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US Justice Department Handling of Epstein File Release Sparks Backlash By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Bipartisan anger over the U.S. Department of Justice's slow release ‌of Jeffrey ...

Some conservatives at the AmericaFest conference expressed disappointment with how President Donald Trump has handled the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. The president initially opposed the ...

Americans gave President Donald Trump a stark review of his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files just days before the Justice Department is expected to release them. The new Quinnipiac University ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Susie Wiles, President Donald Trump's understated but influential chief of staff, criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case and offered an ...

President Donald Trump has reportedly zeroed in on FBI deputy director Dan Bongino as the likely fall guy over the Epstein files fiasco. Bongino, 51, “could be out any day,” according to Rachael ...

The records request concerned the July decision not to release the files. The Department of Justice is facing new scrutiny over the decision to withhold the Jeffrey Epstein files earlier this year. A ...

WASHINGTON — During an emotional news conference held hours before the House was set to vote on releasing all of the Jeffrey Epstein files, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., said President Donald ...

Americans will have one fewer free option to file their taxes in 2026 after the Trump administration killed IRS Direct File. Without it, Direct File supporters said Americans will end up spending more ...

WASHINGTON—The Internal Revenue Service is officially ending Direct File, the free, government-run tax-filing pilot program that the Biden administration started last year. Instead, the Trump ...

The Direct File program was one of the targets of the Trump administration and the Department of Government Efficiency, under the leadership of billionaire Elon Musk, as soon as the group took over ...