Air Force Lieutenant General Jeffrey Kruse, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, was dismissed from his role after his agency produced a report contradicting Trump's claim that U.S. strikes had "obliterated" Iran's nuclear program. General Kruse was appointed by the Biden administration.

Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse has been removed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The latest military firing follows the agency's initial intelligence assessment of US bombings on Iran on 22 June set back Tehran's nuclear programme by just a few months which “angered” US President Donald Trump.

As the Trump administration escalates its deployment of troops in the nation’s capital and vows similar moves elsewhere, leaders of largely Democratic cities across the country are pushing back.

President Donald Trump teased the possibility of implementing a crime crackdown in Chicago that would be similar to the one he started in D.C. last week.

Jeffrey Epstein's imprisoned former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell has contradicted President Donald Trump by denying former President Bill Clinton ever visited Epstein's private island. Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year sentence after being convicted of helping lure girls to be sexually abused by Epstein,

Ghislaine Maxwell -- the convicted co-conspirator of sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein -- told a top official of the U.S. Justice Department that President Donald Trump was "a gentleman in all respects" and that she never saw him do anything inappropriate with anyone associated with Epstein.

With more National Guard troops expected to be deployed in Washington as part of President Donald Trump’s law-enforcement crackdown, parts of the city have started to look like occupied territory.

Controversy over the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files had dogged the Trump administration for weeks. So as Congress went on their typical August recess, President Donald Trump’s team began discussing ways they could finally get ahead of the story.

President Donald Trump takes reporter questions from the Oval Office about the Epstein files controversy.

President Trump on Friday said he wouldn’t object to the release of all files tied to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as requested by the House Oversight Committee. “I’m in support of them keeping it open.