(L) U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem (C) poses for a group photo while touring the U.S. Coast Guard Station Charleston on November 7, 2025. (Photo by Alex Brandon-Pool/Getty Images) / (R) The building of the Washington Post newspaper headquarter. (Photo by ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images)

U.S. Coast Guard denies WaPo outlet’s claim of service dropping swastikas and nooses as hate symbols: ‘An absolute ludicrous lie and unequivocally false’

The U.S. Coast Guard on Thursday adamantly denied a “fabricated” Washington Post report that claimed the service was planning to stop classifying swastikas and nooses as “hate symbols” in upcoming internal guidelines.

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(Background) WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 20: Secretary of Education Linda McMahon (L) speaks during a White House press briefing with White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt (R) on November 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. McMahon addressed questions related to a recent initiative by the Trump administration to largely dismantle the Department of Education, moving many of its operations to other U.S. government agencies. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) / (R) official U.S. Dept. of Education logo.

Education Secy. McMahon: Govt. shutdown ‘proved’ U.S. Dept. of Education is not needed

U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon took to the White House briefing room podium to deliver a bold message to the remaining bureaucrats at her Department: President Donald Trump’s mandate is clear — “drain the swamp,” empower parents and U.S. states, and work yourselves out of a failing agency by dismantling the bloated federal education machine once and for all.

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(R-Bottom) WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 03: Attorney Bradley Edwards speaks during a news conference with alleged victims of disgraced financier and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein outside the U.S. Capitol on September 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. Massie and Khanna have introduced the Epstein List Transparency Act to force the federal government to release all unclassified records from the cases of Epstein and his associate, Ghislaine Maxwell. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) / (R-top) UNSPECIFIED, FL - JULY 25. 2013: In this handout provided by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Jeffrey Epstein poses for a sex offender mugshot after being charged with procuring a minor for prostitution on July 25, 2013 in Florida. (Photo by Florida Department of Law Enforcement via Getty Images) / (L-Top) US President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the US-Saudi Investment Forum at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC on November 19, 2025. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) / (L-bottom) WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 19: Attorney General Pam Bondi appears at a news conference announcing the indictment of a former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, charging him with murder and money laundering in connection to a drug trafficking organization at the Justice Department on November 19, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Justice Department announced a fifteen-million-dollar reward for information leading to the arrest of Ryan James Wedding, the leader of a criminal drug organization who smuggled large quantities of cocaine through Colombia and Mexico for distribution in the United States and Canada. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump signs the Epstein Files Transparency Act into law

President Donald Trump has officially signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act into law, ordering the DOJ to publicly release all unclassified records, documents, communications, and any other investigative materials related to Jeffrey Epstein’s investigations, prosecutions, and custodial matters — including those involving Ghislaine Maxwell, flight logs, and references to connected individuals.

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