3 h. ago Trump announces Space Command will move from Colorado to Alabama – live

The president declared Huntsville, Alabama, would ‘forever be known from this point forward as Rocket City’ in his first public appearance in several daysDonald Trump’s “exciting announcement” expected at 2pm ET will be “related to the Department of Defense”, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.Representatives Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna plan to hold a news conference tomorrow with survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse as the political fallout from the saga continues to engage Congress on several fronts. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Trump faces new Epstein headache as Congress returns from recess

Lawmakers plan pressure campaign for release of Epstein files as victims meet with speaker and oversight committeeUS politics live – latest updatesCongress returns to session on Tuesday, and with it will come a political headache for Donald Trump in the form of renewed attention on the investigation into the disgraced financier Jeff Epstein and his death, a subject that the president has sought to avoid in recent weeks.While the president got a month-long break from the Epstein issue when lawmakers left town for the annual August recess – with the House of Representatives wrapping up a day early because of the controversy over Epstein – the calm is likely to end quickly. On Tuesday afternoon, representatives from both parties have planned press conferences and legislative maneuvers intended to put pressure on the Trump administration for more transparency over Epstein, whose suicide while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges in 2019 has been the subject of conspiracy theories t...

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7 h. ago ‘Trump loses again’: California governor reacts to judge ruling that national guard in LA violated federal law – live

Democratic governor Gavin Newsom takes shot at Trump after ‘the courts agree’ that deployment of national guard during LA immigration protests was illegalTrump illegally deployed national guard during LA Ice protests, judge rulesDonald Trump’s “exciting announcement” expected at 2pm ET will be “related to the Department of Defense”, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.Representatives Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna plan to hold a news conference tomorrow with survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse as the political fallout from the saga continues to engage Congress on several fronts. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Trump’s ‘exciting announcement’ related to the Pentagon, White House says – US politics live

It’s still unclear what the announcement will be, but White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says it’s related to the department of defenseDonald Trump’s “exciting announcement” expected at 2pm ET will be “related to the Department of Defense”, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.Representatives Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna plan to hold a news conference tomorrow with survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse as the political fallout from the saga continues to engage Congress on several fronts. Continue reading...

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28 h. ago Epstein, America’s health and government shutdown: Congress to return with a full plate of Trump’s agenda

Congress will face a vote on Jeffrey Epstein files, passing spending bills and preventing a spike in health care premiums when it comes back to Washington, Eric Garcia writes

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31 h. ago A House committee investigating the Jeffrey Epstein case has withdrawn a subpoena to Robert Mueller

A House committee investigating the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case has withdrawn a subpoena to former FBI Director Robert Mueller

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32 h. ago Inside the Royal Family's most intriguing yacht holidays: From Diana's fateful summer at sea to Kate in Ibiza as the riddle of the Wales's secret £40m yacht adventure is solved

As the summer holiday draws to close the royal mystery surrounding the Prince and Princess of Wales ' Greek getaway has finally been solved.

Society

38 h. ago Trump investigator Robert Mueller diagnosed with Parkinson’s, family says

The 81-year-old’s diagnosis led to the House Oversight Committee withdrawing its subpoena for the former FBI director in the Jeffrey Epstein probe

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38 h. ago Prince Andrew 'stayed pals with Epstein for FIVE years longer than he claimed'

Shocking emails from 2015 appear to show Jeffrey Epstein and the Duke of York were in contact with each other five years after Prince Andrew said he last spoke to the convicted sex offender

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58 h. ago Ghislaine Maxwell hinted at Epstein’s ties to Trump officials – why wasn’t she pressed for names?

Experts raise questions about the DoJ’s interview with the Epstein associate that left questions remainingAs deputy US attorney Todd Blanche announced last week that the justice department would release transcripts of his interview with Ghislaine Maxwell, he described this disclosure as being “in the interest of transparency”.“Except for the names of victims, every word is included. Nothing removed. Nothing hidden,” Blanche also said of his two-day sit down with Maxwell, who was convicted sex trafficking in relation to Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of teenage girls. Continue reading...

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61 h. ago Prince Andrew 'remained in contact with Jeffrey Epstein five years longer than he claimed in Newsnight interview', emails suggest

Correspondence in late 2015 between the American financier and former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak, in which the Duke of York is namechecked.

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4 d. ago Trump’s approval rating plummets to record second term low, new poll says

Gaza, Jeffrey Epstein and National Guard occupation of Washington D.C. all fuel drop in Trump’s support with Republicans

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7 d. ago Prince Andrew faces fresh scandal as Virginia Giuffre memoir 'will expose fall from grace'

Virginia Giuffre's book offers an unflinching account of her abuse at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, and is set to intensify the ongoing scrutiny surrounding Prince Andrew

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7 d. ago House Committee issues subpoena seeking ‘all entries’ from Jeffrey Epstein’s birthday book

Representative James Comer said the subpoena 'may further the Committee’s investigation and legislative goals'

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8 d. ago Maxwell honored at Clinton event years after sexual abuse allegations emerged

Jeffrey Epstein associate attended Clinton Global Initiative conference in 2103 as advocate for ocean conservationGhislaine Maxwell was honored by the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in 2013, four years after sexual abuse accusations against her emerged – and two years after the former president Bill Clinton’s staff recommended banning her from official events, CNN has reported.Maxwell – who in 2022 was sentenced to 20 years in prison for sex trafficking and related crimes – attended the CGI conference as a guest of merit, where she was applauded for her work on ocean conservation alongside other “Commitment to Action” leaders, according to the network. Continue reading...

Events

8 d. ago Trump threatens to criminally prosecute ‘sloppy Chris Christie’ over Bridgegate scandal

Former New Jersey Governor expressed concern on ABC News’s This Week about President Trump’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case and the FBI’s raids against John Bolton

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8 d. ago Prince Andrew facing ‘unsparing’ Virginia Giuffre memoir released from beyond the grave

Bombshell new Jeffrey Epstein book puts spotlight back on Duke of York

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8 d. ago Inside Duchess Sophie's close relationship with the Queen, according to royal author

Sean Smith wrote in his book, Sophie: Saving the Royal Family: 'Sophie was a practical listener and observer and she absorbed how to be a proper Royal by watching the Queen at work.'

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8 d. ago Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre’s memoir to be published posthumously

Nobody’s Girl, which Giuffre had been working on before her death, is set to be released this autumnThe posthumous memoir of Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent accusers, will be published in the autumn, a publisher has announced.Giuffre had been working on Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice, with the award-winning author and journalist Amy Wallace before her death earlier this year.In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counsellor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Clintons celebrated Ghislaine Maxwell at gala AFTER sex crime allegations first emerged

Disgraced Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell was celebrated by the Clintons at an exclusive event after sex crime allegations against her emerged.

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