For years, President Donald Trump and his Republican allies benefited from conspiracy theories that fueled the conservative MAGA movement and targeted his political enemies.

The refusal of Trump’s base to believe the DOJ and Attorney General Pam Bondi’s newest assessment of the Epstein files is visibly frustrating the president, who has lashed out at his followers on social media and derided reporters for questioning the new narrative.

Onetime concerns over fanning Epstein-related conspiracy theories have faded as Democratic candidates, members of Congress and party accounts attack Trump and seek to divide MAGA.

Trump told MAGA to be quiet about Jeffrey Epstein. Fox News obeyed.

Cheerleading of Epstein conspiracies by the likes of JD Vance and Donald Trump Jr. leave second Trump administration facing a MAGA rebellion

President Trump is facing backlash for how his administration has handled the promised release of evidence surrounding the life and death of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

President Trump's base is erupting in turmoil over the administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case files. Trump took to social media this weekend in an attempt to calm tensions and made a detailed plea to his base to leave the Epstein matter in the past.

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With the change, the Trump administration has also backed away from a signature effort to stay ahead of China in the A.I. race. The U.S. government had been concerned that the Chinese military could use A.I. chips to coordinate attacks and develop weapons and had also wanted to preserve the U.S. lead in developing A.I. systems.

As his supporters erupt over the Justice Department’s failure to release much-hyped records in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking investigation