House Oversight chairman says he will take Trump ‘at his word’ about Epstein birthday cardHouse Oversight Chairman James Comer, a Kentucky Republican, told reporters he will take President Donald Trump “at his word” that he did not sign a birthday letter to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Rachel Dobkin10 September 2025 00:20Republican response to the Epstein birthday card: ‘I am so goddamn sick of being asked’Republicans in the House of Representatives would rather not talk about the “bawdy” birthday note that President Donald Trump supposedly sent to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday party.The House Oversight Committee had released many of the documents related to the late convicted sex offender regarding his trafficking of girls and young women. But some of the members of the committee don’t want to talk about the card that Trump is alleged to have signed and sent.“I am so goddamn sick of being asked about a f*****g birthday card,” Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) told The Independent on Tuesday.“Give me a break. What about the women who’ve been fighting for justice for 30 years and still don’t have it? How does writing about a birthday card do anything to get them justice? It doesn’t.”Read more from Eric Garcia: Rachel Dobkin10 September 2025 00:00New poll shows Trump losing ground in overseeing the economy with a majority now disapprovingPresident Donald Trump is losing ground in overseeing the economy, with a majority now disapproving of his job, a new poll has shown.The Reuters/Ipsos poll published Tuesday found 53 percent of Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of the economy, while 36 percent approve. Just 30 percent of respondents supported the president’s handling of the cost of living for U.S. households.The poll was conducted from last Friday to Tuesday. The latest jobs report, which was released Friday, showed the economy added just 22,000 jobs in August, which was worse than experts had expected.Rachel Dobkin9 September 2025 23:40Karoline Leavitt says she ‘did not say’ Epstein documents are a ‘hoax’White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says she “did not say” the documents related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are a “hoax” when pressed by a reporter. Rachel Dobkin9 September 2025 23:20House Oversight staffers to meet with lawyer for Epstein estate in New York, report saysNBC News reports that a bipartisan group of staffers from the House Oversight Committee will travel to New York City tomorrow to meet with lawyers for Jeffrey Epstein’s estate and view unredacted versions of the documents the estate is providing to the committee. The network cites a source familiar with the visit. The materials the estate is transmitting are redacted, but committee staff members will be able to view the original unredacted versions in person. “As agreed with the Committee, the Co-Executors will make the original ‘birthday book’ and unredacted versions of documents, records, and other materials available to Committee members and their staff for their personal examination and review,” the lawyers for the Epstein estate wrote in their production cover letter to the committee yesterday.The lawyers described the materials sent yesterday as the “first production of documents.”Asked today when the next batch of documents will be turned over, one of the lawyers, Daniel Weiner, told NBC News in a statement: “As agreed with the House Oversight Committee, the Estate is making a rolling production of documents responsive to the Committee’s subpoena. We hope to be producing additional documents soon.”Oliver O’Connell9 September 2025 23:00Watch: Fox News interviews Oversight chair without asking about EpsteinFox News fails to ask James Comer any questions about Epstein probe he’s leadingOliver O’Connell9 September 2025 22:45White House doubles down on Trump claim domestic violence should not be counted as a crimeOn Monday, the president spoke about his federalized occupation of Washington D.C. with National Guard troops, while claiming that he’d turned the city into a “safe zone”. During his remarks, made at the Museum of the Bible downtown, Trump went on a side tangent about what he referred to as “lesser” infractions: “things that take place in the home”, in his words.White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt denied that the president was downplaying the importance of prosecuting domestic violence at her briefing on Tuesday, but instead of walking back Trump’s remarks insisted that her boss was somehow making a point that members of the media were using domestic violence incidents to distract from efforts to combat street crime.John Bowden reports from Washington, D.C.Oliver O’Connell9 September 2025 22:30’Not a hoax’ banner appears near White House gateA banner countering the Trump White House’s claim that the Epstein case is a “hoax” has appeared near a gate into the grounds of the executive mansion.Oliver O’Connell9 September 2025 22:21Watch: Epstein abuse survivor speaks out for first timeMarina Lacerda, Epstein abuse survivor, speaks out for the first timeOliver O’Connell9 September 2025 22:15Ex-US attorney: Trump’s alleged Epstein drawing ‘raises a lot of questions’Former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade says the latest tranche of Jeffrey Epstein files raises more questions for Donald Trump and suggests that the scandal is not done yet.Oliver O’Connell9 September 2025 22:00
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