{"id":193481,"date":"2025-12-13T19:09:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T19:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-more-epstein-estate-photos-released-as-white-house-decries-democrat-hoax-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T19:09:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T19:09:19","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-more-epstein-estate-photos-released-as-white-house-decries-democrat-hoax-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-more-epstein-estate-photos-released-as-white-house-decries-democrat-hoax-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: More Epstein estate photos released as White House decries \u2018Democrat hoax\u2019 – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump is featured in three images, while others feature Epstein with Bill Clinton, Steve Bannon and Woody Allen \u2013 key US politics stories from 12 December 2025
House Democrats have published a new tranche of what they called \u201cdisturbing\u201d photographs from the estate of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, featuring among others Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and the British former royal Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor<\/a>.
The 19 photographs in the initial drop \u2013 some of which have been seen before \u2013 plus another 70 released later Friday afternoon represent a small number of the almost 100,000 images released to the House oversight committee, which is looking into the conduct and connections of Epstein, the disgraced financier who died by apparent suicide<\/a> in a New York jail cell in 2019 after he was charged with sex-trafficking offenses.
Among the notable figures shown in the first release are celebrities including the film director Woody Allen; the Microsoft founder Bill Gates; and Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin empire.
The White House responded to the release in a statement accusing Democrats of selectively \u201ccherry-picking\u201d the photographs for political purposes and \u201cto try and create a false narrative\u201d.
\u201cThe Democrat hoax against President Trump has been repeatedly debunked,\u201d White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said, insisting that \u201cthe Trump administration<\/a> has done more for Epstein\u2019s victims than Democrats ever have by repeatedly calling for transparency, releasing thousands of pages of documents, and calling for further investigations into Epstein\u2019s Democrat friends\u201d.
The photographs were released without context or captions, but according to Robert Garcia, the California Democrat and ranking member of the oversight committee, they raise more questions about Epstein\u2019s connections to wealthy individuals.
\u201cIt is time to end this White House cover-up and bring justice to the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> and his powerful friends,\u201d he said in a statement.
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Trump features in three of the 19 images initially released on Friday. In one, he is photographed with six women, whose faces are blacked out.
See the new photos<\/sub><\/a>
With health insurance premiums set to rise sharply for at least 22 million Americans who purchase their coverage through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces using tax credits that will expire at the end of this year unless Congress acts, the US House speaker Mike Johnson<\/a> unveiled a Republican alternative late Friday.
Johnson\u2019s bill comes as his party refuses to extend the enhanced tax subsidies for people who buy policies through the ACA, dubbed Obamacare by opponents of the 2010 law. Those subsidies help lower premiums for Americans who do not get insurance through employers.
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According to some people behind the displays, portraying the ancient story of Christ\u2019s birth in a contemporary political frame helps bring attention to the Trump administration<\/a>\u2019s agenda. They say that the holy family\u2019s status as refugees represents the real<\/a> fears<\/a> and experiences of families in their communities, including separation from loved ones<\/a> and the deportation of working family members leading to a loss of income.
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Exclusive<\/strong>: More than 20 members of Congress are demanding answers from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and homeland security officials after the Guardian revealed <\/a>the VA is compiling a report on all non-US citizens \u201cemployed by or affiliated with\u201d the government agency that will then be shared with other federal agencies, including immigration authorities.
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A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order to prohibit immigration officials from detaining Kilmar \u00c1brego Garc\u00eda<\/a> just hours before he was scheduled to appear at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE<\/a>) field office in Baltimore. The judge says officials cannot re-detain him until the court conducts a hearing on the motion for the temporary restraining order.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The legal challenge, filed on Friday<\/a> by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in the US district court for the District of Columbia, represents the most significant attempt yet to stop Trump\u2019s 90,000-sq-ft<\/a> addition to the White House complex. The organization is seeking a temporary restraining order to freeze all construction activities until proper federal oversight procedures are completed.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The Pacific north-west is reeling from catastrophic flooding that inundated communities across the region this week<\/a><\/strong>, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate and prompting a federal emergency declaration.
Donald Trump declared he \u201cshould be listened to\u201d by the Federal Reserve, as he weighs candidates to lead the central bank<\/a><\/strong> amid an extraordinary campaign by the White House to exert greater control over its decisions.
The US is ending temporary legal status for citizens of Ethiopia<\/a><\/strong> in the United States, according to a government notice on Friday.
Danish intelligence services have accused the US of using its economic power<\/a><\/strong> to \u201cassert its will\u201d and threatening military force against its allies.
House Republicans propose healthcare plan with no extension of tax credits in connection with accusations that he secretly filmed dozens of his patients during medical examinations.
Nicol\u00e1s Maduro\u2019s political downfall is inevitable, the Nobel laureate Mar\u00eda Corina Machado has claimed<\/a><\/strong>, rejecting claims that the dictator\u2019s demise would plunge Venezuela into a Syria-style civil war.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened on 11 December 2025<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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