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VIDEO: Trump berates CNN’s Kaitlan Collins over questions on Epstein files: ‘You are the worst reporter’
President Donald Trump lambasted CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins when she challenged him on his allies referenced in the newly released Jeffrey Epstein files.
Collins also questioned the president on whether the release had been fumbled by officials, after Epstein victims complained about redactions in the releases.
‘I don’t think I’ve ever seen you smile. I’ve known you for 10 years. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a smile on your face.’
“On the Epstein files, you talk about Democrats who were there,” she said. “Elon Musk was also in there, and so was your commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, and correspondence that he had with him.”
She asked him if he read the new files.
“I didn’t. I have a lot of things that I’m doing,” Trump responded. “And I don’t know. You mentioned two names. I’m sure they’re fine.”
“A lot of the women who are survivors of Epstein were unhappy with those redactions that came out,” Collins continued. “Some of them, entire witness interviews are totally blacked out.”
“I think it’s really time for the country to get on to something else, now that nothing came out about me,” he responded.
“But what would you say to people who feel like they haven’t gotten justice, Mr. President?” she asked.
“You are so bad. You are the worst reporter. No wonder CNN has no ratings, because of people like you,” the president said.
“You know, she’s a young woman. I don’t think I’ve ever seen you smile. I’ve known you for 10 years. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a smile on your face,” he added. “You know why you’re not smiling? Because you know you’re not telling the truth, and you’re a very dishonest organization, and they should be ashamed of you.”
“These are survivors of sexual abuse,” Collins persisted.
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Collins posted video of the interaction on her social media account.
“President Trump argues the country should move on from the Epstein files and lashes out when asked about the survivors’ response to the latest release from the Justice Department,” she wrote.
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Majority of Americans approve of Trump’s response to anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis: Harvard poll
While Democrats are trying to beat down President Donald Trump over lethal shootings by federal agents in Minnesota, a new poll shows that a slim majority approves of his response to the protests.
The online poll was conducted by the Center for American Political Studies at Harvard and the Harris Poll and found that of all categories listed, Trump’s favorability was highest over the Minneapolis anti-ICE response.
A large majority, 60%, said they believed Democratic politicians had encouraged resistance to ICE officers performing their job.
Fifty-one percent of respondents approved of Trump on that issue, 47% approved of his fighting crime in the cities, and 46% said they approved of the president on immigration.
He scored least favorably on the issues of tariffs and handling inflation, at only 39% approval.
The president’s overall approval rating slipped to 45% in the poll after reaching a high of 52% in Feb. 2025.
A large majority, 60%, said they believed Democratic politicians had encouraged resistance to ICE officers performing their job, and only 43% said they supported politicians encouraging that resistance. Fifty-seven percent said they opposed politicians encouraging resistance.
The respondents were polled after the lethal shooting of Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse and anti-ICE agitator who interrupted federal agents while armed with a gun. Respondents could have also known about the lethal shooting of Renee Good, who blocked ICE agents with her vehicle and swerved into one agent after being confronted.
Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino left Minneapolis after the shootings, and the president sent Tom Homan, his border czar, to oversee the operation and report directly to the president.
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The polls also found that the Republican Party’s approval rating slid to 44% after reaching 52% in the last year. While Democrats enjoyed their highest approval rating in about the same time, they only reached 44% approval.
Both had a higher approval rating than Congress, at 35%.
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Pro-ICE billboard in San Francisco is making liberals implode: ‘It made me sick to my stomach’
A billboard message in support of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in San Francisco has outraged many on the left just ahead of the Super Bowl weekend.
The ad in the famed Fisherman’s Wharf shows an ICE agent with the caption, “Defensive player of the year.”
‘It puts fear in me — that it’s desensitizing people to think that it’s OK to be people hurting people.’
One woman reacted negatively to the billboard in comments to KABC-TV.
“It made me sick to my stomach,” said Karen Guerrero, a woman from Chicago. “It puts fear in me — that it’s desensitizing people to think that it’s OK to be people hurting people.”
A group called American Sovereignty took responsibility for the sign.
“We are saluting the brave Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who work every day in defense of America with billboards and ads in San Francisco,” the group said on social media.
The sign was excoriated online as well.
“Who allowed this to happen? This is Sickening,” one user said.
“F**K ICE aka NEOGESTAPOS NO ONE IS ILLEGAL ON OCCUPIED LAND,” another message reads.
“Patriots or Brownshirt thugs?” another critic said.
Others said they supported the message.
“They have a job to do too. That’s it,” said Scott Yurt, also from Chicago. “I don’t have a problem with them.”
More than 1.3 million visitors are expected in the area for the highly anticipated championship match between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks at Levi’s Stadium.
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Ex-husband of Jill Biden charged in the murder of his second wife
77-year-old William Stevenson, the ex-husband of former first lady Jill Biden, was taken into custody Monday and charged in the death of his second wife.
A grand jury indictment filed in Delaware said that Stevenson is facing a first-degree murder charge after 64-year-old Linda Stevenson was found dead on Dec. 28 in their home in New Castle County.
William Stevenson had previously said of Linda, ‘She’s the greatest thing in my life.’
William Stevenson was married to Jill Tracy Jacobs for five years beginning in 1970, until she met then-Sen. Joe Biden in March 1975. Stevenson says she had an affair with Biden and a civil divorce was granted to the couple two months later. She and Biden were married in 1977.
Stevenson then met and married his second wife, Linda, and was married to her for nearly four decades until her death.
Police said they were called to the home on a report of a domestic dispute and found Linda Stevenson unresponsive in the living room. They were unable to revive her, and she was pronounced dead at the scene.
Her body was turned over to the Delaware Division of Forensic Science, which has not yet released a determination of cause of death.
William Stevenson failed to post a $500,000 bail and is being held at the Howard Young Correctional Institution in Wilmington.
Police said Stevenson’s arrest was the result of a “extensive weeks-long investigation” into his wife’s death.
Stevenson had been a supporter of former President Barack Obama but later became a fan of President Donald Trump. In 2023 he called Trump “a president that I love and respect” and accused the “Biden crime family” of unfairly targeting Trump.
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Stevenson also grew critical of Jill Biden as Joe Biden’s mental diminishment became more obvious.
“I just don’t understand why she is so adamant about defending him and keeping him in the race since it appears that he’s struggling,” he said. “It appears that he’s struggling with everybody these days.”
William Stevenson had previously said of Linda, “She’s the greatest thing in my life.”
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Man who used axe to kill his parents and two siblings set free under new policies signed by Tim Walz
The brutal murder of a family by a teenager in 1988 led to his being sentenced to die in prison, but new Democratic policies have led to the murderer being set free.
David Francis Brom, now 54 years old, used an axe to kill his 41-year-old mother, 41-year-old father, 13-year-old sister, and 11-year-old brother when he was only 16 years old.
‘Some crimes are so horrific that real accountability, serving the entire sentence, should be the only option. Early release after four brutal murders is not justice.’
Although Brom was given three consecutive life sentences in 1989, he has been paroled after serving only 36 years.
Republican Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth excoriated Democrats for passing legislation in 2023 that led to Brom’s early release. The law signed by Democratic Gov. Tim Walz eased sentences for those convicted of crimes committed while they were minors.
“The parole of a convicted murderer, who committed a crime so brutal that he received three consecutive life sentences as punishment, is absolutely unacceptable, and it is the direct result of a law passed by Democrats and signed by Governor Walz in 2023,” she wrote.
“The early release of violent offenders makes our communities less safe, and insults the memory of their victims,” Demuth added. “Some crimes are so horrific that real accountability, serving the entire sentence, should be the only option. Early release after four brutal murders is not justice.”
The Minnesota Supervised Release Board voted 5 to 1 to grant him parole on Tuesday, but he has been on work release since last year.
“This case is especially painful for our community, which still remembers the trauma of those horrific events. I’ve heard from constituents who are shocked that such a brutal act no longer warrants permanent removal from society under current law,” Republican state Rep. Duane Quam said.
“Minnesota must revisit this misguided policy. Public safety and justice for victims must remain the foundation of our legal system,” he continued.
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Police said they found the bodies at the Rochester home with gashes to their heads and upper bodies, and they found a bloody axe in the basement of the home. They initially believed David Brom had been abducted before learning from a witness that he had confessed to killing his family over an argument with his father.
Brom told a parole board that he had a job waiting for him once released from prison.
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