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FILE - Hunter Biden listens while his father, President Joe Biden, speaks during a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Melania Trump demands Hunter Biden retract ‘extremely salacious’ Epstein comments

August 14, 2025

First lady Melania Trump is demanding that Hunter Biden retract comments linking her to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. She threatens to sue if he does not. Biden made the comments in an interview this month, claiming Epstein introduced Melania to Donald Trump. Melania Trump’s lawyer, Alejandro Brito, calls the statements false and defamatory. Brito says the comments have been widely shared on social media, causing harm to the first lady’s reputation. Biden attributed the claim to author Michael Wolff, whom Trump has criticized. The Trumps have long said they were introduced by a modeling agent in 1998.

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FILE - Arizona Democratic party supporters walk to the exit after attending a watch party on election night Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Arizona Democrats oust embattled chair amid party turmoil

July 17, 2025

Arizona Democrats have removed their chair just six months into a tumultuous tenure. Two-thirds of the state Democratic committee voted Wednesday to oust Robert Branscomb following public disputes with top Democratic leaders and concerns about fundraising. Branscomb was elected in January after a party shakeup. He faced criticism for firing senior staff and clashing with elected officials including Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego. Last month, the party’s treasurer warned the party was on track to run out of money by the end of the year. This turmoil threatens Democratic efforts in key 2024 races. First Vice Chair Kim Khoury will temporarily lead the party until a new chair is chosen.

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FILE - This July 25, 2013, file image provided by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement shows financier Jeffrey Epstein. (Florida Department of Law Enforcement via AP, File)

In their own words: Trump, Patel, Bongino and Bondi on the Epstein scandal

July 16, 2025

When Jeffrey Epstein died in prison, then-President Donald Trump speculated that authorities might be wrong in ruling it a suicide. Many of his allies in the pro-Trump media went further, casting Epstein’s death as a murder meant to continue a decades-long coverup of pedophilia by elites. Now back in the White House, Trump has elevated prominent proponents of Epstein conspiracies to senior law enforcement roles, and they’re struggling to contain a fire that they spent years stoking. Much of Trump’s base is choosing to believe the president’s earlier claims about Epstein over his latest contention that there’s nothing of substance in government files.

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks about President Donald Trump's policies and the GOP's tax and spending cut bill that passed this month, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 14, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats are trolling Trump and the GOP over the Jeffrey Epstein case

July 15, 2025

Democrats are latching on to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. On Tuesday, they trolled Republicans in online posts and demanded records be released, reveling in a rare backlash roiling President Donald Trump’s fiercely loyal base. Conspiracy theories over Epstein’s death in prison have largely been a fixation for the right. But as some of Trump’s most influential allies refuse to heed his pleas to move on, Democrats sense an opening to further divide Republicans and appease elements of their own base hungry for a more aggressive confrontation with the other side.

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FILE - Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, center, applauds for those affected by the Los Angeles area wildfires as she gives the State of the State address in the House of Representatives at the state Capitol with Speaker of the House Rep. Steve Montenegro, R-Litchfield Park, left, and Senate President Warren Petersen, R-Gilbert, flanking the governor on Jan. 13, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Arizona Democrats will bypass struggling state party in midterms, with key races on ballot

July 1, 2025

Arizona’s top Democrats will bypass the state Democratic Party for next year’s midterms. They announced plans Tuesday to run their grassroots organizing through the Navajo County Democratic Party instead. This move follows financial struggles and leadership turmoil within the state party under Chairman Robert Branscomb. National Democratic committees back the decision. The state party faces accusations of mismanagement, with warnings it could run out of money by year’s end. The announcement sends a message to donors and Democratic activists that party dysfunction won’t hamper the re-election campaigns of Arizona’s Democratic governor, secretary of state and attorney general.

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