3 d. ago Woman who abused boy bit husband in row over TV volume as she was 'in charge'

Anne Lunt, 59, has been jailed for sexually abusing a teenage boy a crime she still 'vehemently denies' despite being unanimously convicted of the assault. The judge said she was 'controlling and rude'

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1 week ago Trump says many people in Epstein files ‘don’t deserve to be there’ amid fallout from Ghislaine Maxwell interview: Live

The president says he ‘couldn’t care less’ that Justice Department plans to hand over trove of ‘Epstein files’ to House Oversight Committee

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1 week ago Disgraced Ghislaine Maxwell drags Princess Diana into Jeffrey Epstein scandal

Disgraced socialite Ghislaine Maxwell has suggested paedophile Jeffrey Epstein was set up on a date with Princess Diana, dragging another royal into the scandal.

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1 week ago Shameless Ghislaine Maxwell drags Princess Diana into Jeffrey Epstein scandal

Disgraced socialite Ghislaine Maxwell has suggested paedophile Jeffrey Epstein was set up on a date with Princess Diana, dragging another royal into the scandal

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1 week ago Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell blasted as ‘known liar’ after Trump DOJ releases transcripts: Live updates

Maxwell, a convicted sex offender and Epstein accomplice, told Deputy Attorney General she never witnessed President Donald Trump doing anything ‘inappropriate’

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1 week ago Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell blasted by Dem as ‘known liar’ after Trump DOJ releases transcripts: Live updates

Maxwell, a convicted sex offender, told Deputy Attorney General she never witnessed President Donald Trump doing anything ‘inappropriate’

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1 week ago Ghislaine Maxwell never saw Trump in ‘any inappropriate setting’, transcript shows

Newly released files from June DoJ interview shows Maxwell detailed Epstein-Trump social relationshipThe US Department of Justice has released the transcript and audio recording of an interview conducted by Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, with the convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.In a post on X, Blanche said the materials were being released “in the interest of transparency”, providing links to the transcript and to audio files. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Ghislaine Maxwell interview live: DOJ drops hours of transcripts with details on Epstein list and Trump involvement

Maxwell, a convicted sex offender, told Deputy Attorney General she never witnessed President Donald Trump doing anything ‘inappropriate’

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1 week ago Ghislaine Maxwell said she never saw Trump in ‘any inappropriate setting’, transcript shows

Newly released files from June DoJ interview shows Maxwell detailed Epstein-Trump social relationshipThe US Department of Justice has released the transcript and audio recording of an interview conducted by deputy attorney general Todd Blanche with the convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.In a post on X, Blanche said the materials were being released “in the interest of transparency”, providing links to the transcript and to audio files. Continue reading...

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1 week ago DOJ releases Maxwell interview with Todd Blanche as wait continues for Epstein Files: Live updates

House Oversight Committee intends to release files relating to criminal investigations into late sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein, panel’s spokesperson says

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1 week ago Trump's latest attempt to release secret Epstein files rebuffed as 'diversion' by Clinton

Donald Trump was handed another blow on Wednesday when a federal judge denied his administration's attempts to release grand jury testimony from the Jeffrey Epstein case.

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1 week ago Ghislaine Maxwell’s transfer to a ‘country club’ prison is outrageous | Margaret Sullivan

The Maxwell prison transfer is just another element of the many-ringed circus act that is American politics these daysIn any other era, the shockingly cushy treatment for the convicted sexual offender Ghislaine Maxwell would be a weeks-long scandal.The longtime associate of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein sat down with a justice department attorney last month and then, before long, was transferred to a minimum-security prison in Texas known for its arts and crafts programs and inmates’ ability to move around the grounds.Margaret Sullivan is a Guardian US columnist writing on media, politics and culture Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Can Europe’s leaders drag Trump’s Ukraine policy back on track? – Today in Focus Extra podcast

The Guardian’s senior international correspondent Julian Borger on why a ‘dream team’ of Europe’s leaders will flank Zelensky today as he travels to Washington. Can they convince Trump to listen to the Ukrainian president?Last week, the US president, Donald Trump, flew to Anchorage, Alaska, to meet the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. All guns blazing, Trump promised there would be consequences if he did not get the ceasefire he had come for. But after spending three hours in the subartic chill with Putin, a former KGB handler, he seemed to change. He said he agreed with Putin that a long-term peace settlement was more urgent than a ceasefire, and ruled out Ukraine joining Nato.Europe’s key leaders have responded by ripping up their schedules and insisting on joining Volodymyr Zelenskyy as he travels to Washington for his own meeting with Trump, the Guardian’s senior international correspondent Julian Borger explains. Helen Pidd asks what hope this “dream team” of leaders has of c...

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2 w. ago Judge to weigh detainees' legal rights at 'Alligator Alcatraz' in Florida Everglades

A federal judge is considering whether detainees have been denied their legal rights at a temporary immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades

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2 w. ago Trump drags Zelensky to White House showdown as 'disturbing' details of Putin peace deal leak

President Donald Trump also signaled that he and Vladimir Putin had discussed potential land swaps and security guarantees for Ukraine.

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2 w. ago Trump drags Zelensky to explosive White House showdown as Putin 'land swap' pact leaves Europe reeling

President Donald Trump also signaled that he and Vladimir Putin had discussed potential land swaps and security guarantees for Ukraine.

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2 w. ago Judge denies Trump administration request to end a policy protecting immigrant children in custody

A federal judge has denied the Trump administration's request to end a policy protecting immigrant children in federal custody

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2 w. ago Trump's fate in Epstein scandal decided, says Prince Andrew biographer

Donald Trump's fate over the Jeffrey Epstein scandal is already decided, according to a biographer of Prince Andrew, who says the disgraced Duke of York's association with the paedophile billionaire was his undoing

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2 w. ago Ignore the vitriol from the Left, the truth is that this week Trump CAN become the world's Peacemaker

Trump alone has the power to drag Russia's Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table and has the diplomatic leverage necessary to force an end to the war in Ukraine.

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3 w. ago Judge denies release of sealed Maxwell files as Trump dragged back into Epstein scandal

The US Justice Department sought the unsealing of grand jury material related to Maxwell and Epstein after harsh criticism of the Trump administration’s decision to not publicly release the investigative file on Epstein

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