Intra-party Civil War Between Trump and Greene Grows as More Republicans Break from Trump
Intra-party civil war grows between Trump and Greene as more Republicans break from Trump. Meanwhile, Trump said he does not know which body part was scanned during a recent MRI.
Good morning everyone. The online feud between Marjorie Taylor Greene and Donald Trump continues to escalate, and more Republicans are beginning to support releasing the Epstein files. At the same time, Donald Trump is now saying he does not know what part of his body was scanned during the MRI he received at his mid-year physical, his second this year.
Right now, in this moment, we need media willing to stand up to this White House in pursuit of the truth because the truth is unavoidable.
The civil war within the MAGA section of the Republican Party is growing as Marjorie Taylor Green and Donald Trump continues to trade barbs online between one another. This morning, Marjorie Taylor Greene made clear that the reason Trump turned on her was over the release of the Epstein files.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump came up with a new nickname for Greene calling her now Marjorie Taylor “Brown” because according to him, green grass turns brown when it rots. I cannot make this up even if I tried.
Rep. Kevin Kiley said he will vote yes next week on releasing the Epstein files. Kiley did not support the earlier discharge petition that attempted to force the release, but confirmed he will back the measure when it comes to the floor.
Staff at Federal Prison Camp Bryan were reportedly fired after leaking email correspondence between Ghislaine Maxwell and her attorney to Rep. Jamie Raskin. Maxwell’s lawyer condemned the leak and criticized Raskin for publicizing the firings. Raskin said a whistleblower told him that staff were giving Maxwell special treatment and that Maxwell was preparing a request for Trump to commute her sentence.
Trump said he recently had an MRI and called the results outstanding. When a reporter asked if the scan was of his brain, Trump said he did not know what part of his body was examined but that whatever the doctors analyzed, they did it well.
Ultimately, while the MAGA wing of the party will have to choose sides between Greene and Trump, the real issue remains: releasing the Epstein files, and right now, Speaker Mike Johnson is fast tracking the vote to happen as soon as Tuesday of this week. Timing for the final vote remains in flux, but while Green and Trump argue online, the pressure must remain on members of Congress to release the full Epstein files. It’s what the survivors deserve.
Newly released documents from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate indicate he was texting a member of Congress during Michael Cohen’s 2019 House testimony and may have influenced their questioning; timestamp analysis suggests the lawmaker was Stacey Plaskett, who appears to have echoed Epstein’s prompts while questioning Cohen.
Trump issued a second full pardon for Jan. 6 rioter Dan Wilson to erase his unrelated federal gun convictions, ending a legal battle over whether Trump’s sweeping Day One clemency covered non-riot offenses and highlighting broader, inconsistent attempts by the administration and courts to apply the Jan. 6 pardon to additional crimes uncovered during riot investigations.
Experts warn that if Trump orders strikes to oust Venezuela’s President Maduro, the U.S. could face a prolonged and unstable military commitment due to a cohesive Venezuelan army, fractured opposition groups, entrenched criminal and insurgent networks, and the risk of civil war, while any post-Maduro transition would likely require sustained U.S. security, political, and economic support that contradicts Trump’s promise to avoid long foreign entanglements.
After some MAHA supporters accused Trump aides Susie Wiles and Stefanie Spear of undermining his health agenda, Health Secretary RFK Jr. publicly defended both, rejecting claims they were aligned with “Big Pharma” or opposed to his movement, attributing the attacks to disgruntled former staff and fringe allies while urging unity amid high turnover, internal tensions over vaccine policy, and growing suspicion within his base about who is loyal to Trump and the MAHA program.
Trump says he will sue the BBC for $1–5 billion after its “Panorama” program edited separate parts of his Jan. 6, 2021 speech together in a way that implied he directly urged violent action; the BBC apologized, issued a correction, and saw its director-general and head of news resign, but it maintains the edit was a mistake—not defamation—and refuses to pay compensation.
Trump signed an executive order rolling back parts of his reciprocal food tariffs by exempting items like coffee, beef, bananas, cocoa, tea, oranges, and tomatoes to ease high grocery prices; the move follows new trade deals and prior signals that non-U.S.-produced goods could be tariff-free, while critics say it’s an admission the tariffs fueled rising costs and note key exclusions such as EU/UK spirits that continue to burden industries.
ICE deported Jose Barco, a Venezuelan-born U.S. Army veteran and Purple Heart recipient who served two tours in Iraq, to Mexico early Friday, despite his family and legal team receiving no notice or confirmation of his whereabouts; Barco, who came to the U.S. as an asylum-seeking child and later served 15 years in prison for attempted murder linked to PTSD, had his appeals denied in September and was taken into ICE custody upon parole.
With the U.S. absent from COP30 for the first time in 30 years after Trump withdrew from the Paris Agreement and declined to send a delegation, China has stepped into a far more prominent leadership role at the Brazil summit by dominating the venue with major clean-energy companies, showcasing its renewable and EV industries, and working behind the scenes to steer negotiations, a shift critics say risks ceding global climate influence to Beijing as it expands its technological and diplomatic footprint.
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from cutting federal funding to the University of California, finding that officials used civil rights investigations as a pressure tactic to force universities to abandon “woke” or left-leaning viewpoints, and ruling that UCLA’s frozen funds and threatened fines over its handling of pro-Palestinian protests were part of a broader effort to coerce schools into adopting conservative policies.
China warned its citizens to avoid travel to Japan after new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said a Chinese use of force against Taiwan could justify a Japanese military response, prompting a sharp diplomatic clash that included both countries summoning ambassadors and controversy over a Chinese consul general’s inflammatory post, while Tokyo maintains its stance is consistent with existing self-defense policy and Takaichi refuses to retract her remarks.
An accidental detonation of confiscated explosives at a police station in Srinagar’s Nowgam area killed at least nine people and injured 32, mostly police and forensic officials, after a massive blast that occurred while experts were examining the materials, tore through the building, ignited vehicles, and hindered rescue efforts amid heightened security operations following a recent deadly New Delhi car bombing linked to suspected militants.
