60 h. ago Seven environmental wins across the US in 2025 despite Trump

Environmental advocates notched key wins at local and state levels this year despite Trump rollbacksAs 2025 draws to a close, environmental advocates across the US find themselves weighing a year marked by both setbacks and successes.Despite major environmental reversals taken by the Donald Trump administration including loosening fossil fuel rules and weakening endangered-species safeguards, conservationists, lawmakers and researchers still notched key wins at local and state levels. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago 'Merry Christmas to all, including dead terrorists': Donald Trump announces Christmas Day ISIS strikes in Nigeria

US President Donald Trump declared via Truth Social that America launched Christmas Day strikes against ISIS terrorists in Nigeria who have been killing Christians

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9 d. ago Donald Trump accused of raping woman in 'sensationalist' Epstein files claim

New documents from the Jeffrey Epstein estate include FBI files with rape allegations against Donald Trump, which the Department of Justice and White House have strongly denied as 'unfounded and false'

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1 week ago Epstein files appear to show Andrew asking Ghislaine Maxwell for ‘inappropriate friends’

Documents give further insight into former royal’s ties to sex offender and raise fresh questions for Donald TrumpUS politics live – latest updatesAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor asked Jeffrey Epstein’s fixer Ghislaine Maxwell to arrange meetings with “inappropriate friends” while she sought “friendly and discreet and fun” girls on his behalf, the latest documents from the Epstein files appear to show.The largest release yet of files concerning the financier and convicted child sex offender – which also raise fresh questions for the US president, Donald Trump – include emails in the name of “A” exchanging detailed messages with Maxwell that appeared to identify the author as Andrew.Emails recording that Britain’s Metropolitan police contacted the FBI last month to inquire whether there were any ongoing investigations related to the disgraced former prince’s association with Epstein.Emails showing US lawyers claiming “various factual inaccuracies” in a statement provided on Andrew’s behal...

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1 week ago Newly released Epstein files include references to Donald Trump

Files also include details about Epstein’s relationship with Larry Summers and a letter apparently sent to Larry NassarUS politics live – latest updatesA newly released batch of the so-called Epstein files on Tuesday includes many references to Donald Trump, including a claim by a senior US attorney that the US president was on a flight in the 1990s with the now-deceased convicted child sex offender and a 20-year-old woman.There is no indication of whether the woman was a victim of any crime, and being included in the files does not indicate any criminal wrongdoing. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Jes Staley and Larry Summers made executors of Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, files reveal

Former Barclays boss and ex-US Treasury secretary named in versions of will of convicted child sex offenderThe former Barclays chief executive Jes Staley and the ex-US Treasury secretary Larry Summers were appointed as executors of Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, according to a newly released tranche of documents linked to the now-deceased child sex offender.Filings published on Tuesday by the US Department of Justice included various versions of Epstein’s last will and testament, which showed the financier intended to hand responsibility of managing his affairs to associates including the two high-profile men in the event of his death. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Jes Staley and Larry Summers were made executors of Jeffrey Esptein’s estate, files reveal

Ex-Treasury secretary and former Barclays chief are named in versions of will belonging to deceased child sex offenderThe former Barclays chief executive Jes Staley and the ex-US Treasury secretary Larry Summers were appointed as executors of Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, according to a newly released tranche of documents linked to the now-deceased child sex offender.Filings published on Tuesday by the US Department of Justice included various versions of Epstein’s last will and testament, which showed the financier intended to hand responsibility of managing his affairs to associates including the two high-profile men in the event of his death. Continue reading...

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1 week ago US justice department restores photo featuring Trump from Epstein files

Department says image was flagged by prosecutors before determining it posed no risk to survivors of late sex offenderThe US justice department said on Sunday it had restored an image it had removed a day earlier from the public release of investigative files related to Jeffrey Epstein after concluding that the photograph, which included within it a photo of Donald Trump, posed no risk of public exposure to victims of the late convicted sex offender.The justice department said the image had been flagged by federal prosecutors in New York for potentially exposing victims of Epstein. Its unexplained removal on Saturday triggered a chorus of accusations from Democrats about evident political interference in favor of the president, a former friend of Epstein. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Gripes and infighting on display as Maga stars gather at Turning Point conference

Figures at event include Tucker Carlson, Steve Bannon and Trump Jr as cohesion of political right shows signs of stressThe stars of the Maga conservatism converged for the four-day AmericaFest conference in Phoenix this weekend amid reports that the coherence of the political-religious right, a year into Donald Trump’s second presidential term, is showing signs of stress.The sold-out Turning Point USA event brought together figures from the right including Megyn Kelly, Tucker Carlson, Steve Bannon, Donald Trump Jr, Vivek Ramaswamy, Ben Shapiro and Glenn Beck, to kick around the dominant themes of conservatism. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Deputy Attorney General says it’s ‘laughable’ DOJ would take down photos from Epstein files because of Trump

At least 16 files were taken down from the website Saturday, including an image that featured President Donald Trump

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1 week ago Photo of Donald Trump and more than a dozen other Epstein files mysteriously disappear as Dems say White House 'absolutely committed' a coverup

At least 16 files disappeared from the Justice Department's webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein- including a photograph showing President Donald Trump.

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1 week ago Photo of Donald Trump and more than a dozen other Epstein files mysteriously disappear after they were released

At least 16 files disappeared from the Justice Department's webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein- including a photograph showing President Donald Trump.

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2 w. ago Justice Department faces deadline to release files on Epstein sex trafficking investigation

The Justice Department faces a Friday deadline to release its files on Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender known for his connections to powerful figures, including Donald Trump

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2 w. ago The Latest: Justice Department faces deadline to release Epstein files

The Justice Department faces a Friday deadline to release its files on Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender and wealthy financier known for his connections to some of the world’s most influential people, including President Donald Trump, who had tried to keep the files sealed

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2 w. ago ‘Like Maga disciples’: meet the Trump envoys raising eyebrows in Europe

US president has been blatant in his appointment of relatives, close friends and big donors – almost none of whom have diplomatic experienceWhen your goal is to “help Europe correct its current trajectory” because it is “weak”, “decaying” and facing “civilisational erasure”, your choice of highly trained operatives for the mission is plainly of paramount importance.In Donald Trump’s case they include: a former burger magnate; his eldest son’s former fiancee; the owner of the Houston Rockets basketball team; a producer of Broadway musicals; PayPal’s co-founder; and a convicted felon who is also his son-in-law’s father. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago All we know as Epstein pics reveal 'Lolita' extracts written on woman's bare foot

US House Oversight Democrats released 68 new photos from Jeffrey Epstein's estate, adding to the information surrounding the disgraced financier. One picture reveals a woman's bare foot

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2 w. ago Epstein files to be released after months of delays from Trump officials

Huge archive – set to shed fresh light on Epstein’s misdeeds – legally obliged to be released before midnight deadline Speculation surrounding the affairs of Jeffrey Epstein is expected to reach a defining moment of revelation on Friday with the much-anticipated publication of files relating to the disgraced late financier and sex trafficker.After months of delay and stalling, the Trump administration is legally obliged to publish a massive archive of documents that could shine fresh light on Epstein’s misdeeds and his connections with key public figures, including Donald Trump himself. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago New images from Jeffrey Epstein's estate released as files deadline looms

The images include shocking Lolita messages written on women’s bodies

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2 w. ago Inside Epstein's 'billionaires' dinner' and the tech moguls he dined with AFTER conviction

Democrats on the US House Oversight Committee unsealed 68 photographs taken from the estate of financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday December 18

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2 w. ago Jeffrey Epstein photo dump reveals WhatsApp message quoting '$1,000 per girl'

A fresh batch of 68 photographs have been released from Jeffrey Epstein's estate - including one showing a WhatsApp screenshot appearing to discuss recruiting an 18-year-old

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