Nancy Mace on unredacted names in Epstein files: ‘You would be shocked’

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) on Wednesday said people would be “shocked” by the names that have been redacted from files tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that were publicly released on Jan. 30. Her comments come after lawmakers were given the opportunity to review the unredacted files in a reading room at the Department…

Epstein survivor: Bondi ‘really dehumanized us’

Marina Lacerda, one of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers, slammed Attorney General Pam Bondi’s conduct during a House hearing on Wednesday. “We expected a little bit more on Pam Bondi’s part,” she told NewsNation’s Joe Khalil after the hearing. “I think she really de-humanized us today.” Lacerda was one of at least 11 Epstein…

Progressive groups back Abughazaleh in crowded Dem field for Illinois House seat

Two prominent progressive groups announced on Thursday that they’re backing influencer and congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh in the crowded Democratic primary for a House seat in the northern Chicago suburbs. Justice Democrats and Peace, Accountability, Leadership (PAL) PAC, a new pro-Palestine political group, said they’re endorsing Abughazaleh, who is Palestinian American, about a month out

El Paso rep: White House spreading ‘misinformation’ on airspace closure

Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-Texas) pushed back late Wednesday on the Trump administration’s assertions that a cartel drone incursion caused the temporary airspace restrictions over El Paso, Texas, and southern New Mexico. Escobar, whose district includes most of the border city, wrote on social platform X that the “amount of misinformation being spread — including by…

Raskin accuses Bondi, DOJ of ‘Orwellian’ surveillance

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Wednesday sharply criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Department of Justice (DOJ) for seemingly surveilling lawmakers’ search histories of the Jeffrey Epstein files. During Bondi’s testimony Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee, Getty photographer Roberto Schmidt captured a list of items that Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) searched in the…