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Co-founder of start-up Hugging Face told the BBC that most firms are not aware that the "game has changed". [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - Secret Service Agent Put on Leave After Being Suspected of Leaking About JD Vanc...
Nathan Howard/Pool Photo via AP A Secret Service agent on Vice President JD Vance’s security detail has been placed on administrative leave after being suspected of leaking to the press, CNN reported on Wednesday night. The agent has been placed under review, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. Another source said the administration believes the agent was a source for a July 15 MS NOW story titled “Vance’s security detail ‘fed up’ with hastily arranged personal and family travel requests.” MS NOW reported at the time: On Thursday last week, Secret Service agents groused among themselves as they prepared to deliver another perk to Vice President JD Vance’s family: join a military helicopter crew to fly his young son to his golf lesson. The planned trip on Marine Two, the call-sign for the U.S. Marine Corps helicopter that carries the vice president, was canceled at the last minute due to severe thunderstorms and high winds in the Washington, D.C., area that day, according to two people with knowledge of the flight plans. Vance planned to travel with his son on the flight to Joint Base Andrews — which includes a secure, world-class golf center — according to two other administration officials with knowledge of his schedule. Agents have shared concerns internally about Vance and his office pressing them for trips and assignments that some agents consider an inappropriate or even unprecedented use of government resources compared to prior vice presidents, they said. The CNN report said the review of the agent is being conducted by the Secret Service’s internal affairs office, and that it is “unclear if any possible administrative punishment or criminal charges could be forthcoming.” CNN noted that the Trump administration has been trying to crack down on leaks to the media. This month, the Department of Justice subpoenaed four journalists for The New York Times who reported on security issues with the new Air Force One, which President Donald Trump accepted as a gift from the Qatari royal family. The DOJ is also seeking the journalists’ phone records.The post Secret Service Agent Put on Leave After Being Suspected of Leaking About JD Vance: Report first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Jim Jordan Issues Criminal Referral to DOJ for Jack Smith
J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) issued a criminal referral for former Special Counsel Jack Smith to the Department of Justice, accusing him of allegedly making false statements during his congressional testimony, an issue that was already thoroughly dissected and debunked by numerous legal reporters last week. The controversy relates to Smith’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee last December: Question: Did you seek a search warrant for the content of any text messages from Members? Smith: From Members? Question: Yes. Smith: No, I don’t recall that. Question: Okay. It was just toll records? Smith: Correct … Question: Did the toll records that you requested from the Senators, did they include the content of the phone calls? Smith: No. Question: Did the records that you requested, the toll records from the members of Congress, include the content of text messages? Smith: No. Last week, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) posted a tweet saying he had “received records [from] DOJ confirming Jack Smith’s investigative team reviewed the contents of text msgs sent by 44 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.” Grassley and other Republicans were quick to accuse Smith of not only an “abuse of power” but also of lying under oath during his December testimony. However, as numerous legal reporters pointed out, the documents Grassley was writing about and what Smith was asked about during his testimony were “a completely different category of documents,” as Lawfare senior editor Anna Bower wrote, as the toll records his office requested from Congress contained information about the time of calls and text messages, not their contents. “[T]here’s zero ambiguity here,” Bower added. “Nothing in the Grassley docs raises any real question of perjury.” Nonetheless, in the letter Jordan sent to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche Wednesday, he wrote that there was “strong evidence” of a “potential violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001,” the federal statute prohibiting making false statements to Congress, federal courts, and other federal agencies: The Committee on the Judiciary writes to refer strong evidence that appears to show Jack Smith, former Special Counsel, knowingly made false statements during his December 17, 2025, deposition. While testifying under oath, Mr. Smith seemingly made willfully and intentionally false statements of material fact that contradict new documents obtained by the Committee from the Department of Justice (DOJ). The Committee is providing this information for the DOJ to investigate a potential violation of 18 U.S.C.… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago - Rand Paul Trashes Trump’s War: ‘We’re Worse Off Than We Were’
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) trashed President Donald Trump’s ongoing war in Iran on Wednesday, telling CNN, “We’re worse off than we were before.” The hallway interview with CNN’s Manu Raju aired on Wednesday’s edition of CNN NewsNight. While the two countries reached a tentative ceasefire in June, the agreement has since been broken, with Trump accusing Iran of firing on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. Multiple military exchanges followed, with four U.S. service members killed this past weekend by Iranian attacks. “I think the Iran war has not been a success,” Paul told Raju. “I’ve been opposed to the Iran war from the beginning. I think, by any objective measure, we’re worse off than we were before the war.” “How do you think voters would react if the GOP Congress approved $70 billion or so for Iran before the midterms?” Raju asked. This comes as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth requested around the same amount for the “operational costs” of the war last month. “I think people are mostly upset about how much things cost, you know, so when they go to see gas prices,” explained the senator. “But it’s also really just all across the board.” According to a CNBC analysis, “the national average price at the pump was $4.06 a gallon on Wednesday, up 4.4% from $3.89 a week ago.” “Will there be backlash in November?” asked Raju of the upcoming midterm elections. “Probably,” responded Paul. In March, he questioned the initial reasoning behind the war in the first place, telling Fox Business’ Maria Bartiromo, “As far as the reasons for the war, there have been many different reasons floated, but none of them, I think, have been very convincing.” Yet in June, Paul backed away from an effort to curb Trump’s war powers, voting present and ultimately allowing the resolution to be rejected. Watch the clip above via CNN.The post Rand Paul Trashes Trump’s War: ‘We’re Worse Off Than We Were’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago - Nancy Mace Rips Jews Who Voted for Mamdani: ‘How Self-Loathing Are They?’Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) said of Jews who voted for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, “How self-loathing are they?” in Wednesday’s edition of Piers Morgan Uncensored. Mace joined Piers Morgan to talk about Mamdani’s Tuesday statement, in which he acknowledged that although he doesn’t have the authority to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — despite vowing to do so during his mayoral campaign — the federal government does. The mayor urged Washington to enforce the International Criminal Court’s warrant and arrest Netanyahu during his expected September visit to New York for the United Nations General Assembly. When asked for her reaction, Mace called the statement “extraordinarily stupid,” referencing recent news that New York City’s commissioner for international affairs had plans to meet with Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations. To note, Mamdani claimed the meeting was “made in error” and never actually happened. “How many Jews voted for Mamdani?” Mace continued. “To me, I’m just so perplexed by the whole idea of this guy coming to America eight years ago from Kampala, and all of a sudden, he’s sitting around trying to be president of the United States.” In reality, although Mamdani became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2018, he moved to New York City with his family in 1999, when he was just seven years old. As Morgan subsequently pointed out, “a lot of younger Jewish people did vote for him.” He went on to ask whether Mace had any concern about “psychos” in the Israeli government “doing terrible things.” “Well, I mean, that’s up to the voters of Israel to decide,” she responded. “I sort of look at this like how self-loathing are they that they elected someone — this guy Mamdani — who clearly, uh, I think has ulterior motives? I mean, to me, I’m just scratching my head on how the hell we allowed this to happen in our country, of all places.” After Morgan called her take an “extraordinary charge,” Mace doubled down, “I think it is self-loathing, you know, and I have a strong Jewish coalition in my district in Congress… I don’t know how any Jewish person could vote for a man like Mamdani and what he stands for.” Watch the full clip above via PiersMorgan Uncensored on YouTube.The post Nancy Mace Rips Jews Who Voted for Mamdani: ‘How Self-Loathing Are They?’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.4 hours ago
- Trump Warns Crowd, ‘I May Be Crying’ if Democrats Add More StatesPresident Donald Trump said he “may be crying” if Democrats retake power, eliminate the filibuster, and admit more states into the union to increase their political power. On Wednesday, Trump held a rally in Marietta, Georgia, where he reiterated his support for the SAVE Act, which has already passed in the House. The legislation would require proof of citizenship when registering to vote, as well as mandate photo ID when voting. It is currently stalled in the Senate, where the bill lacks the 60 votes necessary to overcome a procedural hurdle called cloture, or more colloquially, the filibuster. Republicans control the upper chamber 53-47. Trump has repeatedly called on Sen. Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) to ditch the 60-vote rule, but Thune has rejected those calls. In his remarks in Georgia on Wednesday, Trump told the crowd that if the SAVE Act is not enacted, Democrats will retake power, eliminate the filibuster, and add new states: A lot of you don’t know about filibusters. They should terminate the filibuster and approve everything because the Democrats are going to do it! The Democrats are gonna terminate the filibuster as soon as they have a chance. And then they’re gonna approve Puerto Rico and D.C. as a state. They got four more senators. They’re gonna end up with 12 more congressmen. They’re gonna get, like, 40 electoral votes. If they are allowed to do that, by that time, I’ll be sitting home, and I’m not a big crier. I don’t think you want to see me cry, you know? There are some people they do very well when they cry, but you don’t want to see me cry. But I may be crying, I’ll be sitting at home and I’ll say, “I told them.” Trump then urged members of the crowd to phone Thune. “They should terminate the filibuster,” he said. “Everybody call John Thune at the Senate. He’s the leader of the Republican Party, and tell him to get this stuff approved.” Watch above via Fox News.The post Trump Warns Crowd, ‘I May Be Crying’ if Democrats Add More States first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.5 hours ago
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