Brazil's top court freezes accounts, assets of Bolsonaro's son, CNN Brasil reports
Eduardo is a Brazilian congressman who has been in Washington to drum up support for his father.
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3 hours ago
- The Herald Scotland
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The Guardian
9 hours ago
- The Guardian
Seth Meyers on the Epstein files: ‘The more you try to hide something, the more people want to see what it is'
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Inflation is heating up, he's putting innocent people in camps, and he's in more pictures with Jeffrey Epstein than Hall is with Oates.' 'In fact, more pictures of Trump with Epstein keep coming out.' On Tuesday, CNN obtained new, unseen photos of Trump with Epstein, including one showing that Epstein attended Trump's 1993 wedding to Marla Maples at New York's Plaza Hotel. 'Maga is trying to reconcile their loyalty to Trump and their demand to see the Epstein files,' as Trump lashes out at Republicans asking for more information, such as Kentucky representative Thomas Massie, who introduced a House resolution ordering the justice department and the FBI to release 'all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials' in their possession. Trump blasted Massie online, calling him 'lazy and slow-moving' – which are 'obviously the most accurate ways to describe Donald Trump', said Meyers. 'He moves like his entire diet consists of eucalyptus leaves. 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The Independent
10 hours ago
- The Independent
Labor rights group asks El Salvador's supreme court to strike down contentious 'foreign agents' law
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