{"id":207353,"date":"2026-04-11T22:40:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T22:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-epstein-survivors-have-words-for-melania-trump-after-surprise-statement-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T22:40:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T22:40:24","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-epstein-survivors-have-words-for-melania-trump-after-surprise-statement-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-epstein-survivors-have-words-for-melania-trump-after-surprise-statement-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: Epstein survivors have words for Melania Trump after surprise statement – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than a dozen survivors accuse first lady of \u2018shifting the burden\u2019 on to them after she called on Congress to hold public hearings \u2013 key US politics stories from Friday 10 April
More than a dozen survivors of Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s<\/a> abuse have accused Melania Trump<\/a> of \u201cshifting the burden\u201d on to them after she called on Congress to hold public hearings with victims of Epstein\u2019s abuse.
\u201cSurvivors of Jeffrey Epstein have already shown extraordinary courage by coming forward, filing reports, and giving testimony,\u201d said a group of 13 people and the brother and sister of the late Virginia Giuffre, who was one of the most vocal Epstein accusers, in a statement<\/a>. \u201cAsking more of them now is a deflection of responsibility not justice.\u201d
Their response came after the first lady delivered a surprise statement<\/a> in which she denied<\/a> she ever had a relationship with Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell<\/a>. She also said that she was not a victim of Epstein, had no knowledge of his crimes, and that the late convicted sex offender did not introduce her to her husband, Donald Trump.
It remains unclear what specific accusations prompted the first lady\u2019s remarks. Her senior adviser, Marc Beckman, told Reuters<\/a> that she \u201cspoke out now because enough is enough. The lies must stop.\u201d
In an interview with the New York Times<\/a> on Friday, the president said he hadn\u2019t known what the first lady was planning to speak about in her statement, but said that she had wanted to address questions about her connections with Epstein. \u201cI didn\u2019t know what the statement was,\u201d he said, adding \u201cshe had a right to talk about it\u201d.
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Donald Trump<\/a> is an \u201cevil human being\u201d who \u201cwants to be an emperor\u201d and should be removed from office over the war in Iran, Yassamin Ansari<\/a>, an Iranian American member of the US Congress<\/a>, has told the Guardian.
Ansari, the daughter of Iranian immigrants who decades ago fled the regime, spoke out after the president threatened to wipe out Iran<\/a>\u2019s civilisation before backing down and announcing an uncertain two-week ceasefire<\/a>.
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The Trump administration<\/a> on Friday released new renderings<\/a> of the triumphal arch the president wants to install in Memorial Circle at the foot of the Arlington Memorial Bridge.
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JD Vance has warned Iran not to \u201ctry and play\u201d the US at talks planned for Saturday in Islamabad, while Tehran said it would not take part until Israel stopped bombing of Lebanon.
The US vice-president made the comments as he boarded a plane to Pakistan<\/a> for negotiations that could determine whether a ceasefire holds or the war on Iran resumes with grave implications for the global economy.
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Former US envoys who dealt with Iran<\/a> have said that the US-Israeli attack on Iran and Tehran\u2019s subsequent closure of the strait of Hormuz have given Iran new tools and resolve to resist pressure to shutter its nuclear programme.
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Besieged by questions about his war on Iran and his wife\u2019s statement on Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump<\/a> tried to shift the national conversation back to his immigration crackdown by posting a graphic and distressing video of a woman in Florida being killed last week by a man he described as an illegal immigrant from Haiti.
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US inflation soared in March amid the US-Israel war with Iran, with prices up 0.9% compared to last month and 3.3% over the year<\/a><\/strong>, according to new data released Friday.
California gubernatorial candidate Eric Swalwell is facing escalating pressure to drop out of the race following an allegation of sexual assault and multiple allegations of sexual misconduct<\/a><\/strong>.
A Trump administration<\/a> appointee has delayed publication of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that shows benefits related to the Covid vaccine<\/a><\/strong>, leading to concerns that the administration is engaging in behind-the-scenes tactics to undermine vaccines.
Pete Hegseth, Trump\u2019s Bible-thumping US defense secretary, is overseeing another strategic disaster in the Middle East. Is this a war or a crusade?<\/a><\/strong>
Dozens of US and international human rights organizations are decrying the Trump administration\u2019s plans to establish a migrant \u201ccamp\u201d for fleeing Cubans at the Guant\u00e1namo Bay military base<\/a><\/strong> if the island nation\u2019s crisis worsens under pressure from the US, according to a letter to members of Congress on Friday.
Kamala Harris<\/a> said she is \u201cthinking about\u201d running in the 2028 presidential election.<\/a><\/strong> \u201cI might, I might. I\u2019m thinking about it,\u201d the former vice-president and 2024 candidate told the crowd at a gathering of the National Action Network (NAN), a civil rights organization founded by Al Sharpton, on Friday in New York<\/a> City.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened Thursday 9 April<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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