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Attorney General Pam Bondi testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday , and multiple survivors of convicted child predator Jeffrey Epstein were in the room while Bondi was pressed on her handling of the Epstein files. Now, one of those women is directly calling out the attorney general for not prioritizing justice for Epstein's victims. I n a Wednesday interview with CNN host Jake Tapper , Danielle Bensky — who was assaulted by Epstein when she was 17 years old — said it was "exhausting" to have to constantly fight for the Trump administration to take Epstein's crimes seriously. She agreed with Tapper's assessment that her suffering was being used as a "political football." She also referenced one moment where Bondi refused to even look in the direction of Epstein survivors present at the hearing. "I think the complete lack of empathy that she showed — for not just Epstein and [Ghislaine] Maxwell survivors, but for survivors ...

Politico reports that President Donald Trump will likely fail to show voters he’s making homes more affordable, further upsetting his chances of victory in the midterms and the upcoming national election. “President Donald Trump is eager to show voters he is making homes more affordable. But even some allies concede there’s little chance his policies will have a meaningful impact by Election Day,” Politico reported . “I don’t think there’s any magic bullet there — certainly not in the next 10 months,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics. “The proposals that have been put forth are really on the margin. They’re really not going to move the dial to any meaningful degree.” When it became apparent that affordability would be central to winning the midterm elections, Politico reports the White House suggested a proposal that either did little or fell flat altogether at reducing high home costs. “The Trump administration directed government-controlled mortgage finance...

President Donald Trump has "surrounded" himself with people who have connections to convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, and that's worrisome to one retired federal prosecutor. In a Tuesday interview with Substack host Jim Acosta , former U.S. Attorney Joyce Alene Vance (who former President Barack Obama appointed to the Northern District of Alabama) reminded viewers of the numerous high-ranking officials in the Trump administration with ties to Epstein. Acosta played a video of Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), who is a member of the House Oversight Committee, giving multiple names of current and former officials in the second Trump White House who have been named in the Department of Justice's (DOJ) latest batch of Epstein files. "Multiple administration officials including Howard Lutnick, Elon Musk, who served as the appointee for DOGE efforts in the White House. We know that the secretary of the Navy [flew on Epstein's jet.] We know that Steve Ban...

Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) – who co-authored the Epstein Files Transparency Act – spent several hours on Monday reviewing Jeffrey Epstein documents without the Department of Justice's (DOJ) redactions. Now, Massie is dropping hints on social media about the names of some of Epstein's alleged co-conspirators. Both Khanna and Massie have not yet publicly named any of the men named in the latest batch of Epstein files, arguing that President Donald Trump's DOJ should release that information to the public. However, Massie spent some time on Monday strongly hinting that some of Epstein's alleged co-conspirators were powerful men being protected by the administration. "[Ro Khanna] and I just spent two hours at DOJ viewing the 'mostly-unredacted' Epstein files," Massie wrote on his X account on Monday. "Four of the 18 redacted names on this document are men born before 1970. DOJ needs to explain why they are redacted unles...

Steve Bannon, the former Trump strategic adviser and prominent MAGA commentator, warned on Monday that the MAGA base is suffering from a "massive lack of enthusiasm" as Donald Trump's second term wears on. According to a Monday report from The Hill , Bannon — who maintains considerable influence in the MAGA sphere — warned during a recent episode of his "War Room" podcast that Trump's loyal base is suffering from a notable lack of excitement and motivation. He cited several reasons, including the president's slow and controversial handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files release, as well as the shift away from his campaign promise to avoid foreign conflicts and his lack of success addressing affordability. "You have a massive lack of enthusiasm among the base," Bannon said. "Because they’re sitting there going ‘I’m just not feelin’ it right now." Bannon further cited a concerning report from Big Data Poll, which found that the voter...

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