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Senator Corners Kash Patel on Secret Epstein Interview

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. . .Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden has accused the DOJ and FBI of illegally withholding a document it should have made public under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, claiming an FBI record of an interview with a banker with ties to Epstein has been covered up.

Wyden made the bombshell allegation in a Wednesday letter sent to Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel.

“Investigators from my staff recently learned that the FBI possesses an FBI 302 report memorializing an interview with a banker tied to Epstein that was conducted as part of a criminal investigation into Epstein and his associates,” Wyden writes. “This FBI 302 report is not included in the documents DOJ has released in response to the passage of the EFTA. The existence of this FBI 302, and its exclusion from the publicly released EFTA files, has heightened my concerns that the DOJ and the FBI are withholding key documents from Congress and the public.”

Wyden then demanded that the DOJ and the FBI “immediately produce copies of all FBI 302 reports related to investigations into Epstein and his associates, including but not limited to 302s generated from interviews with employees of JPMC, Deutsche Bank and Bank of America.”

Last month, Wyden published a report alleging that executives at those banks broke anti-money laundering laws by failing to screen or promptly report $1.4 billion in suspicious Epstein transactions. (Read more from “Senator Corners Kash Patel on Secret Epstein Interview” HERE)

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Trump Mails Letter and $500 Check to 950K Americans with Obamacare

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President Trump is putting a half-billion dollars in the mail — and making sure Americans know who to thank for it.

About 950,000 Obamacare enrollees in 30 states will receive $500 checks as early as this week — premised on the Biden administration’s alleged overcharging of user fees to health insurance companies, which in turn charged consumers higher rates.

“I am proud to return your money to you, and I will never stop fighting to put the American People FIRST, restore Affordability, protect your hard-earned money, and lower the Cost of Healthcare,” Trump says in the letter mailed Wednesday and first reported by USA Today.

“For years, the Biden administration overcharged you to fund the operation of HealthCare.gov. That money belongs to hard-working Americans, not the Government, and now I’m returning it to you!”

Trump added: “You have paid into this flawed System, and now you are finally getting something back.”

The 30 states whose residents will receive checks include many with hotly contested congressional races on Nov. 3, including Florida, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas. (Read more from “Trump Mails Letter and $500 Check to 950K Americans with Obamacare” HERE)

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Iran Turns Tables on Trump Admin after Dramatic Warning amid Escalating War

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Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf rejected claims by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that Iran faces an imminent economic collapse, arguing instead that Washington is heading toward a debt crisis of its own.

Responding on X to Bessent’s assertion earlier Wednesday that Tehran could have “nothing left to trade” within two weeks, Ghalibaf used memes to point to what he saw as U.S. economic vulnerabilities.

Among them was a mock financial model titled “Trajectory of Stress on the House,” which contended that ballooning national debt, rising Treasury bond yields and energy costs will place mounting strain on the American financial system.

Ghalibaf also paired the mock formula with a cartoon depicting Bessent as Wile E. Coyote running off a cliff.

(Read more from “Iran Turns Tables on Trump Admin after Dramatic Warning amid Escalating War” HERE)

Trump: U.S. Will Win Iran War ‘Very Soon’ as Mediated Talks Continue — ‘One Way or the Other’

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President Donald Trump said Monday the war with Iran will end with a U.S. victory “very soon,” declaring the outcome will be decided “one way or the other” as Washington and Tehran remain engaged through mediators over a potential agreement addressing the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s nuclear program.

After confirming that his team had been in contact with Iran through mediators earlier Monday, Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that he expected the standoff to be resolved quickly.

“We’re going to win,” Trump said. “As far as I’m concerned, it’s going to be one way or the other. And it’s going to go pretty quickly.”

The renewed diplomacy comes days after Trump rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days in exchange for a series of U.S. concessions, including lifting the naval blockade and easing economic pressure on Tehran.

Qatari officials were shuttling between the two sides Monday, with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meeting the intermediaries in New York as negotiations continued without direct U.S.-Iranian talks. (Read more from “Trump: U.S. Will Win Iran War ‘Very Soon’ as Mediated Talks Continue — ‘One Way or the Other’” HERE)

HIGH ALERT: Foiled UK Terror Plot could Change Security at US Bases Worldwide, Expert Says

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Five men arrested near a key U.S. bomber base in the U.K. on Sunday may have planned a “complex,” coordinated attack with potentially far-reaching security implications for American military installations globally, a former U.S. intelligence official warned.

As counterterrorism police investigated after officers detained the suspects near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, a former Pentagon official also said President Donald Trump will ultimately be the one to decide the consequences if indeed the “trail leads to Tehran.”

The men were initially held on suspicion of offenses under Britain’s Explosives Act before being arrested on terrorism charges in connection with the airfield, a key U.S. Air Force hub and the primary European base for American strategic bombers.

“We had them under investigation,” Trump told reporters in Chicago. “They were looking to do big damage to our fort.”

“It may have been Scotland Yard. I don’t know. We worked with a lot of them. We had them under view for a long time, and we got them,” Trump added. (Read more from “HIGH ALERT: Foiled UK Terror Plot could Change Security at US Bases Worldwide, Expert Says” HERE)

Trump And Xi Found One Thing In Common On AI

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President Donald Trump’s biggest takeaway on artificial intelligence from his meeting with Chinese leadership was a new name for the technology.

Chinese President Xi Jinping “seemed to like” renaming artificial intelligence to “Super Intelligence” during the leaders’ Thursday summit at the White House, where they discussed the technology, the president said in a Friday Truth Social post. State Department staff were instructed to use the new term after Trump announced the change on Tuesday at the United Nations General Assembly, the Hill reported.

“Very productive meeting with President Xi for both the U.S.A. and China. Tremendous things will be happening,” the president said in a Friday morning Truth Social post. “Like almost everyone else, he seemed to like calling the poorly and inaccurately named Artificial Intelligence to a far more accurate and important name, SUPER INTELLIGENCE. That would be ‘SUPER!’ Everyone last night agreed, also.”

However, Xi did not use the term “Super Intelligence” when he spoke about the technology on Thursday.“We have both the capability and responsibility to develop and manage AI for good, and ensure that the development of AI is always under human control and serves the well-being of the people,” Xi said, according to the Hill. (Read more from “Trump And Xi Found One Thing In Common On AI” HERE)

Senate Shoots Down Final War Powers Resolution Before Midterm Elections

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A war powers resolution narrowly failed to pass the Senate Thursday after only four Republicans voted for its passage.

Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska voted with Democrats in favor of the resolution while a growing number of Republicans began breaking with President Donald Trump on the Iran war. It failed in a 49 to 50 vote.

Democratic Maryland Sen. Angela Alsobrooks did not vote. Republican Sens. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and Jon Husted of Ohio, who have been critical of the Iran war, voted against the resolution.

The resolution directed Trump to remove U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities in Iran, although the president is not obligated to comply with a concurrent resolution since it does not have the force of law.

More Republicans called on the war to end as they faced competitive races in Texas, Ohio, Iowa and Kansas, which traditionally are not seen as competitive states for Democrats. Republicans ramped up spending and campaigning in these states to rescue their candidates, including Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in his Senate bid against Democratic Texas state Rep. James Talarico. (Read more from “Senate Shoots Down Final War Powers Resolution Before Midterm Elections” HERE)

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Nearly Three-In-Four Democrats Indicate They’re Comfortable With The Military Overthrowing Donald Trump

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A new poll shows that 72 percent of Democrats would either support or have no opinion regarding a military coup against President Donald Trump to “safeguard the Constitution,” as a similar number say that he should be criminally prosecuted.

Conducted by the Center for Strategic Politics in collaboration with Liberal Currents, Monday’s poll asked 683 Democratic voters a range of questions regarding their ideal next steps for American politics.

One question asked how Democrats would respond to waking up to news of one of several scenarios in which Trump is no longer in office.

Of those asked, 86 percent said that they would have positive feelings if Trump were impeached and convicted by Congress and removed from office. Another 84 percent said that they would feel positive about hearing that Trump’s Cabinet used the 25th Amendment to declare the president unfit for office and remove him.

Another 56 percent said that they would feel positive upon hearing that Trump had died overnight in his sleep, and another 31 percent said that they would feel positive about hearing that Trump was assassinated while speaking at a rally. (Read more from “Nearly Three-In-Four Democrats Indicate They’re Comfortable With The Military Overthrowing Donald Trump” HERE)

Trump Cuts Refugee Inflow to 17,500, Down from Biden’s 125,000

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The Trump administration plans to cap next year’s refugee inflow at 17,500 people, down from the 125,000 target set under President Joe Biden.

The State Department laid out the plan in a notice sent to Congress on Tuesday, a week before the 2027 fiscal year opens in October. Admissions will “primarily be Afrikaners from South Africa,” the notice says, naming the Afrikaans-speaking white minority descended from Dutch and French settlers.

Biden’s agencies set the 125,000 target in his last year in office. Resettlement contractors put the long-run average at roughly 92,000 a year since the program started in 1980. Trump’s first term bottomed out at 15,000.

The administration set last year’s ceiling at 7,500, then lifted it to 17,500 after declaring that unforeseen developments in South Africa had created an emergency. Next year’s number holds at that level.

The notice argues Afrikaners face land seizures without compensation, policies that push them out of jobs and classrooms, and rhetoric that fuels violence against them. It also tells Congress the arrivals will assimilate in a way that “preserves taxpayer resources for U.S. citizens.” (Read more from “Trump Cuts Refugee Inflow to 17,500, Down from Biden’s 125,000” HERE)

Trump Strikes Back at TV Boycott with a Dramatic Move of His Own

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President Trump launched his counter assault to a decision by the major TV networks to boycott his White House events — Trump TV.

Labeling it as “essential” television, the presidential network launched Monday evening.

“TRUMP TV IS STREAMING NOW. 24/7, updated in real time, with top past moments, announcements, and the latest and greatest from the administration all in one place. Not every big moment has made it on your tv, now it can,” the administration wrote.

Its first broadcast was a speech Trump gave on July 3rd at Mount Rushmore.

The Trump TV rollout topped a long day of escalating fights with the media — a battle that has no end in sight. (Read more from “Trump Strikes Back at TV Boycott with a Dramatic Move of His Own” HERE)