Kash Patel denies rumors he’s quitting the FBI over DoJ ruling on Epstein files

FBI director Kash Patel has denied swirling resignation rumors over reported unhappiness at a justice department decision to close the book on Jeffrey Epstein after administration officials teased a big reveal earlier in the year. In a Saturday social media post, the agency director said: “the conspiracy theories just aren’t true, never have been. It’s…

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Donald Trump announces 30% tariffs on goods from the EU and Mexico

Donald Trump announced on Saturday that goods imported from both the European Union and Mexico will face a 30% US tariff rate starting 1 August, in letters posted on his social media platform, Truth Social. The tariff assault on the EU came as a shock to European capitals as the European Commission and the US…

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Miami archbishop condemns Florida detention center known as ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ – as it happened

Florida’s most senior Catholic leader, Archbishop Thomas Wenski, has condemned the new immigration detention center at Dade-Collier airport, officially known as “Alligator Alcatraz”, in an impassioned statement posted on the archdiocese of Miami’s website. Wenski is a multilingual Florida native, described in an archdiocese biography as “the blond, blue-eyed son of Polish immigrants, he speaks…

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Trump defends Texas flood handling as disaster tests vow to shutter Fema

During a trip on Friday to look at the devastation caused by the catastrophic flooding in Texas, Donald Trump claimed that state and federal officials had done an “incredible job”, saying of the disaster that he had “never seen anything like this”. The trip comes as he has remained conspicuously quiet about his previous promises…

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