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Trump's obscene cover-up blown apart by just one sentence
- Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Leslie Jordan's character on Will & Grace had a running joke, whenever he introduced his lover: "This is my business associate, Benji." No one was fooled. Everyone knew exactly what that phrase was doing: softening, sanitizing, shielding a truth obvious to anyone paying attention. Some two decades later, that same euphemism has become the go-to line for ...

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Jimmy Kimmel says he was blindsided by Trump jab after president's Grammy rant
- U.S. President Donald Trump sits in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 7, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Jimmy Kimmel says he had not expected Donald Trump to take a swipe at him when responding to questions in the White House . The president had been fielding questions in the Oval Office and hit out at Grammy Awards show host Trevor Noah , but also included a jab ...

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The Real Reason Trump Chose Georgia as His First Strike on the 2026 Vote
- to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. On Monday, the New York Times reported a bizarre and shocking update to news of an FBI raid last week on a Georgia election office: It turns out that immediately after the federal raid, the FBI officers involved spoke directly with President Donald Trump . To say that this is unusual would be an ...

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Charity founded by Sarah Ferguson shuts down after release of Epstein emails with former duchess
- – The charity founded by , is shutting down following the release of emails showing the depth of her friendship with the late sex offender Sarah's Trust, which focused on improving the lives of women and children, said it will close for the "foreseeable future,'' following the revelations in latest documents released by the U.S. Department of Justice. Ferguson is the ex-wife of the former Prince due to his ...

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Federal judge blocks Trump from ending temporary status for Haitians
- SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge on Monday blocked the end of protections that have allowed roughly 350,000 Haitians to live in the U.S., dealing President Donald Trump's immigration agenda another legal, though perhaps temporary, setback. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes in Washington granted a request to pause the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians while a lawsuit challenging it ...

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Trump to close Kennedy Center for two years - sparking more controversy over DC venue | Trump News
- The president says the building is "dilapidated". But critics claim the closure is to deflect from cancellations that followed his decision to rename the memorial to JFK. Donald Trump has said the Kennedy Center will close for two years in plans that are fuelling the growing controversy over the Washington DC arts venue. The national cultural centre opened in 1971 and was named after President John F. Kennedy by ...

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Groundhog Day 2026: Did Punxsutawney Phil see his shadow?
- CLEVELAND, Ohio — Winter is far from over, according to Punxsutawney Phil, who saw his shadow early Monday morning in western Pennsylvania. The famed groundhog emerged from his burrow at Gobbler's Knob shortly after 7:20 a.m., prompting his handlers to announce a prediction of six more weeks of winter. President of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club's Inner Circle, Tom Hunkel, read from Phil's scroll that ...

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Federal officers in Minneapolis to get body cameras 'effective immediately'
- Federal immigration agents deployed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, will soon receive body cameras, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says. The announcement comes as the government faces a backlash over the deaths last month of two US citizens - Alex Pretti and Renee Good - following a surge of federal immigration officers into the Minneapolis area as part of an immigration crackdown. "Effective immediately ...

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Democratic victory in deep-red Texas district casts a pall over GOP plans to keep the House
- DALLAS — Democrat Taylor Rehmet may never get the chance to cast a vote from his new seat in the Texas state Senate. But merely affixing his name to a seat that hasn't had Democratic representation in decades set off alarms throughout Texas and U.S. politics. His victory in a deep-red Tarrant County-based legislative district is largely symbolic, with Rehmet winning when the Legislature is out of session. But ...

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Victims complain of death threats as government says it's fixing redactions in Epstein-related files
- Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Justice Department said Monday it had withdrawn several thousand documents and "media" related to  disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein  after lawyers complained to a New York judge that the lives of nearly 100 victims had been "turned upside down" by sloppy redactions in the ...

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BLS to delay jobs report due to partial government shutdown
- Feb. 2 (UPI) -- The Bureau of Labor Statistics will postpone the release of its monthly jobs report this week because of the partial government shutdown, the department said. "The Employment Situation release for January 2026 will not be released as scheduled on Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. The release will be rescheduled upon the resumption of government funding," Emily Liddel, associate commissioner of the BLS, said in ...

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DOJ misconduct complaint against D.C. federal judge dismissed
- A judicial misconduct complaint against Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg of D.C. has been dismissed because the Justice Department failed to show that he exhibited bias against the Trump administration. The allegations against Boasberg, a former prosecutor nominated to the bench by President Barack Obama, were widely recirculated by conservative media. But when a federal appeals court requested evidence ...

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Two agents involved in Alex Pretti's shooting identified as CBP veterans: report
- Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez have been identified in a report as the immigration agents who fired on Alex Pretti Two federal immigration agents involved in the shooting of protester Alex Pretti on a Minneapolis street ...

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Yet another judge rejects Trump effort to block offshore wind, saying NY project can resume
- A federal judge on Monday ruled that an offshore wind project aimed at powering 600,000 New York homes can resume construction, the fifth such project put back on track after the Trump administration halted them in December. In clearing the way for Sunrise Wind to proceed, Judge Royce Lamberth found that the government had not shown that offshore wind is such an imminent national security risk that it must halt in ...

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Man in 'au pair affair' found guilty of double murder | US News
- His family au pair pleaded guilty to manslaughter in 2024 and testified against her former lover at trial. An American man who was having an affair with his family's Brazilian au pair has been found guilty of murdering his wife and another man. Brendan Banfield, 40, from Virginia , told police he came across Joseph Ryan attacking his wife, Christine Banfield, with a knife on the morning of 24 February 2023. He shot ...

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