Daily Beast pulls story alleging Melania-Epstein connection after lawyers dispute framingNew Foto - Daily Beast pulls story alleging Melania-Epstein connection after lawyers dispute framing

The Daily Beast has pulled an article detailing allegations by journalist Michael Wolff that Melania Trump was introduced to her husband Donald Trump via a modeling agent connected to Jeffrey Epstein, after a challenge from the first lady's lawyers. "Editor's Note. After this story was published, The Beast received a letter from First Lady Melania Trump's attorney challenging the headline and framing of the article. After reviewing the matter, the Beast has taken down the article and apologizes for any confusion or misunderstanding," The Daily Beast posted in place of the article. The hyperlink to the article appears to have been amended to : https://www.thedailybeast.com/epstein-this-story-has-been-removed/. Wolff initially made the scandalous allegations in an interview with Daily Beast chief content officer Joanna Coles for The Daily Beast Podcast, Saturday. The two were discussing Trump's alleged connections with the disgraced New York financier. The two were friends for many years, but ultimately had a falling out. The president claimed Tuesday that Epstein had beenstealing stafffrom his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. Epstein killed himself in a Manhattan prison while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking of minors charges. Wolff claimed Melania was "very involved in this Epstein relationship." Jeffrey Epstein Thrown Out Of Mar-a-lago For Hiring The Help: Trump "[Melania] was very involved in this Epstein relationship. There is this model thing, and she's introduced by a model agent, both of whom Trump and Epstein are involved with. She's introduced to Trump that way, Epstein knows her well," Wolff alleged. President Trump has been dogged bydemands by his MAGA baseto release the so-called "Epstein files" after a series of missteps by his Attorney General, Pam Bondi. Bondi had distributed binders labeled "Epstein Files: Phase One" to a handful of conservative influencers in February. The binders failed to include any heretofore unknown details surrounding the case – which has been a magnet for unfounded conspiracy theories alleging that Epstein was an intelligence agent sexually blackmailing America's most powerful figures whose death wasn't actually a suicide – which caused an outcry among the president's most online supporters. Read On The Fox News App Bondi subsequently made comments that some interpreted to mean an Epstein client list was "sitting" on her desk, though she later clarified in June that she was referring to the Epstein file, not a "client list." The DOJ ultimately released a two-page memo that denied a "client list" existed and claimed there was no "credible evidence" Epstein had blackmailed other individuals via his sex trafficking activities. The DOJ memo failed to quell the furor in Trump's base for greater transparency in the Epstein case, promptingTrump's ire. Click Here For More Coverage Of Media And Culture Trump has disavowed his supporters who remain fixated on the Epstein scandal, labeling them "weaklings" who are buying into a "hoax" orchestrated by the Democrats. "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," Trump wrote on TruthSocial. Wolff's credibility in the journalism industry has faced scrutiny. In 2018, the journalist told Bill Maher he had evidence that President Trump was having an affair and claimed that a clue to his mistress' identity could be found at the end of his White House tell-all "Fire and Fury." Readers identified passages that seemed to implicate then-UN Ambassador Nikki Haley. Haley called the insinuation "disgusting" and "highly offensive." In a subsequent interview on "Morning Joe," Wolff denied that he ever insinuated Haley was having an affair with Trump, but then said he "found it puzzling that she would deny something she was not accused of," prompting co-host Mika Brzezinski to accuse him of "having fun… slurring a woman" and end the interview abruptly. Multiple figures in Trump's orbit also denied having made quotes attributed to them in "Fire and Fury." "The scenes in his columns aren't recreated so much as created — springing from Wolff's imagination rather than from actual knowledge of events," Michell Cottle wrote of Wolff's reporting style in a profile in the New Republic. Michael Wolff told Fox News Digital that he had nothing to do with the article. The Daily Beast and the White House didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. Original article source:Daily Beast pulls story alleging Melania-Epstein connection after lawyers dispute framing

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Trump administration weighs fate of $9M stockpile of contraceptives feared earmarked for destructionNew Foto - Trump administration weighs fate of $9M stockpile of contraceptives feared earmarked for destruction

BRUSSELS (AP) — PresidentDonald Trump'sadministration says it is weighing what to do with family planning supplies stockpiled in Europe that campaigners and two U.S. senators are fighting to save from destruction. Concerns that the Trump administration plans to incinerate the stockpile have angered family planning advocates on both sides of the Atlantic. Campaigners say the supplies stored in a U.S.-funded warehouse in Geel, Belgium, include contraceptive pills, contraceptive implants and IUDs that could spare women in war zones and elsewhere the hardship of unwanted pregnancies. U.S. State Department deputy spokesman Tommy Pigott said Thursday in response to a question about the contraceptives that "we're still in the process here in terms of determining the way forward." "When we have an update, we'll provide it," he said. Belgium says it has been talking with U.S. diplomats about trying to spare the supplies from destruction, including possibly moving them out of the warehouse. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Florinda Baleci told The Associated Press that she couldn't comment further "to avoid influencing the outcome of the discussions." The Trump administration's dismantling of theU.S. Agency for International Development, which managed foreign aid programs, left the supplies' fate uncertain. Pigott didn't detail the types of contraceptives that make up the stockpile. He said some of the supplies, bought by the previous administration, could "potentially be" drugs designed to induce abortions. Pigott didn't detail how that might impact Trump administration thinking about how to deal with the drugs or the entire stockpile. Costing more than $9 million and funded by U.S taxpayers, the family planning supplies were intended for women in war zones, refugee camps and elsewhere, according toa bipartisan letterof protest to U.S. Secretary of StateMarco Rubiofrom U.S. senatorsJeanne Shaheen, a New Hampshire Democrat, and Alaska RepublicanLisa Murkowski. They said destroying the stockpile "would be a waste of U.S. taxpayer dollars as well as an abdication of U.S. global leadership in preventing unintended pregnancies, unsafe abortions and maternal deaths — key goals of U.S. foreign assistance." They urged Rubio to allow another country or partner to distribute the contraceptives. Concerns voiced by European campaigners and lawmakers that the supplies could be transported to France for incineration have led to mounting pressure on government officials to intervene and save them. The executive branch of theEuropean Union, through spokesman Guillaume Mercier, said Friday that "we continue to monitor the situation closely to explore the most effective solutions." The U.S. branch of family planning aid group MSI Reproductive Choices said it offered to purchase, repackage and distribute the stock at its own expense but "these efforts were repeatedly rejected." The group said the supplies included long-acting IUDs, contraceptive implants and pills, and that they have long shelf-lives, extending as far as 2031. Aid group Doctors Without Borders said incineration would be "an intentionally reckless and harmful act against women and girls everywhere." Charles Dallara, the grandson of a French former lawmaker who was a contraception pioneer in France, urged PresidentEmmanuel Macronto not let France "become an accomplice to this scandal." "Do not allow France to take part in the destruction of essential health tools for millions of women," Dallara wrote in an appeal to the French leader. "We have a moral and historical responsibility." ___ Leicester reported from Paris. Matthew Lee contributed from Washington, D.C.

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Kamala Harris says system is 'broken,' criticizes 'capitulation' under TrumpNew Foto - Kamala Harris says system is 'broken,' criticizes 'capitulation' under Trump

Former Vice President Kamala Harris said she would not run for public office because the system is "broken," as she reflected on her decision not to pursue a gubernatorial run in California and spoke about what she views as "capitulation" by those tasked with guarding democracy during Donald Trump's second administration. In the former 2024 presidential candidate's first interview since losing the election, Harris spoke about her career as a public servant, noting that when she was young she thought that people who want to improve or change a system should not just do so from the outside but also change it from the inside. "That has been my career and recently I made the decision that I, just for now, I don't want to go back in the system. I think it's broken," Harris said in an interview with CBS' "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert." "I always believed that, as fragile as our democracy is, our systems would be strong enough to defend our most fundamental principles, and I think right now, that they're not as strong as they need to be," Harris added. "For now, I don't want to go back into the system. I want to travel the country. I want to listen to people. I want to talk with people. And I don't want it to be transactional where I'm asking for their vote." Harris' comments echoed a statement earlier this week in which she said she would not runfor governor in California, saying that her leadership will not be in "elected office." She had been a heavy favorite in the field of potential candidates for the seat and told Colbert that she thought a lot about a possible run before deciding against it. When asked if she had predicted some of the actions Trump has taken during his second presidency likecuts to Medicaidin the domestic policy bill ortargeting political opponents, she responded, "what I did not predict was the capitulation." "Perhaps it's naive of me, someone who has seen a lot that most people haven't seen but I believed that on some level, there are many, there should be many, who consider themselves to be guardians of our system and our democracy who just capitulated. And I didn't, didn't see that coming," she said. "I think there are a lot of people who think they are riding out the storm as an excuse to be feckless," she added. She notably criticized Congress for not standing in the way of Trump's efforts toshrink the Department of Education, saying they "are just sitting on their hands." Harris, who is set torelease a book in Septemberabout her 2024 presidential campaign entitled "107 days," also spoke about the amount of time she had to run a campaign after then-President Joe Biden dropped out of the race. "I was so conscious and aware of the short time that we had," she said. Speaking about her political future, she said, "It is important I think that in this moment where people have become so deflated and despondent and afraid, afraid, that those of use who have the ability — which I do right now, not being in an office where I'm campaigning for that office — to be out there and to talk with folks and remind them of their power." Harris was also asked to name a leader of the Democratic Party but refused, saying there were many but that she would leave someone out. "It is a mistake for us who want to figure out how to get out and through this and get out of it to put it on the shoulders of any one person. It's really on all of our shoulders. It really is." For more CNN news and newsletters create an account atCNN.com

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Michael Whatley, RNC chairman endorsed by Trump, launches Senate bid in North CarolinaNew Foto - Michael Whatley, RNC chairman endorsed by Trump, launches Senate bid in North Carolina

GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) — Republican National Committee ChairmanMichael Whatleylaunched his campaign for North Carolina's open U.S. Senate seat Thursday, equipped with PresidentDonald Trump's endorsement and a large fundraising network for a potential general election bid against formidable DemocratRoy Cooper. A Whatley-Cooper contest is expected to be one of the most competitive and expensive 2026 races. Speaking at an event held at an old textile mill near Charlotte, Whatley pledged his allegiance to the president, who will be a major focus for both sides in a swing state where Trump had one of his smallest margins of victory last year. "I am proud to stand with him and fight every single day for every family in every community," Whatley said. "President Trump deserves an ally and North Carolina deserves a strong conservative voice in the Senate. I will be that voice." Whatley led the state Republican Party for almost five years before being elected Republican National Committee chairman 17 months ago with Trump's backing. He seeks to succeed GOPSen. Thom Tillis, who barely a month agoannounced that he would not run for a third termafter clashing with Trump. Whatley's plan to run became public a week ago, after which Trump said on social media that Whatley would "make an unbelievable Senator from North Carolina" and that he would have "my Complete and Total Endorsement." Whatley got in the race after Lara Trump — the president's daughter-in-law, a former RNC co-chair with Whatley and a North Carolina native — passed on her own bid. Democrats optimistic about Cooper, Whatley calls his views extreme The Democratic side of the race took shape earlier this week as Cooper, a former two-term governor, announced Monday that he would run. The next day ex-U.S. Rep. Wiley Nickel ended his campaign and endorsed Cooper. Cooper's entry brings optimism to a partyaiming to take back the Senatein 2026 with a net gain of four seats — a tall task in a year when many Senate races are in states Trump won easily in 2024. National Republican campaign strategists say that Cooper's entry makes North Carolina a more difficult seat for the party to hold, though a Democrat hasn't won a Senate race in usually competitive North Carolina since 2008. Senate Majority Leader John Thune and National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Tim Scott endorsed Whatley immediately. At least two lesser-known Republican candidates are seeking the GOP nomination. Candidate filing begins in December, with any primaries held in March. But Whatley spent his launch speech targeting Cooper, accusing him of "offering North Carolina voters an extreme radical-left ideology -- open borders, inflationary spending and a weak America." "I believe in a better North Carolina and a stronger America," he added. Whatley will leave RNC post Trump, who narrowly won North Carolina's electoral votes all three times that he ran for president, also supported Whatley toreplace national party chair Ronna McDanielearly last year. Whatley joked in April to an Iowa audience that Trump was so pleased with his work as chair that he offered Whatley any job that he wanted in Trump's administration, as long as he stayed on as chair. But with his campaign bid, Whatley will leave the chairman's post. RNC members are expected to vote on his successor next month in Atlanta. Trump has endorsed Florida state Sen. Joe Gruters, a former Florida Republican Party chairman who is now the RNC's treasurer and was co-chair of Trump's 2016 campaign in Florida. While never elected to government office and without a voting record, Whatley has promoted the president's agenda and led the party apparatus that helped him get elected in 2024. So he'll be asked repeatedly to defend a host of Trump initiatives. Whatley, 56, grew up in the western North Carolina mountains. His first major foray into politics came in high school when he volunteered for the 1984 reelection campaign of U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms. He earned law and theology degrees from the University of Notre Dame. Whatley was on a team of lawyers working on George W. Bush's behalf to dispute the outcome of the 2000 presidential contest. He landed a job in Bush's administration with the Department of Energy, followed by a two-year stint working for then-North Carolina Sen. Elizabeth Dole. He later lobbied for oil and gas companies. Medicaid cuts will be an issue Whatley spent time during Thursday's speech highlighting what he considers Trump's many accomplishments, including recentHurricane Helenerecovery efforts in the state and a remake of the Republican Party. But Whatley also will have to defend portions of Trump's new law that includespulling back on Medicaid,which North Carolina officials say threatens expansion coverage for hundreds of thousands of people. It was Cooper who reached a bipartisan agreement with state Republicans in 2023 tooffer Medicaid expansion. Cooper's campaign criticized Whatley as "a D.C. insider and big oil lobbyist who supports policies that are ripping health care away from North Carolinians and raising costs for middle class families." In a news release, Cooper campaign manager Jeff Allen added that Cooper has a "record of putting partisanship aside to get results for North Carolina." At the close of his tenure as state chairman, Whatley highlighted his efforts to encourage early voting and protect "election integrity," as well as online fundraising and volunteer training. He cited electoral victories for Republicans on North Carolina's appeals courts and within the General Assembly. But Democrats continued to control the governor's mansion, as Cooper won a second term in 2020. __ Robertson reported from Raleigh, N.C., Beaumont reported from Des Moines, Iowa.

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren falls on Senate floor as Republicans offer bipartisan assistance during Israel voteNew Foto - Sen. Elizabeth Warren falls on Senate floor as Republicans offer bipartisan assistance during Israel vote

Sen.Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., took a tumble on the Senate floor Wednesday during a vote. Footage showed Warren attempting to sit on a desk when she fell backwards, tipping over the desk and falling to the floor. In a rare showing of bipartisanship, her Republican colleagues, including Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Susan Collins of Maine, rushed to help her up. Bernie Sanders To Force Senate Vote On Blocking Arms Sales To Israel Warren got up as Cruz gave her his hand. Republican Sens.Rand Paulof Kentucky and John Barrasso of Wyoming were seen walking over to offer assistance. Read On The Fox News App The fall happened as the Senate was taking a vote on two resolutions to block military sales to Israel, which Warren voted in favor of. Fox News Digital has reached out to Warren's office. Senate Fails To Reject Trump's National Emergency On Tariffs, As Republicans Splinter The resolutions were proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., a harsh critic of Israel's ongoing war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Every Republicanvoted against it. Former President Joe Biden had several slips and falls while in the White House. In 2023, he tumbled to the ground during the commencement ceremony at the U.S. Air Force Academy. In 2024, he slipped while walking down the stairs after exiting Air Force One in Michigan. Original article source:Sen. Elizabeth Warren falls on Senate floor as Republicans offer bipartisan assistance during Israel vote

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