Newly-released Epstein files show Trump was on Epstein’s plane
The latest release of Epstein files featured more mentions of President Donald Trump than last week’s drop. Another revelation is that prosecutors sought to investigate and potentially charge more people. A series of apparent FBI emails from 2019 cite “10 co-conspirators.” The new documents show that Trump flew on Epstein’s plane at least eight times, although Trump has denied ever being on the plane. The Justice Department’s leadership has asked career prosecutors in Florida to volunteer over the “next several days” to help redact the Epstein files. This raises the possibility of more Epstein files being released over the coming days, including the Christmas and New Year’s holidays.
Trump keeping low profile
President Trump, who is at his Mar-a-Lago resort for the holidays, stayed out of sight yesterday with the exception of a trip to his nearby golf course. He is expected to stay away from Washington until Jan. 4. This marks his 16th trip to his Florida residence since he took office for his second term on Jan. 20. On Monday, Trump staged an announcement at Mar-a-Lago in which he announced his intention to have the U.S. build a new class of battleships for the Navy to be called the “Trump class.”
Miller wants CBS News personnel fired
Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, who is an architect of the Trump administration’s anti-immigration policies, appeared on Fox News and called for all of the producers at CBS News who had anything to do with the “60 Minutes” story on the torture prison in El Salvador to be fired. The story, which was supposed to run this past Sunday, was killed by Bari Weiss, who was put in charge at CBS News by the Trump supporters who now own Paramount, which owns CBS. The story featured immigrants who had been sent to the prison by the Trump administration without due process and who described their being tortured while in the prison. The story was broadcast in Canada and seen round the world on the internet.
Trump administration to seize wages of defaulting student loan borrowers
The Trump administration will begin garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers in default starting in January, the Education Department told CNN. The move comes months after the administration restarted collecting federal student loans in default, which happens after 270 days without payment. The process, known as administrative wage garnishment, allows the agency to order non-federal employers to withhold a portion of an employee’s income to pay off the loans. In April, the department said that more than 5 million borrowers were in default and nearly 4 million more were delinquent, which means they hadn’t made a payment in more than 90 days.
FDA approves pill version of weight loss drug
The FDA has approved a daily pill version of the weight loss drug Wegovy — creating a new option for how patients can take medicines in a class of drugs that has revolutionized obesity treatment. The drug, which maker Novo Nordisk calls simply the Wegovy pill, uses the same active ingredient that’s in the original version, along with its sister drug for diabetes, Ozempic. Both Wegovy and Ozempic, which mimic the hormone GLP-1, are given as weekly injections, as are rival drugs Zepbound and Mounjaro from Eli Lilly. About 1 in 8 adults in the US say they’re currently taking one of the medicines, according to data from health policy research group KFF.
Nursing home explosion
Two people are dead and 20 others were injured after an explosion and fire tore through a nursing home outside Philadelphia, spurring first responders, bystanders and staff to rush the elderly residents to safety, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said. The cause of the explosion remains under investigation, but the preliminary belief of officials is that it was a gas leak, Shapiro said. A local utility company was on site responding to reports of a gas odor in the facility when the explosion occurred, the company said in a statement.
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