Trump with his hand on Epstein\u2019s shoulder<\/a>.<\/p>\nIn an except from his 2025 memoir published in the Guardian<\/a>, the former Norwegian prime minister, Jens Stoltenberg, wrote that when he first met Trump in 2017, the president brought up his former girlfriend.<\/p>\n\n
double quotation mark<\/title>\u201cYou know, Mr President, as former prime minister of Norway, I know that it\u2019s possible to speak with the Russians.\u201d<br \/>\n Trump cast a questioning look. \u201cAre you Norwegian?\u201d<br \/>\n I understood why he was asking \u2013 over the years I\u2019ve received many heads of organisations myself, and it isn\u2019t always easy to remember where each comes from. I smiled. \u201cYes, I\u2019m Norwegian.\u201d<br \/>\n \u201cDo you know Celina Midelfart?\u201d<br \/>\n \u201cYes, I\u2019ve met her several times. She\u2019s a well-known person in Norway,\u201d I replied.<br \/>\n \u201cNice girl. What they wrote about us in the Norwegian papers \u2013 was it good or bad?\u201d<br \/>\n I remembered seeing newspaper images of Trump and the Norwegian cosmetics heiress and investor at some sporting event or other, but more than that I couldn\u2019t recall. I had no idea what the papers had said.<br \/>\n \u201cOh yes, the reporting was positive. She\u2019s married to a rich Norwegian now,\u201d I said.<br \/>\n \u201cHe\u2019s not rich.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<footer class=\"dcr-3i7iba\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Fox News host and former Trump aide falsely claims president was never on Epstein\u2019s plane \u2013 as it happened&body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2026\/feb\/27\/bill-clinton-jeffrey-epstein-donald-trump-us-politics-latest-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69a21be98f08e575db5bd201#block-69a21be98f08e575db5bd201\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a>Updated at\u00a0<time datetime=\"2026-02-28T01:22:08.000Z\" data-locale=\"en-us\" title=\"Friday, February 27, 2026 at 08:22 PM Eastern Standard Time\">20.22 EST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p><label for=\"pinned-post-checkbox\" id=\"pinned-post-button\" class=\"dcr-zw7tgl\"><span id=\"svgminus\" class=\"dcr-yhdhkr\"><\/span><span id=\"svgplus\" class=\"dcr-yhdhkr\"><\/span><\/label><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-90inr0\"><span id=\"key-events-carousel-mobile\" \/><span class=\"dcr-90inr0\">Key events<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span id=\"filter-toggle-mobile\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-alru3r\"><label id=\"filter-toggle-mobile-switch_description\" data-component=\"filter-key-events\" data-link-name=\"filter-key-events-on\" class=\"dcr-rrspei\"><button id=\"filter-toggle-mobile-switch\" role=\"switch\" aria-labelledby=\"filter-toggle-mobile-switch_description\" class=\"dcr-dh5oqp\" \/>Show key events only<span>Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/label><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<article id=\"block-69a2578e8f08e575db5bd30b\" class=\"block dcr-1os4bxs\">\n<header class=\"dcr-88va8u\">\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1wl2b6o\">Closing summary<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">This concludes our live coverage of the second Trump administration for the day. Here are the latest developments:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> said Iran \u201cshould make a deal, but they don\u2019t want to quite go far enough\u201d, as his administration seems so intent on effectively disarming the nation, even after it has agreed to stop nuclear enrichment, that war is possible.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Trump ordered all federal agencies to stop working with Anthropic, after the AI firm refused to allow its model to be used for the mass surveillance or Americans or in weapons that can kill without human input.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cIs a Rehearing or Readjudication of this case possible???\u201d Trump asked the supreme court on social media over the ruling that most of his tariffs are illegal.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">After <strong>Bill Clinton <\/strong>testified to the House oversight committee about <strong>Jeffrey Epstein, Kayleigh McEnany<\/strong> misled Fox News viewers by claiming, incorrectly, that Trump was never on Epstein\u2019s private jet. Flight records show he was, many times.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<footer class=\"dcr-3i7iba\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Fox News host and former Trump aide falsely claims president was never on Epstein\u2019s plane \u2013 as it happened&body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2026\/feb\/27\/bill-clinton-jeffrey-epstein-donald-trump-us-politics-latest-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69a2578e8f08e575db5bd30b#block-69a2578e8f08e575db5bd30b\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a><\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<aside data-ad-slot=\"true\" class=\"ad-slot-container ad-slot-desktop dcr-jko40v\" \/>\n<aside data-ad-slot=\"true\" class=\"ad-slot-container dcr-jko40v\" \/>\n<article id=\"block-69a24e2b8f0863f6a3efe95a\" class=\"block dcr-1os4bxs\">\n<header class=\"dcr-88va8u\">\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1wl2b6o\">Anthropic says it will take the Pentagon to court over Hegseth’s move to designate AI firm a supply-chain risk to national security<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The artificial intelligence company Anthropic responded late on Friday to defense secretary Pete Hegseth\u2019s announcement earlier in the day that he was directing his department to classify the AI firm as a supply-chain risk to national security.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cWe held to our exceptions for two reasons,\u201d the firm said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anthropic.com\/news\/statement-comments-secretary-war\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">a statement<\/a>. \u201cFirst, we do not believe that today\u2019s frontier AI models are reliable enough to be used in fully autonomous weapons. Allowing current models to be used in this way would endanger America\u2019s warfighters and civilians. Second, we believe that mass domestic surveillance of Americans constitutes a violation of fundamental rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cDesignating Anthropic as a supply chain risk would be an unprecedented action\u2014one historically reserved for US adversaries, never before publicly applied to an American company,\u201d Anthropic said. \u201cAs the first frontier AI company to deploy models in the US government\u2019s classified networks, Anthropic has supported American warfighters since June 2024 and has every intention of continuing to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cNo amount of intimidation or punishment from the Department of War will change our position on mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weapons. We will challenge any supply chain risk designation in court,\u201d Anthropic added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">After a Pentagon deadline passed on Friday for Anthropic to relent on its refusal to allow the use of its AI model, Claude, for the mass domestic surveillance of Americans or in weapons that can kill without human input, Hegseth called the company\u2019s stance \u201cfundamentally incompatible with American principles\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cEffective immediately, no contractor, supplier, or partner that does business with the United States military may conduct any commercial activity with Anthropic,\u201d Hegseth <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SecWar\/status\/2027507717469049070\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">wrote<\/a> on social media.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"dcr-3i7iba\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Fox News host and former Trump aide falsely claims president was never on Epstein\u2019s plane \u2013 as it happened&body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2026\/feb\/27\/bill-clinton-jeffrey-epstein-donald-trump-us-politics-latest-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69a24e2b8f0863f6a3efe95a#block-69a24e2b8f0863f6a3efe95a\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Updated at\u00a0<time datetime=\"2026-02-28T02:48:39.000Z\" data-locale=\"en-us\" title=\"Friday, February 27, 2026 at 09:48 PM Eastern Standard Time\">21.48 EST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<aside data-ad-slot=\"true\" class=\"ad-slot-container dcr-jko40v\" \/>\n<article id=\"block-69a21be98f08e575db5bd201\" class=\"block dcr-1os4bxs\">\n<header class=\"dcr-88va8u\">\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1wl2b6o\">Former Trump aide Kayleigh McEnany misleads Fox viewers with false claim Trump was never on Epstein’s plane<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Kayleigh McEnany<\/strong>, a Fox News host who was <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>\u2019s first-term White House press secretary, misled the network\u2019s viewers on Friday by claiming, incorrectly, that unlike <strong>Bill Clinton<\/strong>, Trump was never on <strong>Jeffrey Epstein<\/strong>\u2019s private jet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">McEnany\u2019s false statement came during <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/osdyAD1OhmM?si=UgxrEDa8ePjEMf_Y&t=593\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">an on-air discussion<\/a> of Clinton\u2019s testimony to the House oversight committee on his ties to Epstein, the late sex offender.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cI want everyone who\u2019s mentioned multiple times here to be deposed,\u201d <strong>Marie Harf<\/strong>, a former state department spokesperson during the Obama administration, said. \u201cLarry Summers, Bill Gates and, you\u2019re all probably going to yell at me, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Donald Trump<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">After Harf elaborated on why she thought that Trump should also be required to testify about the crimes Epstein committed during the nearly two decades the two men were friends, McEnany jumped in to defend her former boss with some misinformation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cI would note that Donald Trump was not on the plane,\u201d McEnany said, incorrectly. \u201cSo putting him in the same pool as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/clinton\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Bill Clinton<\/a>, who was on the plane I think it was 17 times, 27 times\u201d would be unfair, she added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">In fact, while Clinton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.factcheck.org\/2019\/08\/the-epstein-connections-fueling-conspiracy-theories\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">was on Epstein\u2019s plane 26 times<\/a> during six trips between February 2002 and November 2003, there is clear evidence in the files made public by the justice department that Trump was also on Epstein\u2019s plane many times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/epstein\/files\/DataSet%208\/EFTA00016732.pdf\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">one 2020 email exchange<\/a> made public in December, for instance, a federal prosecutor involved in a discussion of the trial of <strong>Ghislaine Maxwell<\/strong>, Epstein\u2019s accomplice, told colleagues: \u201cthe flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein\u2019s private jet many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware), including during the period we would expect to charge in a Maxwell case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The prosecutor went on to note that Trump \u201cis listed as a passenger on at least eight flights between 1993 and 1996, including at least four flights on which Maxwell was also present. He is listed as having traveled with, among others and at various times, Marla Maples, his daughter Tiffany, and his son Eric.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cOn one flight in 1993, he and Epstein are the only two listed passengers; on another, the only three passengers are Epstein, Trump, and then-20-year-old [name redacted],\u201d the prosecutor in Manhattan, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-sdny\/pr\/statement-us-attorney-damian-williams-verdict-us-v-ghislaine-maxwell\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Maxwell was tried and convicted in 2021<\/a>. \u201cOn two other flights, two of the passengers, respectively, were women who would be possible witnesses in a Maxwell case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The name of the 20-year-old who traveled alone with Epstein and Trump on that flight in 1993 has been withheld by the justice department, but in another email from the files, Epstein later bragged to a reporter that he \u201cgave\u201d a woman of that age he dated in 1993 to Trump two years later. Epstein also sent the reporter a link to photos of the woman, the Norwegian cosmetics heiress Celina Midelfart, who was born in 1973 and dated Trump in the late 1990s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Midelfart was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/news-photo\/portrait-of-norwegian-college-student-celina-midelfart-and-news-photo\/1318717202?adppopup=true\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">photographed with Epstein at Mar-a-Lago<\/a> on 22 February 1997, the same night that a now-famous photograph was taken of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/news-photo\/portrait-of-american-financier-jeffrey-epstein-and-real-news-photo\/681946574?adppopup=true\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Trump with his hand on Epstein\u2019s shoulder<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">In an except from his 2025 memoir <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/oct\/04\/im-leaving-trump-said-theres-no-reason-to-be-here-any-more-inside-the-meeting-that-brought-nato-to-the-brink\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">published in the Guardian<\/a>, the former Norwegian prime minister, Jens Stoltenberg, wrote that when he first met Trump in 2017, the president brought up his former girlfriend.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-154zxly\">\n<p><title>double quotation mark<\/title>\u201cYou know, Mr President, as former prime minister of Norway, I know that it\u2019s possible to speak with the Russians.\u201d<br \/>\n Trump cast a questioning look. \u201cAre you Norwegian?\u201d<br \/>\n I understood why he was asking \u2013 over the years I\u2019ve received many heads of organisations myself, and it isn\u2019t always easy to remember where each comes from. I smiled. \u201cYes, I\u2019m Norwegian.\u201d<br \/>\n \u201cDo you know Celina Midelfart?\u201d<br \/>\n \u201cYes, I\u2019ve met her several times. She\u2019s a well-known person in Norway,\u201d I replied.<br \/>\n \u201cNice girl. What they wrote about us in the Norwegian papers \u2013 was it good or bad?\u201d<br \/>\n I remembered seeing newspaper images of Trump and the Norwegian cosmetics heiress and investor at some sporting event or other, but more than that I couldn\u2019t recall. I had no idea what the papers had said.<br \/>\n \u201cOh yes, the reporting was positive. She\u2019s married to a rich Norwegian now,\u201d I said.<br \/>\n \u201cHe\u2019s not rich.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<footer class=\"dcr-3i7iba\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Fox News host and former Trump aide falsely claims president was never on Epstein\u2019s plane \u2013 as it happened&body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2026\/feb\/27\/bill-clinton-jeffrey-epstein-donald-trump-us-politics-latest-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69a21be98f08e575db5bd201#block-69a21be98f08e575db5bd201\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a>Updated at\u00a0<time datetime=\"2026-02-28T01:22:08.000Z\" data-locale=\"en-us\" title=\"Friday, February 27, 2026 at 08:22 PM Eastern Standard Time\">20.22 EST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<aside data-ad-slot=\"true\" class=\"ad-slot-container ad-slot-desktop dcr-jko40v\" \/>\n<aside data-ad-slot=\"true\" class=\"ad-slot-container dcr-jko40v\" \/>\n<article id=\"block-69a20de98f0863f6a3efe816\" class=\"block dcr-1os4bxs\">\n<header class=\"dcr-88va8u\">\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1wl2b6o\">As Trump praises both candidates in Texas Republican primary for US Senate, Kamala Harris records robocall for Jasmine Crockett in Democratic primary<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> refused to weigh in on the hotly contested Texas Republican primary for the US Senate now underway, giving shout-outs at his event in Corpus Christi on Friday to both of the leading candidates, the sitting senator, <strong>John Cornyn<\/strong>, and his main challenger, the state\u2019s attorney general, <strong>Ken Paxton<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The president thanked both men for coming to his event, but declined to say which one he wants to win. \u201cThey\u2019re in a little race together. You know that, right? A little bit of a race. It\u2019s going to be an interesting one, right? They\u2019re both great people too. Thank you both,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Earlier on Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2026\/02\/27\/kamala-harris-jasmine-crockett-robocall-texas-senate-democratic-primary\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">the Texas Tribune reported<\/a> that Trump\u2019s 2024 opponent, the former vice-president <strong>Kamala Harris<\/strong>, has taken sides in the Democratic primary, recording a robocall in which she urges voters to back <strong>Jasmine Crockett<\/strong>, the Democratic congresswoman from Dallas who is locked in a tight race with <strong>James Talarico<\/strong>, who represents Austin in the state legislature.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cTexas has the chance to send a fighter like Jasmine Crockett to the United States Senate,\u201d Harris says in the call, which was first obtained by the Texas Tribune. \u201cJasmine has the experience and record to hold Donald Trump and his billionaire cronies accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<footer class=\"dcr-3i7iba\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Fox News host and former Trump aide falsely claims president was never on Epstein\u2019s plane \u2013 as it happened&body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2026\/feb\/27\/bill-clinton-jeffrey-epstein-donald-trump-us-politics-latest-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69a20de98f0863f6a3efe816#block-69a20de98f0863f6a3efe816\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a><\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"block-69a2194a8f08e575db5bd1f4\" class=\"block dcr-1os4bxs\">\n<header class=\"dcr-88va8u\">\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1wl2b6o\">Trump offers his ‘congratulations’ to Republican congressman Tony Gonzales who faces calls to resign over affair with aide who took her own life<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">During a section of his ongoing speech in Texas where he singled out a list of prominent supporters in the crowd, <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> just said: \u201cCongressman Tony Gonzales is here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The president then turned to look at the embattled Texas congressman, who has faced calls to resign after the revelation that he had an affair with an aide who then took her own life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cTony,\u201d Trump said, \u201ccongratulations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The president, who was convicted of fraud for concealing 2016 payments to a porn actress who threatened to go public with her accusation that they slept together shortly after his wife, Melania Trump, had given birth to their son Barron, did not say what he was congratulating the congressman on doing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The president then brought the actor Dennis Quaid on stage and asked him to say a few words. \u201cI love Donald Trump!\u201d the actor said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cThank you Dennis,\u201d Trump said. \u201cDid a great job.\u201d<\/p>\n<footer class=\"dcr-3i7iba\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Fox News host and former Trump aide falsely claims president was never on Epstein\u2019s plane \u2013 as it happened&body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2026\/feb\/27\/bill-clinton-jeffrey-epstein-donald-trump-us-politics-latest-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69a2194a8f08e575db5bd1f4#block-69a2194a8f08e575db5bd1f4\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Updated at\u00a0<time datetime=\"2026-02-27T22:53:37.000Z\" data-locale=\"en-us\" title=\"Friday, February 27, 2026 at 05:53 PM Eastern Standard Time\">17.53 EST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<aside data-ad-slot=\"true\" class=\"ad-slot-container dcr-jko40v\" \/>\n<article id=\"block-69a2145e8f0863f6a3efe857\" class=\"block dcr-1os4bxs\">\n<header class=\"dcr-88va8u\">\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1wl2b6o\">Trump gives campaign-style speech on energy in Texas<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rr2RA4JAntQ\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">now speaking<\/a> to supporters in Corpus Christi, Texas, wearing a red cap, with the words \u201cGulf of America\u201d on the front and the numbers 45-47 on the side, in reference to his terms as the 45th and 47th president of the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">While the event is officially an energy themed address, Trump is in full campaign mode, teasing the possibility of running for an unconstitutional third term, to cheers from his supporters, and attacking two Democratic congresswomen, <strong>Omar Ilhan<\/strong> and <strong>Rashida Tlaib<\/strong>, for refusing to stand when he demanded it during his State of the Union address, and heckling him instead, which incited boos from the crowd. Trump suggested, as he has for years, that Omar, a Somali American who arrived as a refugee before becoming a citizen, should get \u201cthe hell out of here\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cTime flies. Maybe we should \u2013 maybe we do one more term,\u201d Trump said. \u201cShould we do one more term? Do one more term.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cWell, we\u2019re entitled to it, because they cheated like hell on the second one,\u201d he added, once again claiming falsely, that he did not lose the 2020 election in which Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/vote-tracker\/2020\/electoral-college\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">got 7m more votes than him<\/a> and won every swing state.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"dcr-3i7iba\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Fox News host and former Trump aide falsely claims president was never on Epstein\u2019s plane \u2013 as it happened&body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2026\/feb\/27\/bill-clinton-jeffrey-epstein-donald-trump-us-politics-latest-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69a2145e8f0863f6a3efe857#block-69a2145e8f0863f6a3efe857\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Updated at\u00a0<time datetime=\"2026-02-27T22:25:50.000Z\" data-locale=\"en-us\" title=\"Friday, February 27, 2026 at 05:25 PM Eastern Standard Time\">17.25 EST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<aside data-ad-slot=\"true\" class=\"ad-slot-container ad-slot-desktop dcr-jko40v\" \/>\n<article id=\"block-69a210478f0863f6a3efe833\" class=\"block dcr-1os4bxs\">\n<header class=\"dcr-88va8u\">\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1wl2b6o\">‘Is a Rehearing or Readjudication of this case possible???’ Trump pleads with supreme court for tariffs do-over on social media<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">On his way to an event in Texas, Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116144649664906576\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">posted<\/a> a bizarre appeal on his social media platform, asking the US supreme court to reconsider its ruling that many of his tariffs are illegal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The president began his post by suggesting, falsely, that the supreme court decision that he does not have the power to impose tariffs under economic emergency legislation means that \u201chundreds of billions of dollars\u201d could now \u201cbe returned to Countries and Companies that have been \u2018ripping off\u2019 the United States of America\u201d. In fact, any refund of the estimated $175bn in illegal import taxes paid to the US government since last year would go not to foreign countries, which do not pay tariffs, but domestic, US importers, who do.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">After then calling the ruling \u201chighly disappointing, to say the least\u201d, Trump ended his post with what appeared to be a direct plea to the supreme court in which he asked the justices to junk the entire process of the US justice system and simply grant him a do-over. \u201cIs a Rehearing or Readjudication of this case possible???\u201d the president asked, plaintively.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"dcr-3i7iba\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Fox News host and former Trump aide falsely claims president was never on Epstein\u2019s plane \u2013 as it happened&body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2026\/feb\/27\/bill-clinton-jeffrey-epstein-donald-trump-us-politics-latest-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69a210478f0863f6a3efe833#block-69a210478f0863f6a3efe833\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Updated at\u00a0<time datetime=\"2026-02-27T22:24:19.000Z\" data-locale=\"en-us\" title=\"Friday, February 27, 2026 at 05:24 PM Eastern Standard Time\">17.24 EST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<aside data-ad-slot=\"true\" class=\"ad-slot-container dcr-jko40v\" \/>\n<article id=\"block-69a20e658f0863f6a3efe823\" class=\"block dcr-1os4bxs\">\n<header class=\"dcr-88va8u\">\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1wl2b6o\">Trump orders all federal agencies to stop using Anthropic technology over AI limits dispute<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Writing on his social media platform, Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116144552969293195\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">said<\/a> that he is ordering all federal agencies stop using Anthropic\u2019s technology, after the company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/feb\/26\/anthropic-pentagon-claude\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">refused to allow<\/a> the defense department to use it AI product, Claude, for mass domestic surveillance or in autonomous weapons systems that can kill people without human input.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cThe Leftwing nut jobs at Anthropic have made a DISASTROUS MISTAKE trying to STRONG-ARM the Department of War, and force them to obey their Terms of Service instead of our Constitution,\u201d the president wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cWe don\u2019t need it, we don\u2019t want it, and will not do business with them again! There will be a Six Month phase out period for Agencies like the Department of War who are using Anthropic\u2019s products, at various levels.,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"dcr-3i7iba\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Fox News host and former Trump aide falsely claims president was never on Epstein\u2019s plane \u2013 as it happened&body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2026\/feb\/27\/bill-clinton-jeffrey-epstein-donald-trump-us-politics-latest-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69a20e658f0863f6a3efe823#block-69a20e658f0863f6a3efe823\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Updated at\u00a0<time datetime=\"2026-02-27T21:44:01.000Z\" data-locale=\"en-us\" title=\"Friday, February 27, 2026 at 04:44 PM Eastern Standard Time\">16.44 EST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"block-69a204358f080cbafb28581a\" class=\"block dcr-1os4bxs\">\n<header class=\"dcr-88va8u\" \/>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">As we reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2026\/feb\/27\/bill-clinton-jeffrey-epstein-donald-trump-us-politics-latest-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69a1e94e8f08e575db5bd091#block-69a1e94e8f08e575db5bd091\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">earlier<\/a>, during a break in <strong>Bill Clinton<\/strong>\u2019s testimony, House oversight committee chair <strong>James Comer<\/strong> told reporters that the former president had told the committee that <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> had never said anything to him to make him think he was involved in criminal activity with Epstein.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">But ranking member <strong>Robert Garcia<\/strong>, of California, said that Comer\u2019s remarks were \u201cnot a complete accurate description of what was said\u201d. He said <strong>Clinton \u201cdid bring up some additional information about some discussions with President Trump\u201d<\/strong>, and <strong>a full record of what was said \u201cbrings up some very important new questions about comments that President Trump has actually said in the past\u201d<\/strong>. Garcia didn\u2019t disclose any details but called for the complete transcript to be released.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"dcr-3i7iba\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Fox News host and former Trump aide falsely claims president was never on Epstein\u2019s plane \u2013 as it happened&body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2026\/feb\/27\/bill-clinton-jeffrey-epstein-donald-trump-us-politics-latest-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69a204358f080cbafb28581a#block-69a204358f080cbafb28581a\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Updated at\u00a0<time datetime=\"2026-02-27T21:00:49.000Z\" data-locale=\"en-us\" title=\"Friday, February 27, 2026 at 04:00 PM Eastern Standard Time\">16.00 EST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<aside data-ad-slot=\"true\" class=\"ad-slot-container dcr-jko40v\" \/>\n<article id=\"block-69a1fa768f0863f6a3efe793\" class=\"block dcr-1os4bxs\">\n<header class=\"dcr-88va8u\" \/>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Republican representative <strong>Nancy Mace<\/strong>, of South Carolina, posted this on X earlier about New Mexico\u2019s <strong>Melanie Stansbury<\/strong>, a Democrat:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-154zxly\">\n<p><title>double quotation mark<\/title>I am going to say something I never thought I\u2019d ever say, so please forgive me, @Rep_Stansbury showed courage and bravery today in her questioning of President Clinton. Thank you, Rep. Stansbury. Every survivor thanks you.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<footer class=\"dcr-3i7iba\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Fox News host and former Trump aide falsely claims president was never on Epstein\u2019s plane \u2013 as it happened&body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2026\/feb\/27\/bill-clinton-jeffrey-epstein-donald-trump-us-politics-latest-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69a1fa768f0863f6a3efe793#block-69a1fa768f0863f6a3efe793\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a><\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<aside data-ad-slot=\"true\" class=\"ad-slot-container ad-slot-desktop dcr-jko40v\" \/>\n<article id=\"block-69a1ef958f080cbafb285782\" class=\"block dcr-1os4bxs\">\n<header class=\"dcr-88va8u\">\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1wl2b6o\">Democrats believe they have the votes to subpoena Lutnick in Epstein investigation<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Democrats on the House oversight committee have the votes to force Trump\u2019s commerce secretary <strong>Howard Lutnick<\/strong> to testify over his ties to the convicted sex offender <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/jeffrey-epstein\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>, representative <strong>Ro Khanna<\/strong> told reporters this morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cI believe we will have the votes to subpoena him,\u201d Khanna said outside Chappaqua Performing Arts Center in New York ahead of <strong>Bill Clinton<\/strong>\u2019s deposition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Republican <strong>Nancy Mace<\/strong>, of South Caroline, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepNancyMace\/status\/2027354498201509958\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">joined today in calling<\/a> for the commerce secretary to come before the committee as part of its Epstein investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Lutnick has come under intense scrutiny after Epstein-related files released by the DoJ last year contradicted his previous claims of having distanced himself Epstein in 2005 and revealed the extent of his relationship with the disgraced financier.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"b817a00f-67d0-4c70-a371-d965866ce235\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-173mewl\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-fd61eq\"><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Howard Lutnick testifies before the Senate appropriations subcommittee on 10 February.<\/span> Photograph: Elizabeth Frantz\/Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Lutnick was a longtime next-door neighbor of Epstein in New York but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=x8_s4Z2TQAE\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">said on a podcast<\/a> several months ago that he severed ties with Epstein following a 2005 tour of Epstein\u2019s home that disturbed Lutnick and his wife after Epstein used sexual innuendo to explain why he owned a massage table in a room of his home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">However, the DoJ\u2019s release of case files showed that Lutnick actually had two engagements with Epstein years later. He attended a 2011 event at Epstein\u2019s home, and his family had lunch with Epstein on his private island in 2012 \u2013 four years after Epstein was sentenced to 13 months in jail for procuring a minor for prostitution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The Wall Street billionaire and longtime Trump ally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/feb\/10\/howard-lutnick-epstein-private-island\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">admitted to the 2012 lunch<\/a> earlier this month in testimony before the Senate appropriations committee.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-154zxly\"><p>\n <title>double quotation mark<\/title>I did have lunch with him, as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me, as were my four children and nannies. I had another couple with \u2013 they were there as well, with their children. And we had lunch on the island, that is true, for an hour.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">In that testimony, Lutnick <strong>insisted that he \u201cbarely had anything to do\u201d with Epstein<\/strong>. He testified:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-154zxly\"><p>\n <title>double quotation mark<\/title>I\u2019m glad to be here to make it clear that I met <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/jeffrey-epstein\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> when he moved, when I moved to a house next door to him in New York. Over the next 14 years, I met him two other times that I can recall, two times. So six years later, I met him, and then a year and a half after that, I met him, and never again.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have called for Lutnick\u2019s resignation following his initial misrepresentation of the relationship. \u201cHe should be removed from office and at a minimum should come before the committee,\u201d the House oversight committee\u2019s top Democrat, <strong>Robert Garcia,<\/strong> has said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">As we\u2019ve reported, <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> earlier defended his commerce secretary, calling him a \u201cvery innocent guy\u201d who is \u201cdoing a great job\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Lutnick has not been accused of criminal wrongdoing in relation to Epstein.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"dcr-3i7iba\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Fox News host and former Trump aide falsely claims president was never on Epstein\u2019s plane \u2013 as it happened&body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2026\/feb\/27\/bill-clinton-jeffrey-epstein-donald-trump-us-politics-latest-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69a1ef958f080cbafb285782#block-69a1ef958f080cbafb285782\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Updated at\u00a0<time datetime=\"2026-02-27T20:18:20.000Z\" data-locale=\"en-us\" title=\"Friday, February 27, 2026 at 03:18 PM Eastern Standard Time\">15.18 EST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<aside data-ad-slot=\"true\" class=\"ad-slot-container ad-slot-desktop dcr-jko40v\" \/>\n<aside data-ad-slot=\"true\" class=\"ad-slot-container dcr-jko40v\" \/>\n<article id=\"block-69a1eba18f080cbafb28576a\" class=\"block dcr-1os4bxs\">\n<header class=\"dcr-88va8u\">\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1wl2b6o\">Democrats say Clinton’s cooperation and transparency sets precedent for summoning presidents<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Democrats on the committee praised former president <strong>Bill Clinton<\/strong> for attending the deposition, saying he has been transparent and is answering tough questions about his ties to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/jeffrey-epstein\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Updating the media just now outside the hearing in Chappaqua, they said that the former president made more sense to question than <strong>Hillary Clinton<\/strong>, given he had documented interactions with Epstein over the years. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/clinton\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Bill Clinton<\/a> has been cooperative and thorough in his responses, they said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cWe are thankful that President Clinton came in and answered tough questions from both the minority party and the majority party,\u201d ranking member <strong>Robert Garcia<\/strong> said. \u201cWe also think it\u2019s important to note \u2026 that he does not understand nor do we why we spent so much time yesterday grilling Secretary Clinton.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">But, they say, now that a former president has come to the committee, it shows that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Donald Trump<\/a> should come in as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cWe have a new precedent in this country,\u201d Garcia said. <strong>\u201cWe can now demand presidents and former presidents to testify in front of the oversight committee.<\/strong> So we are once again demanding that now President Trump, who was in the Epstein files almost more than anyone else besides Ghislaine Maxwell, answer our questions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Garcia also pushed back on <strong>James Comer\u2019s<\/strong> comment earlier that Bill Clinton said it was up to the committee whether to bring Trump in for questioning, saying he didn\u2019t think Comer\u2019s accounting was a complete and accurate summation of what Clinton said.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"dcr-3i7iba\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Fox News host and former Trump aide falsely claims president was never on Epstein\u2019s plane \u2013 as it happened&body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2026\/feb\/27\/bill-clinton-jeffrey-epstein-donald-trump-us-politics-latest-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69a1eba18f080cbafb28576a#block-69a1eba18f080cbafb28576a\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Updated at\u00a0<time datetime=\"2026-02-27T19:18:26.000Z\" data-locale=\"en-us\" title=\"Friday, February 27, 2026 at 02:18 PM Eastern Standard Time\">14.18 EST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"block-69a1e94e8f08e575db5bd091\" class=\"block dcr-1os4bxs\">\n<header class=\"dcr-88va8u\">\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1wl2b6o\">Comer: Clinton defers to House committee when asked about summoning Trump<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>James Comer<\/strong>, the chair of the House oversight committee, just updated the media on a response from former president <strong>Bill Clinton<\/strong> regarding <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">He said Democratic ranking member <strong>Robert Garcia<\/strong> asked Clinton whether Trump should be called to answer questions from the committee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>\u201cAnd President Clinton said, that\u2019s for you to decide,\u201d<\/strong> Comer said. \u201cAnd the President went on to say, President Trump has never said anything to me to make me think he was involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<footer class=\"dcr-3i7iba\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Fox News host and former Trump aide falsely claims president was never on Epstein\u2019s plane \u2013 as it happened&body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2026\/feb\/27\/bill-clinton-jeffrey-epstein-donald-trump-us-politics-latest-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69a1e94e8f08e575db5bd091#block-69a1e94e8f08e575db5bd091\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Updated at\u00a0<time datetime=\"2026-02-27T19:14:37.000Z\" data-locale=\"en-us\" title=\"Friday, February 27, 2026 at 02:14 PM Eastern Standard Time\">14.14 EST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2026\/feb\/27\/bill-clinton-jeffrey-epstein-donald-trump-us-politics-latest-news-updates\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Trump aide Kayleigh McEnany misleads Fox viewers with false claim Trump was never on Epstein’s plane Kayleigh McEnany, a Fox News host who was Donald Trump\u2019s first-term White House press secretary, misled the network\u2019s viewers on Friday by claiming, incorrectly, that unlike Bill Clinton, Trump was never on Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s private jet. McEnany\u2019s false … <a title=\"Fox News host and former Trump aide falsely claims president was never on Epstein\u2019s plane \u2013 as it happened | US politics\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=22135\" aria-label=\"Read more about Fox News host and former Trump aide falsely claims president was never on Epstein\u2019s plane \u2013 as it happened | US politics\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fox-News-host-and-former-Trump-aide-falsely-claims-president.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22135"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22137,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22135\/revisions\/22137"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}