Phil Mudd 02 05 2023

'Give me a break': Ex-CIA official on US response to Chinese balloon

Former CIA and FBI official Phil Mudd discusses whether the US overreacted to the suspected Chinese spy balloon that hovered over the nation for days before the US military shot it down.

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Phil Mudd 02 05 2023

'Give me a break': Ex-CIA official on US response to Chinese balloon

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On Christmas eve, President Trump speaks to children whose calls to NORAD to track Santa have been patched through to Mar-a-Lago.

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The divide over data centers powering the AI boom

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Documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation released by the US Department of Justice on Tuesday, December 23, 2025<strong>,</strong> show an email dated January 8, 2020<strong>,</strong> with information on a flight Donald Trump took with his family between the years 1993 and 1996 before he was president.The email also mentions a 1993 flight that Trump<strong> </strong>and Epstein took with a 20-year-old, whose name was redacted.

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<p>President Donald Trump bemoaned Monday the potential reputational damage inflicted on people who appear in photos released as part of the Jeffrey Epstein files, which he insisted were only made public because of an effort to distract from his accomplishments. The comments mark the first time Trump has addressed the files since his Justice Department released hundreds of thousands of them on Friday pursuant to a new law compelling them to do so.</p>

Trump reacts to photos made public from the Epstein files

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MAGA infighting takes center stage at Turning Point conference

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<p>President Trump announces a new type of battleship for the US Navy fleet that he is designating part of the "Trump class" of warships.</p>

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