After President Trump demanded a Justice Department inquiry into Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to prominent Democrats, Attorney General Pam Bondi tapped Jay Clayton, a Trump ally who leads the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office, to oversee the politically charged review. Clayton, a former S.E.C. chair with a quiet tenure, faces internal skepticism,...
Amid fears of civil unrest and political rhetoric, more liberals, people of color, and LGBTQ Americans are buying guns, according to interviews with clubs, trainers, and advocates. The Liberal Gun Club says membership rose from 2,700 to 4,500, with training requests up fivefold; Pink Pistols and traditional gun-rights groups also...
In Surry County, Virginia, 19-year-old Cameran Drew won a seat on the county Board of Supervisors by eight votes, defeating his civics teacher and mentor, Kenneth Bell. Bell had held the post on an interim basis since summer after the former supervisor resigned. The respectful race saw Bell even defend...
Newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, made public by the House Oversight Committee, reveal Epstein’s recurring focus on Donald Trump, shifting from gossip to blistering assessments during and after Trump’s rise to the presidency. In messages from 2017 to 2019, Epstein called Trump “evil beyond belief” and “dangerous,” while...
Olivia Nuzzi has resurfaced with American Canto, a secretive book chronicling a year of self-imposed exile after a digital entanglement with the politician — whom readers may deduce is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — upended her career and cost her job at New York magazine. In lyrical fragments, she recounts...
The AfD welcomed a US State Department move to designate Germany’s Antifa Ost and three other European networks as terrorist organisations, urging Berlin to follow suit. Historians and security scholars warned the step sets a dangerous precedent as far-right parties gain ground, conflating diverse leftwing and revolutionary groups under “antifa.”...
New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani urged consumers to skip Starbucks as baristas stage an open-ended Unfair Labor Practices strike timed to Red Cup Day, which has historically driven record sales. On X, he said he would not buy Starbucks while workers strike, adding, "No contract, no coffee." The walkout...
At a Senate hearing on his nomination as a housing regulator, 37-year-old Bill Pulte cast himself as heir to his family’s building legacy, recalling job site visits with his grandfather, PulteGroup’s founder, and praising Atlanta. Yet he no longer has an official role at PulteGroup after being pushed off its...
Newly released House oversight committee texts show Jeffrey Epstein coached Steve Bannon during a six day stretch in August 2018, shaping TV performances and political messaging to defend Donald Trump and boost Bannon’s media ventures. The exchange captures banter, production notes, and talking points on tax cuts, immigration, and security...
War Secretary Pete Hegseth unveiled Operation Southern Spear, naming U.S. Southern Command and Joint Task Force Southern Spear to dismantle narco terror networks across the Western Hemisphere. He said the mission protects the homeland and chokes off deadly drugs. The Pentagon logged a 20th strike on alleged drug boats this...
