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…

Trump threatens ‘consequences’ for Republicans who voted against tariffs on Canada

President Trump threatened “consequences come Election time” for Republican lawmakers who oppose his administration’s tariffs on U.S. trading partners. “Any Republican, in the House or the Senate, that votes against TARIFFS will seriously suffer the consequences come Election time, and that includes Primaries!” the president wrote in a Truth Social post Wednesday evening, shortly after…