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- Democrats Storm Out of Pam Bondi Meeting: ‘We All Just F*cking Had It’
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images A group of House Democrats walked out of a meeting with Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday night after they said she made it clear she does not intend to comply with the law. On Tuesday, House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) announced he had subpoenaed Bondi as part of the committee’s probe into “possible mismanagement of the federal government’s investigation” of Jeffrey Epstein. “The Committee has questions regarding the Department of Justice’s handling of the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and his associates and its compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act,” Comer wrote. The Department of Justice has been under fire for not releasing all of its files on the dead sex trafficker, as it was supposed to do back in December. Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche went to Capitol Hill to answer questions from members of the committee, but behind closed doors and not under oath. Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) said afterward that Bondi “refused on multiple occasions to commit to following the subpoena.” Bondi, meanwhile, told reporters after the meeting that she “made it crystal clear I will follow the law.” Democrats said they walked out of the meeting after Comer told Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA) she was “bitching” Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ) offered a detailed account on X. “So, I just got home from the most insane bullsh*t that Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche tried to pull,” Ansari said. She claimed that on Tuesday, Comer told Democrats on the committee that Bondi would brief members on Wednesday evening, but they were given few details. “Truly, like we didn’t even know the format,” Ansari stated. “A few hours prior, we found out we’d be able to ask questions. So we show up, and it becomes very clear quickly that this entire fake hearing we had, the intention of it is so that she doesn’t have to come and be under oath as part of a deposition.” Ansari went on to say that members were given three minutes each to ask questions: And we just kept asking her over and over again, “Do you intend to follow the law and come forward in front of this committee under oath?” This lady would not answer the question. She was being so defensive. She was, I mean, I don’t know how they thought this was… [TheTopNews] Read More.13 hours ago - Trump’s Ex-Counterterrorism Chief Tells Tucker Carlson There Was ‘No Intelli...
Ex-Counterterrorism director Joe Kent told Tucker Carlson flat-out that Iran posed no imminent threat to the United States. Kent on Tuesday announced his resignation in a scathing letter denouncing the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran. He refuted the assertion from the Trump administration that Iran was an “imminent threat” to America, and explained that he could no longer hold the position as the country continues with the conflict. The White House responded with attempts to discredit Kent. The administration has also insisted that, despite Iran’s nuclear capabilities being “obliterated” last year, the country was close to producing materials for a nuclear weapon. During a sit-down interview with Carlson, Kent was asked if that were actually the case. The conversation continued: CARLSON: Was Iran on the verge of getting a nuclear weapon? KENT: No, they weren’t three weeks ago when this started, and they weren’t in June either. I mean, the, the Iranians have had a religious ruling — a fatwa — against actually developing a nuclear weapon since 2004. That’s been in place since 2004. That’s available in the public sphere. But then also, we had no intelligence to indicate that that fatwa was being disobeyed or it was on the cusp of being lifted. Watch above via The Tucker Carlson Show and CNN.The post Trump’s Ex-Counterterrorism Chief Tells Tucker Carlson There Was ‘No Intelligence’ to Suggest Iran Was Close to Making Nuclear Weapons first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.14 hours ago - Fox Host Unsettled by Latest Economic Data: ‘This Does Not Look Good’Fox Business host Taylor Riggs said she is “not happy” about the latest inflation numbers and suggested there may be broader problems with the economy. On Wednesday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics’s producer price index indicated that inflation rose 0.7% in February, well above the anticipated 0.3%. Inflation was up 3.4% from February 2025. Hours after the report dropped, the Federal Reserve opted to keep rates steady, between 3.5% and 3.75%. In his press conference, Fed Chair Jerome Powell expressed concerns about inflation. The Dow shed 1.6% on the day. Moreover, oil prices have surged amid the ongoing war in Iran. “I’m really, really not happy about this inflationary report,” Riggs said on Wednesday’s edition of The Big Money Show. “And I know that it is one data point, the Fed looks through it, we try to look at two or three-month trends. But this does not look good to me. I don’t like sitting here after everything we’re talking about and saying, ok but it’s just one month, because unfortunately, March is guaranteed – 95% chance – to get worse than what we saw.” Riggs went on to note rising prices in food, alcohol, fuel, trucking, inpatient care.” “Now, [prices] fell for apparel and footwear, but they’re rising, and I just don’t like it,” she continued. “Fresh and dried vegetables were up 49%. So, there’s something going on. Maybe it is a one-off that we could debate, but I don’t like the trend.” Oil prices have skyrocketed since Feb. 28, when the U.S. and Israel launched a massive bombing campaign on Iran, which has responded by hitting oil facilities in the Gulf region and effectively closing the Strait of Hormuz. Last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that President Donald Trump brushed aside concerns about Iran closing the strait and insisted that it would not happen. Watch above via Fox Business Network.The post Fox Host Unsettled by Latest Economic Data: ‘This Does Not Look Good’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.15 hours ago
- Val Kilmer to Be Resurrected with AI for New Film Role: ‘This Is What Val Want...
Image via Buena Vista Pictures. Val Kilmer passed away in 2025, but he will be appearing in an upcoming film through an AI-generated performance that was conducted with the blessings of his family. During his decades-long career, Kilmer starred in numerous iconic roles in films that included Top Gun, The Doors, Tombstone, Heat, and Batman Forever. He died at the age of 65 on April 1, 2025 after a long battle with throat cancer. In one of his final roles, Kilmer reprised his role as Iceman in 2022’s sequel, Top Gun: Maverick. The filmmakers digitally enhanced his voice to improve its clarity, as the chemotherapy, tracheotomies, and other procedures had reduced his voice to a rasp. Five years before his death, Kilmer was cast as Father Fintan in As Deep as the Grave, written and directed by Coerte Voorhees, but “was too sick to ever make it to set,” reported Variety. Instead, his appearance in the film will be accomplished entirely by “using state-of-the-art generative AI.” A first look at the AI-generated Kilmer was shared by the filmmakers with Variety, as seen below. Val Kilmer Resurrected by AI to Star in ‘As Deep as the Grave’ Movie — First Look (EXCLUSIVE) https://t.co/jQDtBsEdcO — Variety (@Variety) March 18, 2026 “He was the actor I wanted to play this role,” said Voorhees. “It was very much designed around him. It drew on his Native American heritage and his ties to and love of the Southwest.” Voorhees emphasized that Kilmer had really wanted to participate in the filming, but “was just going through a really, really tough time medically, and he couldn’t do it,” and once he had the blessing of the actor’s children Mercedes Kilmer and Jack Kilmer, he felt comfortable moving forward with AI. “His family kept saying how important they thought the movie was and that Val really wanted to be a part of this,” Voorhees told Variety. “He really thought it was an important story that he wanted his name on. It was that support that gave me the confidence to say, okay let’s do this. Despite the fact that some people might call it controversial, this is what Val wanted.” John Voorhees, the producer of the film and the director’s brother, pointed out that Kilmer’s character in the film, which is based on a true story, “suffers from tuberculosis,” so “this historical character mirrored Val’s… [TheTopNews] Read More.15 hours ago - Markwayne Mullin Sparks Confusion And Concern By Claiming He Had Been on a Secre...
AP Photo/Ben Curtis Markwayne Mullin, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security, sparked confusion and concern on Capitol Hill on Wednesday by claiming he had been on a classified trip when he was a member of the House. The whole episode began when Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) grilled Mullin over his past claim that he had experienced the “smell of war” despite never serving in the military. “Where did you ‘smell war,’ sir?” Peters asked. “I just said that this was classified, and the dates, locations and the mission,” Mullin replied during the exchange, adding, “But in 2015 I was asked to train with a very small contingency and go to a certain area…I have spoken general about my experiences, but I’ve never spoke specifically on details, on dates or on the mission, and that was official.” Peters hit back, saying that he had already inquired with the various intelligence agencies about any such trip and they came back with nothing. Peters told Mullin: We want to know what the supposed classified work was. We have real questions about it. I asked the FBI yesterday. I said, ‘If someone had appeared in any classified document, any document, would that be in this report?’ And they said, ‘Yes.’ I said, ‘I don’t see anything for Senator Mullen. Why is that?’ They said, ‘Nothing showed up.’ We queried the Department of State, the Department of Defense, other intel folks, so you’re in no classified document that the federal government has, according to the FBI, and yet you’re telling me you did all this classified work. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), the Senate Homeland Committee chair, then urged Mullin to discuss the trip with the committee members in a sensitive compartmented information facility (SCIF). “You’ve now mentioned today that you have activities you’ve done, and so I think it would be easy, and I’m still willing to have the vote tomorrow, but I can cancel the vote tomorrow,” Paul said, threatening Mullin if he refused to go into the SCIF. Paul added that it “doesn’t sound like it’s a secret you’re too concerned about divulging.” Mullin eventually agreed to meet the whole committee in the SCIF to divulge the details. Politico’s Kyle Cheney noted that Mullin’s claim of being on a classified House trip was particularly strange. “Mullin claimed that the House sent him on a classified trip that only… [TheTopNews] Read More.16 hours ago - Jake Tapper Asks GOP Senator if Markwayne Mullin Is a Hothead: ‘Does He Have A...Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) endured some tense moments during Wednesday’s confirmation hearing as the Senate considers his nomination as Secretary of Homeland Security. Quite predictably, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), who chairs the Senate Homeland Security Committee, mixed it up with Mullin, who once said he can “understand completely” why Paul’s neighbor physically attacked the Kentuckian in 2017. “Rand Paul’s a freaking snake,” Mullin said last month. Just two weeks later, President Donald Trump fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and nominated Mullin to replace her. Paul clearly relished grilling Mullin on Wednesday, particularly over one infamous incident in which Mullin nearly came to blows with Teamsters head Sean O’Brien in 2023. Shortly after the hearing on CNN’s The Lead, Jake Tapper noted to Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) that Paul claimed during the hearing that Mullin has “anger issues.” “Rand Paul said that Mullin has ‘anger issues,'” Tapper said. “You’ve seen Mullin behind the scenes. Does he have anger issues, in your opinion?” “I don’t think he does,” Ernst replied. “And actually, he has been pretty even keel. I think what you can see and what you’ve seen demonstrated through various committees is a lot of positioning, political positioning. But when he’s working with others and seeking information, especially when he’s working with Democrats across the aisle working on various legislative issues, he will sit down and have a calm, reasonable discussion.” Ernst went on to say that Mullin and O’Brien have since patched things up since their explosive clash in 2023. Despite the barrage of questions, no senator asked Mullin about a November 2023 report, in which the wife of an ex-congressman said she once witnessed Mullin fingering the nostrils of sleeping lawmakers and their spouses on a trip to Israel in 2015. Watch above via CNN.The post Jake Tapper Asks GOP Senator if Markwayne Mullin Is a Hothead: ‘Does He Have Anger Issues?’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.16 hours ago
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