• Trump administration releases FBI records on MLK Jr. despite his family’s opposition

    Trump administration releases FBI records on MLK Jr. despite his family’s opposition

    Jul 21, 2025 10:06 PM EDT

    Trump releasing the MLK assassination files is not about transparency or justice,” said the Rev. Al Sharpton. “It’s a desperate attempt to distract people from the firestorm engulfing Trump over the Epstein files and the public unraveling of his credibility among the MAGA base.” Records mean a new ...

  • Justice Department asks federal court to unseal Epstein grand jury transcripts

    Justice Department asks federal court to unseal Epstein grand jury transcripts

    Jul 18, 2025 11:00 PM EDT

    ... Epstein — seeks to contain a growing controversy that has engulfed the administration since it announced that it would not be releasing more government files from Epstein's sex trafficking case. WATCH: Trump on defensive as MAGA base questions his Epstein connections and investigation Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche filed motions ...

  • Trump warns Musk would face 'consequences' if he helps Democratic candidates

    Trump warns Musk would face 'consequences' if he helps Democratic candidates

    Jun 07, 2025 04:08 PM EDT

    ... billionaire owns. During the interview, Von showed the vice president Musk’s claim that Trump’s administration hasn’t released all the records related to Epstein because Trump is mentioned in them.Vance responded to that, saying, “Absolutely not. Donald Trump didn’t do anything wrong with Jeffrey Epstein.” “This ...

  • AP Fact Check: Trump and the people he forgets he knew

    AP Fact Check: Trump and the people he forgets he knew

    Dec 07, 2019 09:52 PM EDT

    ... spread over two decades capture some occasions when they've met. The prince stepped back from royal duties after his involvement with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was exposed. Trump also recently declared, repeatedly, that he did not know Gordon Sondland, his ambassador to the EU, “very well” and “I have ...

  • News Wrap: Trump photo among missing Epstein files from Justice Department release

    News Wrap: Trump photo among missing Epstein files from Justice Department release

    Dec 21, 2025 10:45 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Sunday, at least 16 of the Epstein files released Friday have disappeared from the Justice Department’s website, gunmen opened fire and killed at least nine people at a South African pub, mourners held a moment of silence for victims of last week’s mass shooting ...

  • WATCH: House meets as Trump flips stance on Epstein files vote

    WATCH: House meets as Trump flips stance on Epstein files vote

    Nov 17, 2025 03:47 PM EDT

    ... officials in the White House Situation Room to discuss it. The bill would force the Justice Department to release all files and communications related to Epstein, as well as any information about the investigation into his death in federal prison. Information about Epstein’s victims or ongoing federal investigations would ...

  • Gabbard pushes report on Obama and Russia probe as Trump faces pressure over Epstein

    Gabbard pushes report on Obama and Russia probe as Trump faces pressure over Epstein

    Jul 23, 2025 10:43 PM EDT

    Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard ramped up efforts to sow doubt about the investigation that found Russia interfered in the 2016 election. Gabbard pushed claims about former President Obama and called it the “most egregious weaponization and politicization of intelligence in American history.” Nick Schifrin reports. ... Geoff Bennett: And ...

  • Trump sues Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over story reporting on Epstein ties

    Trump sues Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over story reporting on Epstein ties

    Jul 19, 2025 03:32 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch Friday, a day after the newspaper published a story reporting on his ties to wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein. The move came shortly after the Justice Department asked a federal court ...

  • What to know about the dismissal of the Epstein files by Trump's Justice Department

    What to know about the dismissal of the Epstein files by Trump's Justice Department

    Jul 17, 2025 03:51 PM EDT

    ... sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. For years, Trump and some members of his administration fanned conspiracy theories about the content of the files. But in a rapid reversal, some conservative influencers who criticized the Trump administration's handling of the "Epstein files" are now telling fellow skeptics to move on. Trump ...

  • A look at the split in Trump's base over the Epstein files

    A look at the split in Trump's base over the Epstein files

    Jul 14, 2025 10:33 PM EDT

    ... cover-up continues. William Brangham reports. ... William Brangham: The handling of disgraced sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's case continues to roil the MAGA world. After repeatedly claiming that there were scandalous criminal details about Epstein being hidden from the public, now some of those same people, having joined the Trump ...