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Minnesota Democratic Senator Tina Smith has been admitted to a hospital after falling ill today and will not be able to help Democrats try to block tonight’s recession package vote.

As Politico reported , Smith’s office released a statement saying the senator is expected to stay overnight for observation, assuming it does not take a turn for the worse.

She also hopes to be back in the near future.

No details were given regarding Smith’s illness.

Here is the statement:

“While at work at the Capitol today, Sen. Smith started to not feel well. She went to the Capitol physician who recommended she undergo more thorough examination at GW hospital,” the statement read.

“Out of an abundance of caution, they are keeping her overnight for observation.”

“She expects to be back at work very soon.”

A Note from Senator Smith’s Staff:
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While at work at the Capitol today, Sen. Smith started to not feel well. She went to the Capitol physician who recommended she undergo more thorough examination at GW hospital.

Out of an abundance of caution, they are keeping her overnight…

— Tina Smith (@SenTinaSmith) July 16, 2025

Smith being out of work means Republicans will have a bit more margin of error and will not have to rely on Vice-Presiden JD Vance to break a tie vote like he did last night.

Politico notes that the Vance was in Pennsylvania earlier today and is supposed to return to DC this evening.

Smith is retiring after her term ends next year.

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Maurene Comey, daughter of James Comey, was fired as a federal prosecutor in the Manhattan US Attorney’s office on Wednesday.

Recall that Maurene Comey filed the key court declarations to keep the Epstein files from being released under FOIA.

SINGULARITY ACHIEVED: The Justice Dept lawyer who filed the key court declarations to keep the Epstein files from release under #FOIA was…wait for it…Maurene Comey, SDNY AUSA & daughter of ex-FBI Dir James. Links here w/@kyledcheney @Hailey_Fuchs https://t.co/KXHdQVHMTM pic.twitter.com/aAjRSiASMp

— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) July 16, 2025

Maurene Comey was the prosecutor in the 2019 Epstein case, the Ghislaine Maxwell case and the Diddy case.

Politico reported:

Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey, was fired Wednesday from her job as a prosecutor in the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office, according to two people familiar with the matter who were granted anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.

The reason for her firing was not immediately clear. She did not immediately respond to phone calls and an email seeking comment.

Comey, who had worked in the U.S. attorney’s office for nearly a decade, prosecuted both Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.

BREAKING…

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On Wednesday, Blaze Media reporter Julio Rosas torched Democrats during a bombshell testimony before the House Homeland Security Committee—delivering a scathing indictment of the Left’s exploitation of Latino communities, their blind defense of lawlessness at the southern border, and their delusional denial of Antifa’s violent presence in American cities.

Rosas, a combat veteran and longtime border journalist, pulled no punches as he called out Democrat lawmakers for their hypocrisy, their disdain for American sovereignty, and their ongoing collaboration with NGOs that are enabling chaos at the southern border.

Rosas called out Democrats for their outrage over a recent federal raid in Ventura County, where unaccompanied minors were discovered working with convicted sex offenders at a cannabis farm.

Julio Rosas:
I’m here testifying today as a proud Latino, but most importantly, I’m here as an American citizen. This is my country. This is my home. This is where I grew up. That is why the rhetoric coming from one side of the aisle about these operations—saying, “No, we’ve got to keep our cheap labor so that we can maintain our standard of living”—proves that they want to view Latinos simply as an underclass, to siphon votes from and fear-monger every time there’s an election.

They are content with keeping us as that servant underclass, and that is why it is disgusting to see them criticize that recent raid in Ventura County, where they found unaccompanied minors working alongside convicted sex offenders at a cannabis farm.

“No, we’ve got to keep them there because— or else—how else are we going to get high if we can’t have unaccompanied minors harvest our weed?”

It’s, quite frankly, despicable.

The last thing I want to say is that the last time I appeared before this committee, we had one member say that Antifa is just an ideology, not a movement—by using an outdated quote from the FBI Director.

Well, coming back from Los Angeles, Seattle, and Portland just this past month, with the recent riots, I can tell you that Antifa is very real. And the fact that they are also connected to that recent attempted ambush at that ICE facility in Texas—I just wanted to reflect for the record that I was right then and I’m right now: Antifa is very real, and they’re very dangerous.

Watch his complete opening statement below:

“A Betrayal to the American People”: @Julio_Rosas11 Slams Biden’s Border Catastrophe and NGO Collusion@theblaze‘s Julio Rosas testified before the House Homeland Security Committee with a blunt assessment of the Biden administration’s border policies: “a deliberate invasion”… pic.twitter.com/fAM5hG7d7u

— Stu (@thestustustudio) July 16, 2025

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President Trump on Wednesday responded to reporters’ questions about the Epstein files, and he again defended Attorney General Pam Bondi and said that “certain Republicans got duped” by the Democrats’ hoax. 

Trump was asked if he would ask Bondi to release more documents, and he said, “whatever’s credible, she can release,” slamming some Republicans for getting “duped” by Democrats and comparing the situation to Russiagate. The President later said, “She says I gave you all the credible information.”

“If she finds any more credible information, she’ll give that too.”

“I was surprised, but they got duped,” he said of Republicans who aren’t satisfied with Bondi’s nothingburger of a release and claims that Epstein killed himself.

This, of course, comes after Attorney General Bondi and FBI Director Patel, in February, hosted a big Epstein file release for a select group of MAGA influencers, handing them white binders that turned out to have nothing new inside. Bondi later claimed that she was misled by FBI agents and that “thousands of pages of documents” were withheld from her office after the dumpster fire of a release.

Who really duped Republicans? The Democrats or Pam Bondi?

Trump was also asked about past claims made by FBI Director Kash Patel, who has frequently spoken about Epstein’s black book and how the FBI and intel agencies are hiding facts from the American people. “I can’t speak about him, but I can say that Pam Bondi, I really think that she’s done very good,” Trump said before launching into a tirade about his successes during his first six months in office, including the One Big Beautiful Bill, and attacking Biden.

WATCH:

Reporter: Will you ask Attorney General Pam Bondi to release more documents to finally put this controversy to bed?

Trump: Whatever’s credible, she can release. If a document is credible, if a document’s there that is credible, she can release. I think it’s, I think it’s good, but it’s just, really, it’s just a subject. He’s dead, he’s gone, and all it is is the Republicans, certain Republicans got duped by the Democrats, and they’re following a Democrat playbook. And no different than Russia, Russia, Russia and all the other hoaxes. They’re started by the Democrats and some Republicans. In this case, I was surprised, but they got duped.

Reporter: Your FBI Director made some interesting statements in the past–

Trump: Well, I don’t know. I can’t speak about him, but I can say that Pam Bondi, I really think that she’s done very good. She says I gave you all the credible information, and if she finds any more credible information, she’ll give that too. What more can she do than that? I mean, honestly, what more can she do? And we do have bigger problems. You know, we have problems with millions of illegal people that came in here, and they’re killers and murderers. We have 11,888 murders that were allowed in to our country by Biden, Sleepy Joe Biden, stupid Joe Biden…

As The Gateway Pundit reported, earlier in the press conference, President Trump slammed Republicans, calling them “stupid and foolish” for talking about Epstein.

“The sad part is it’s people that are really doing the Democrats’ work,” he said.

WATCH: Trump Asked About Epstein Files, Says It’s a Hoax – “Stupid Republicans and Foolish Republicans Fall into the Net and Do the Democrats’ Work”

This comes after the President posted a fiery statement on Truth Social, where he condemned his “PAST supporters,” saying, “I don’t want their support anymore!”

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Former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle jointly broke their silence regarding rumors over the state of their marriage in an interview.

As The Daily Mail reported, Barack appeared as a guest on his wife’s podcast IMO taped for Wednesday, which she co-hosts with her brother Craig Robinson.a While on the show, he and Michelle attempted to use humor in a desperate attempt to put a happy face on their relationship.

And Michelle’s brother was more than happy to play along.

“Wait, you guys like each other?” Robinson asked in mock astonishment.

“Oh yeah, that’s from the rumor mill,” Michelle responded as her husband greeted her brother with a low five and hug. “It’s my husband, y’all.”

“She took me back!” Barack cracked. “It was touch and go for a while.”

“Because when we aren’t, people think we’re divorced,” Michelle responded.

Then the former president mentioned something quite hard to believe.

WATCH:

“These are the kind of things that I just miss,” Barack said. “So I don’t even know this stuff’s going on, and then somebody will mention it to me and I’m all like ‘what are you talking about?’”

Michelle then assured their fans that she has always stood by her man, even in the most difficult of times.

“There hasn’t been one moment in our marriage where I thought about quitting my man,” Michelle asserted.

“And we’ve had some really hard times,” she continued. “So we had a lot of fun times, a lot of adventures, and I have become a better person because of the man I’m married to.”

“Ah, don’t make me cry now,” Barack quipped. “Don’t let me start tearing up now!”

Is anyone buying this act from the family?

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Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) have co-sponsored a discharge petition to bypass House leadership and compel a full vote on releasing the complete Jeffrey Epstein files.

The proposed resolution — which Massie submitted alongside Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) — is titled the “Epstein Files Transparency Act” and would require the Department of Justice to declassify and release all Epstein-related documents, including investigative records, communications, flight logs, visitor lists, sealed agreements, and any information involving known or suspected co-conspirators.

“We all deserve to know what’s in the Epstein files, who’s implicated, and how deep this corruption goes. Americans were promised justice and transparency,” Rep. Massie wrote on X.

“We’re introducing a discharge petition to force a vote in the US House of Representatives on releasing the COMPLETE files.”

Massie emphasized the urgency and importance of this procedural tool.

“A discharge petition is a procedural tool for bypassing leadership. In 7 days we can start collecting signatures. At 218 signatures, the House must vote on our bill requiring a full release of the Epstein files. If your Representative won’t sign the discharge petition, ask why.”

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced her full support: “I am proudly cosponsoring and will sign the discharge petition,” she wrote. “I will never protect pedophiles or the elites and their circles.”

I am proudly cosponsoring and will sign the discharge petition.

I will never protect pedophiles or the elites and their circles. https://t.co/bQmc6c7MMk

— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) July 16, 2025

The bill mandates that the Attorney General publish Epstein-related records in a searchable and downloadable format within 30 days, including:

• All DOJ, FBI, and U.S. Attorney Office communications relating to Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell
• Flight logs, surveillance footage, photos, videos, emails, calendars
• Settlement agreements and grand jury transcripts
• Records of any Epstein-related death or detention investigations

Now the question is: Will your representative sign it? Or will they protect the powerful once again?

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President Trump drafted a letter to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

Breaking News: President Trump drafted a letter to fire Jerome Powell, the Fed chair, and asked Republicans if he should send it and indicated that he likely would. https://t.co/uoRm6ruGo9

— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 16, 2025

President Trump has been calling on Fed Chair Jerome Powell to resign.

“”Too Late” should resign immediately!!!” Trump said on Truth Social last week.

As previously reported, Jerome Powell last Tuesday took a shot at President Trump and said the Fed would have likely lowered interest rates if not for Trump’s tariffs.

President Trump inherited high inflation, a stalled economy and high unemployment from Joe Biden and Fed Chairman Jerome Powell is refusing to slash interest rates.

The Fed can stimulate the economy and the real estate market by lowering interest rates, however, Chairman Jerome Powell has left interest rates unchanged since Trump was sworn into office this year.

President Trump

BREAKING…

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President Trump released a statement on Wednesday morning, labeling the Epstrin files the Democrats’ “new SCAM” and condemning his own supporters for talking about the Epstein case.

“My PAST supporters have bought into this “bullshit,” hook, line, and sinker,” Trump said. “Let these weaklings continue forward and do the Democrats work, don’t even think about talking of our incredible and unprecedented success, because I don’t want their support anymore!”

“I have had more success in 6 months than perhaps any President in our Country’s history, and all these people want to talk about, with strong prodding by the Fake News and the success starved Dems, is the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax,” Trump added.

He also doubled down on his comparison of the Epstein files to the Steele Dossier, the Hunter Biden laptop, and Russiahoax, saying “these Scams and Hoaxes are all the Democrats are good at – It’s all they have – They are no good at governing, no good at policy, and no good at picking winning candidates.”

Full statement below:

The Radical Left Democrats have hit pay dirt, again! Just like with the FAKE and fully discredited Steel Dossier, the lying 51 “Intelligence” Agents, the Laptop from Hell, which the Dems swore had come from Russia (No, it came from Hunter Biden’s bathroom!), and even the Russia, Russia, Russia Scam itself, a totally fake and made up story used in order to hide Crooked Hillary Clinton’s big loss in the 2016 Presidential Election, these Scams and Hoaxes are all the Democrats are good at – It’s all they have – They are no good at governing, no good at policy, and no good at picking winning candidates. Also, unlike Republicans, they stick together like glue.

Their new SCAM is what we will forever call the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax, and my PAST supporters have bought into this “bullshit,” hook, line, and sinker. They haven’t learned their lesson, and probably never will, even after being conned by the Lunatic Left for 8 long years. I have had more success in 6 months than perhaps any President in our Country’s history, and all these people want to talk about, with strong prodding by the Fake News and the success starved Dems, is the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax.

Let these weaklings continue forward and do the Democrats work, don’t even think about talking of our incredible and unprecedented success, because I don’t want their support anymore! Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

Similarly, President Trump told reporters on Tuesday, “I don’t understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody.”

“Only pretty bad people, including fake news, want to keep something like that going,” he added,  likening the files to the “fake” Mueller Witch Hunt and Steele Dossier.

Trump Says he Doesn’t Understand why his Supporters Want the Epstein Files, “Only Pretty Bad People, Including Fake News, Want to Keep Something Like that Going” – Says he’s Willing to Release “Credible Information” (VIDEO)

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