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Trump vows to sue Rupert Murdoch over WSJ's Epstein birthday letter report

Published 10:54 PM EDT, Thu July 17, 2025 CNN — President Trump is vowing to sue the Wall Street Journal and owner Rupert Murdoch over the outlet’s bombshell story detailing a 2003 birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein bearing Trump’s name and a drawing of a naked woman. “I told Rupert Murdoch it was a Scam, that he shouldn’t print this Fake Story. But he did, and now I’m going to sue his ass off, and that of his third rate newspaper,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. Trump has a long history of ...

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Judge Tosses Lawsuit By Jan. 6 FBI Agents Who Fear Reprisal by Trump

Jul 17, 2025, 07:48 PM EDT | Updated 8 hours ago In a move that many worry will open a door to public reprisal by President Donald Trump and potentially spark violence from his allies, a federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit that sought to stop the administration from publicly naming FBI agents who investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. “They do not plausibly allege that Defendants are about to engage in any of the conduct agents are worried about,” wrote U.S. District Ju ...

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Trump asks for release of grand jury documents in Epstein case

July 18, 2025 4:57 AM EDT Updated 10 mins ago WASHINGTON, July 17 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration will ask a court to allow the release of grand jury testimony in the case of deceased convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, after some of his supporters reacted in fury to a report concluding there was no evidence to support long-running theories about his case. "Based on the ridiculous amount of publicity given to Jeffrey Epstein, I have asked Attorney General Pam ...

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Cost of Obamacare expected to soar as subsidies expire and insurers hike premiums

July 18, 2025, 5:00 AM EDT People who get health insurance through the Affordable Care Act could soon see their monthly premiums sharply increase as subsidies expire and insurers propose a major premium hike for 2026. Insurers that offer plans through the ACA are planning an average premium increase of 15% for 2026 — the largest increase in seven years, according to an analysis published Friday from KFF, a health policy research group. The analysis is based on filings from more than 100 insur ...

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Interior Secretary Burgum must personally approve all wind and solar projects, a new order says

Updated 5:30 PM EDT, July 17, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — All solar and wind energy projects on federal lands and waters must be personally approved by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum under a new order that authorizes him to conduct “elevated review” of activities ranging from leases to rights of way, construction and operational plans, grants and biological opinions. The enhanced oversight on clean-energy projects is aimed at “ending preferential treatment for unreliable, subsidy-dependent wind an ...

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Trump's Promise on Coke Recipe Fizzles Out Immediately as Coca-Cola Blanks Him

Published Jul. 17 2025 9:16AM EDT President Donald Trump’s seeming attempt to distract from the Jeffrey Epstein debacle by claiming he had single-handedly changed the recipe of Coca-Cola has quickly turned from sweet to sour. Days after he longingly wondered what was going on with his “‘boys’ and, in some cases, ‘gals,’” the long-time Diet Coke aficionado announced on Wednesday that Coca-Cola had agreed to use real sugar rather than corn syrup in its drinks made within the U.S. “I have been ...

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Tuberville warns US citizens: "Don't hang around illegals"

Senator Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., advised U.S. citizens on Wednesday not to associate with undocumented immigrants lest they be swept up in raids by federal agents. [.....] "Well, first of all, don't put yourself in a situation where that happens," Tuberville said, in a video shared to X. "And I'm sure with all the illegals we have in this country, you're gonna probably have some mistakes happen. That's gonna happen." Tuberville went on to warn U.S. citizens that "ha ...

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Social Security to end paper checks after Sept. 30

Posted 3:06 PM, Jul 17, 2025 and last updated 3:08 PM, Jul 17, 2025 The Social Security Administration will stop sending monthly paper checks after Sept. 30. The agency says fewer than 1% of Social Security recipients currently receive paper checks. Those individuals will need to opt in to direct deposit or a prepaid debit card option to continue receiving their benefits. "We’re proactively sending notices to people who currently receive paper checks, to explain the upcoming change and ...

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The Late Show With Stephen Colbert' Ending Next Year With CBS Retiring Late-Night Franchise

In a shocking move, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is ending in May 2026. ...

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Jeffrey Epstein's Friends Sent Him Bawdy Letters for a 50th Birthday Album. One Was From Donald Trump.

The leather-bound book was compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell. The president says the letter ‘is a fake thing.’ It was Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday, and Ghislaine Maxwell was preparing a special gift to mark the occasion. She turned to Epstein’s family and friends. One of them was Donald Trump. ...

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