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November 18, 2025
Democrat Says More Jeffrey Epstein Emails Expected
(Newsweek) U.S. Representative Robert Garcia of California, top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, told CNN's Kaitlan Collins Monday night that additional documents from Jeffrey Epstein's estate are expected to be released. Garcia confirmed during the interview that his committee has been working with the estate to obtain more materials beyond the 23,000 pages already made public, which contained President Donald Trump's name more than 1,600 times.
Go to discussionTesty Trump Lashes Out at Female Reporter Asking About Epstein: 'Quiet Piggy!'
(Daily Beast) President Donald Trump escalated his war with the press, snapping “quiet, piggy” at a female reporter who attempted to ask about the Jeffrey Epstein files during a gaggle aboard Air Force One.
Go to discussionThe White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
(ProPublica) Online influencer Andrew Tate, a self-described misogynist who has millions of young male followers, was facing allegations of sex trafficking women in three countries when he and his brother left their home in Romania to visit the United States. But when the Tate brothers arrived by private plane in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, they immediately found themselves in the crosshairs of law enforcement once more, as Customs and Border Protection officials seized their electronic devices. This time, they had a powerful ally come to their aid. Behind the scenes, the White House intervened on their behalf.
Go to discussionTrump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
(This Week In Worcester) Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25. Three U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) attorneys, including one assigned to the U.S. Attorney’s office in the district of Massachusetts, one to the district of Rhode Island office, and the third posted at an office in New York told This Week in Worcester they received briefings on the plan.
Go to discussionU.S. Rep. Dan Goldman asks the NYPD to enforce state law against federal agents
(MS NOW) U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman has asked the New York Police Department to intervene when federal agents engage in unlawful conduct in the midst of heightening tensions over the U.S. government’s immigration crackdown. Goldman, a former prosecutor, made the request after ProPublica reported it had found 170 cases where ICE agents detained U.S. citizens. "The NYPD 'has an obligation to intervene and take appropriate action, including arrest, when federal immigration officers engage in conduct that is unlawful,' Goldman wrote Thursday in a letter to NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch."
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Democrats' bill would strip provision from funding bill that allowed senators to sue over phone records
(ABC News) Democratic Sens. Martin Heinrich and Mark Kelly will introduce legislation in the Senate on Tuesday that would strip out a provision in the just-passed government funding bill that allows senators to sue the government if their phone records are investigated without notifying them. The bill comes after Senate Republicans included within the massive government funding bill that ended the 43-day government shutdown a provision that would allow senators whose phone records were subpoenaed by Special Counsel Jack Smith as part of his investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol to sue for $500,000 per accessed device.
Go to discussionDemocratic proposed bill would put new restrictions on donations to Trump's ballroom
(ABC News) In response to ongoing concerns about the funding for the construction of a massive, multi-million dollar presidential ballroom at the White House, some Democratic lawmakers are set to introduce the first piece of legislation aimed at regulating the project. The new bill, set to be introduced Tuesday by Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren and House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Robert Garcia, would impose new limits on who can make donations to projects at the White House and would put new restrictions on donors and their funds after a donation is made.
Go to discussionGOP sends 'menacing texts' to voters ordering them to un-sign petition: report
(Raw Story) The Republican National Committee is reportedly sending "menacing texts" to voters in Missouri, ordering them to retract their signatures from a ballot petition to suspend Republicans' recently passed Congressional gerrymander that deletes a Democratic seat in Kansas City. Missouri is one of a handful of Republican-controlled states that redrew their maps in a demand from Trump. However, voting rights activists responded by gathering signatures for a ballot measure to repeal it.
Go to discussionMatt Gaetz's producer fired after posting wildly antisemitic video that sparked turmoil at the MAGA network
Monday 17 November 2025 15:11 EST A producer for Matt Gaetz’s One America Network show has been fired after he sparked turmoil at the MAGA network for sharing a blatantly antisemitic video on social media, prompting at least one anchor to publicly condemn Gaetz and the staffer. TheWrap was the first to report that Vish Burra, a booker and scriptwriter for The Matt Gaetz Show. The Independent has since confirmed Burra has been terminated, with network executives finding his posts to be offensi ...
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