” The ...

  • Live results: New York City mayor’s race Democratic primary

    Live results: New York City mayor’s race Democratic primary

    Jun 23, 2025 06:02 PM EDT

    ... Weiner faces four other candidates, including state Assemblyman Harvey Epstein. A total of 30 City Council districts will hold contested primaries Tuesday. Also facing a primary is Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who won a criminal conviction against Donald Trump in 2024. He faces a challenge from attorney Patrick Timmins.

  • Nearly 3,000 pages of Epstein records have been released so far. These questions remain

    Nearly 3,000 pages of Epstein records have been released so far. These questions remain

    Jan 08, 2024 01:23 AM EDT

    ... having sex with Giuffre and said he couldn’t recall ever meeting her, though a photograph appears to show them together, and a member of Epstein's household staff also testified about seeing the two at Epstein's home in New York. Many of the documents unsealed in recent days ...

  • Trump's tweets and conspiracies redefine what's presidential

    Trump's tweets and conspiracies redefine what's presidential

    Aug 11, 2019 09:11 PM EDT

    As Democratic candidates and the lone Republican challenger to President Trump raced to event after event in Iowa, the president took to the internet to retweet conspiracy theories linking the Clintons to the death of Jeffrey Epstein. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Jeff Greenfield joins Hari Sreenivasan to put the week ...

  • WATCH: Labor Secretary Acosta resigns amid criticism over Epstein deal

    WATCH: Labor Secretary Acosta resigns amid criticism over Epstein deal

    Jul 12, 2019 01:45 PM EDT

    ... could at the time and had worked in the best interests of Epstein's victims. "We did what we did because we wanted to see Epstein go to jail," he said. "We believe that we proceeded appropriately." Pressed on whether he had any regrets, Acosta repeatedly said circumstances had changed ...

  • News Wrap: Fed signals impending interest rate reduction

    News Wrap: Fed signals impending interest rate reduction

    Jul 10, 2019 10:50 PM EDT

    ... adequately explained. He said in response to a question about that, well, we were focusing, if you will, on the most culpable person, who was Epstein, who was the top of the conspiracy. And there's no question that Epstein was the most culpable person, but by immunizing some named ...

  • Trump defends Acosta but says he will look into Epstein plea deal

    Trump defends Acosta but says he will look into Epstein plea deal

    Jul 09, 2019 02:52 PM EDT

    ... federal prosecutor, was spreading to Trump. And not merely because he appointed Acosta to head the Labor Department. WATCH: The ‘completely unprecedented’ plea deal Jeffrey Epstein made with Alex Acosta Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Trump must explain why he made glowing comments about the financier in 2002 to ...

  • Trump administration quietly rolls back civil rights efforts across federal government

    Trump administration quietly rolls back civil rights efforts across federal government

    Jun 16, 2017 04:45 PM EDT

    ... to seek settlements without consent decrees — which would result in no continuing court oversight. The move is just one part of a move by the Trump administration to limit federal civil rights enforcement. Other departments have scaled back the power of their internal divisions that monitor such abuses. In a ...