Maxime Marquette
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REPORT: Maxwell at "Club Fed" — five-star treatment for Epstein's accomplice, DOJ silence
On August 1, 2025, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons quietly confirmed that Ghislaine Maxwell, sentenced to twenty years in prison for
EXPLAINER: Trump's "Anti-Weaponization Fund" — $1.8 billion blocked by Judge Brinkema
On May 18, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice quietly announced the creation of a $1.776 billion fund intended to compensate those
INVESTIGATION: Epstein files — how the courts are forcing Trump's DOJ to answer
On November 19, 2025, the U.S. Congress unanimously adopts the Epstein Files Transparency Act, and Donald Trump signs it into law. The
OPINION: The tariff lottery — when Trump draws the world's trade destinies at random
Imagine you run a business in Singapore, Johannesburg or Manila. You have been exporting to the United States for decades. You follow
EXPLAINER: Section 122 expires July 24 — the tariff cliff threatening Trump
On July 24, 2026, at one minute past midnight, a statutory clock will stop. This is not a journalistic metaphor — it
ANALYSIS: The Turnberry deal ratified by Europe under ultimatum, July 4 as the fateful deadline
On July 27, 2025, on the Turnberry golf course — Donald Trump's personal property in Scotland — Ursula von der Leyen and
EDITORIAL: 4.2% inflation and Trump's tariffs — a hidden tax paid by Americans
For years, Donald Trump has repeated the same claim before captive crowds, in lengthy tweets, in improvised press conferences: tariffs are paid
COMMENTARY: Trump threatens France with 100% tariffs on its wines — an Atlantic absurdity
On June 15, 2026, hours before the G7 summit opened in Évian-les-Bains, Donald Trump dropped a bombshell in an interview with the
INVESTIGATION: Trump's trade war — who pays, who profits, and why Beijing wins
Since January 2025, Washington has launched the largest tariff offensive since the 1930s. Customs duties of 145% on Chinese goods, taxes ranging