Apr 20 Starmer says he made wrong judgment in appointing Peter Mandelson as ambassador By Jill Lawless, Associated Press British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he made the wrong judgment in appointing Peter Mandelson as U.K. ambassador to Washington. Continue reading
Apr 17 Pressure builds as Starmer rejects calls to resign over Mandelson appointment in Epstein fallout By Jill Lawless, Associated Press British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has no plans to resign over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as U.K. ambassador to Washington, despite Mandelson failing security checks. Continue reading
Apr 16 WATCH: Trump 'OK' with public Epstein survivor hearings By Steff Staples "I'm OK with it," he told PBS News' Liz Landers during a media availability outside the White House. "I think we've had a lot of public hearings. I'm OK with it, but I understand that the women didn't want to… Continue reading
Apr 13 Judge dismisses Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over reporting on Epstein ties By Meg Kinnard, Josh Boak, Associated Press A federal judge has dismissed President Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over a story on his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Continue reading
Apr 09 Watch 2:31 In rare public address, Melania Trump denies close relationship with Epstein By Liz Landers, Doug Adams In a rare public address from the White House, First Lady Melania Trump today denied allegations she had a close relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell. White House Correspondent Liz Landers reports. Continue watching
Apr 09 WATCH: First lady Melania Trump denies any ties to Jeffrey Epstein and calls for survivors' testimony By Collin Binkley, Will Weissert, Associated Press Trump is denying ties to Jeffrey Epstein and knowledge of his sex crimes, saying Thursday that the “stories are completely false” and calling accusations that she was somehow involved “smears about me.”… Continue reading
Apr 08 Bondi won't appear for House deposition next week in the Epstein investigation By Stephen Groves, Associated Press A spokeswoman for the House Oversight Committee says that the department has signaled that Bondi won’t appear on April 14 “since she is no longer attorney general and was subpoenaed in her capacity as attorney general.”… Continue reading
Apr 03 Fact-checking key moments in Bondi's tenure as Trump's attorney general By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Zoe Weyand, PolitiFact PolitiFact has fact-checked Bondi since 2010, during her Florida attorney general run, a seat she held from 2011 to 2019. Here are some key moments and falsehoods from her year-plus in the nation’s top law enforcement spot. Continue reading
Apr 03 A look at how the Epstein files dogged Pam Bondi's time as attorney general By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press After Pam Bondi became U.S. attorney general last year, conservative influencers, online sleuths and others who wanted the government to disclose all it knew about Jeffrey Epstein thought they might have a champion in the Department of Justice. Continue reading
Apr 02 Trump fires Bondi as attorney general By Alanna Durkin Richer, Eric Tucker, Michael Balsamo, Michelle L. Price, Associated Press President Donald Trump says Pam Bondi is out as his attorney general, ending the contentious tenure of a loyalist who upended the Justice Department’s culture of independence from the White House, oversaw large-scale firings of career employees and moved aggressively… Continue reading