controversy

4 Results / Page 1 of 1

News

Trump mired in Epstein controversy amid report on 2003 letter with drawing of naked woman

The controversy over President Donald Trump’s handling of records from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation entered a new dimension Thursday as his administration struggles to make good on its promises to release details on the sex trafficking case involving a one-time friend of the now-president. Trump promised a lawsuit after The Wall Street Journal described a sexually suggestive letter that the newspaper says bore Trump’s name and was included in a 2003 album for Epstein’s 50th birthday. Trump denied writing the […]

todayJuly 18, 2025

News

From House amendment to guitar performance, Dems try to put Trump and MAGA on defense over Epstein controversy

Democrats are seizing on the latest controversy facing President Donald Trump as his MAGA supporters express outrage over the Department of Justice’s announcement that it will not be releasing any bombshell report related to the conviction of pedophile sex trafficker, Jeffrey Epstein. From a legislative procedure and public statements to even an original guitar performance, the minority party is using every lever it has to make the outrage over the Epstein files stick politically for Trump. Republicans are noticeably divided […]

todayJuly 15, 2025

News

Trump stands by Pete Hegseth amid controversy but called for Lloyd Austin to resign—critics say it’s a double standard

President Donald Trump said he supports Pete Hegseth amid the Department of Defense secretary’s latest controversy involving using the messaging app Signal. “He’s doing a great job,” Trump told reporters at the White House, according to a pool report. The president called the latest revelation “fake news” after The New York Times reported that Hegseth shared military attack plans in yet another Signal group chat–this time with his wife, brother, and others. The nation’s top military official shared similar details […]

todayApril 21, 2025

News

Democrats call out DEI ‘irony’ amid Trump administration’s controversy on Signal

The Trump administration is being ridiculed for its focus on eliminating DEI as it struggles to explain away what is likely a national security threat after a journalist received texts on the Signal messaging app from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about an imminent military attack on an American target in Yemen. On Monday, Jeffrey Goldsberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, revealed that two hours before U.S. military fired missiles at the Iran-backed rebels group known as the Houthis, he received messages […]

todayMarch 25, 2025