Monday, August 4, 2025

Mired in Epstein scandal, Trump's real threat is in his own White House

As the Jeffrey Epstein scandal engulfs President Donald Trump, I suspect president-in-waiting JD Vance is secretly smiling. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
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Mon Aug 4 2025

 
Vice President JD Vance visits Canton, Ohio, on July 28, 2025.

As the Jeffrey Epstein scandal engulfs President Donald Trump, I suspect president-in-waiting JD Vance is secretly smiling.

A demonstrator holds an image of President Donald Trump with red horns during a protest against the tariffs on Brazilian products imposed by Trump, in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil July 29, 2025.
 

Trump gets brutal jobs report and fires the person behind the numbers

In the wake of a brutal report showing U.S. job growth slowing, Trump did what any good leader would do: He fired the person doing the reporting.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris attends the inauguration of President Donald Trump on Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, DC.
 

How bad is it for Democrats? Joe Biden looks like the glory days.

The Republican Party could be even more dominant after President Donald Trump leaves office. Democrats, in contrast, appear aimless.

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic state legislator, campaigns in New York City on April 16, 2025.
 

Democrats need a way forward. Mamdani is right there.

Republicans criticizing Zohran Mamdani seem more than willing to ignore the way President Donald Trump pardoned Jan. 6 rioters.

President Donald Trump at the White House on July 31, 2025.
 

The winner of Trump's latest tariff deals? Japan.

Trump's latest trade deal with Japan shows how little this administration actually understands what they are doing in the trade policy arena.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 15, 2025.
 

How is preventing disease and saving lives 'woke'? Ask RFK Jr.

RFK Jr. is considering dismantling the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. This would be a disaster for public health.

Scott Panetti and his parents, Jack and Yvonne Panetti, who frequently visited him on death row. Scott Panetti, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia and had spent more than 30 years on Texas death row, died at a prison hospital in Galveston on May 26, 2025. He was 67 years old.
 

He was deemed too insane to execute. He still died on death row.

Enacting laws that recognize the reality of permanent incompetency will not fling open the doors of death rows around the country.

Palestinians chanting anti-Hamas slogans protest in the northern Gaza Strip on March 26, 2025, to demand an end to war.
 

As UK embraces Palestinian state, Arab nations forge ties with Israel

When Hamas' calls to destroy Israel and slaughter its citizens are rationalized as 'resistance,' something fundamental is breaking.

Madeleine Nguyen Kayne, a rising high school senior, plays with refugee children at the Ethiopian Community Development Council in Arlington, Virginia, in June 2025.
 

I volunteered to help refugees – and saw my mom in their faces

Before my summer internship, I researched the refugee crisis and Afghanistan history. Once I arrived, it was about much more than research or history.

People can't stop talking about how our entertainment is increasingly political. Do you agree? USA TODAY readers shared their views in our latest Opinion Forum.
 

'Superman' is about compassion for others. Why does that trigger you?

'Superman' is raking it in at the box office – and still courting controversy. Is the film 'woke'? Does it even matter? USA TODAY readers weigh in.

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