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LiveEpstein Fallout

Jeffrey Epstein offered to out Trump with private photos in newly-released exchange with reporter

The Trump administration came under fire earlier this year for what critics said was a lack of transparency when it came to the Epstein files

<p>Maxwell has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for conspiring with Epstein to sexually abuse minors</p>

In FocusEpstein falluot

What Ghislaine Maxwell really knows and why she will never tell

AnalysisEpstein Fallout

The Epstein email receipts show sex offender’s deep reach in Washington went far beyond Trump

<p>‘South Park’ roasts Donald Trump and JD Vance in a sex scene</p>

POLITICS

South Park viewers left ‘traumatised’ by disturbing Trump and Vance bed scene

<p>Dick Van Dyke at a Daytime Emmys event in June 2024</p>

Dick Van Dyke, 99, says he is ‘physically and socially diminished’

<p>Daren Christopher Abbey, 41, was arrested and charged with the killing of Dustin Kjersem, a Montana camper who was found brutally killed in a tent on October 12, 2024</p>

Crime

White supremacist guilty of killing so brutal that it was first reported as a bear attack

<p>Amazon Robotics Chief Tye Brady said robots are meant to assist, not replace, workers.</p>

News

Amazon sued for keeping workers under ‘constant threat of punishment’ if they call in sick

Star of the Show: Is Dolly Parton having the final say on her career?

<p>The Rolling Thunder coal mine near Swiss, in Nicholas County, West Virginia, is seen in this aerial photo on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (Sean McCallister/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP)</p>

NEWS

Rescuers race to find trapped worker inside flooded West Virginia coal mine

Sharon Osbourne says she is struggling to sleep after Ozzy’s death

<p>The five-storey museum will house more than 10,000 pieces from George Lucas's personal collection</p>

News

George Lucas’s $1 billion Los Angeles museum sets 2026 opening date — here’s what to expect

<p>A volunteer from the 'Kissing it Better’ charity reads poems to a Stratford upon Avon retirement home resident with dementia</p>

New tool calculates Alzheimer’s risk years before symptom appear

<p>The 2025 Starbucks reusable red cup</p>

Starbucks Red Cup Day 2025: How to get a free reusable cup this festive season

<p>Civil Rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson has been hospitalized in Chicago</p>

news

Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson hospitalized in Chicago

<p>The Trump administration is still working out the details of who would be eligible for the president’s proposed tariff rebate check</p>

Politics

Here is who might would be eligible for Trump's $2,000 tariff dividends payments

Isla Fisher says she’s enjoying rebuilding life after Sacha Baron Cohen divorce

news

Cape Cod potato chips falsely promises ‘no artificial ingredients’, class action lawsuit claims

<p>Morgan Freeman at the 50th AFI Life Achievement Award</p>

Morgan Freeman slams unauthorized AI clones of his voice: ‘You’re robbing me’

Epstein Bombshells

<p>Fox News correspondent Mark Meredith and anchor Harris Faulkner discuss the "new developments today from the House Oversight Committee," without mentioning what those "new developments" were.</p>

EPSTEIN FALLOUT

Fox News finally — and vaguely — references Trump-Epstein emails hours after their release

<p>On Wednesday, Democrats in Congress released a series of previously undisclosed emails from Jeffrey Epstein, which mention the president by name.</p>

EPSTEIN FALLOUT

‘I know how dirty Donald is:’ What we've learned from Trump-Epstein emails

<p>The contested photo of Andrew with Virginia Giuffre and Ghislaine Maxwell</p>

Epstein fallout

Andrew tells Epstein ‘I can’t take any more of this’ in newly released emails

<p>Virginia Giuffre is the ‘unnamed victim’ referenced in a bombshell email from late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein </p>

Epstein fallout

White House outs 'unnamed victim' in bombshell Epstein-Trump emails and blasts Democrats for making them public

Trump Reshapes The World

BreakingPolitics

Trump signs bill ending longest government shutdown in history which disrupted air travel and food benefits for millions

<p>President Donald Trump has a history of questioning the legitimacy of election results including President Joe Biden’s win in 2020</p>

politics

Bush and Obama lawyers warn Trump could challenge 2026 election results if midterms don’t go his way

<p>FBI Director Kash Patel with members of the FBI. He has come under fire for taking a government jet on personal trips, including to a luxury resort in Texas and to his girlfriend’s home in Tennessee, according to a new report.</p>

Politics

Inside Patel’s chaotic reign at FBI: Private jet flights, luxury hunting trip and tipping off suspects

<p>Representative Adelita Grijalva, an Arizona Democrat, was sworn into office Wednesday by House Speaker Mike Johnson and took the opportunity to blast President Donald Trump and Congress</p>

Politics

Arizona Rep blasts Trump and Congress during her swearing in ceremony

<p>More than 600 people who were arrested by ICE as part of its operation ‘Midway Blitz’ in Chicago are to be released, a federal judge has ordered</p>

Politics

Judge orders release of 600 migrants swept up in ICE’s ‘Midway Blitz’ operation in Chicago

<p>President Donald Trump’s proposed $2,000 check per person has been met with skepticism from economists, who say the math doesn’t add up</p>

POlitics

The numbers just don’t check out': Economists rip Trump's $2,000 tariff revenue plan

Bulletin

<p>A new analysis has identified a link between lower income and minority groups and an increased risk of dementia</p>

Bulletin

Researchers find link between income and dementia risk

<p>BBC’s legal team has been drawing up its response to Trump’s complaint</p>

Bulletin

BBC ‘prepared to apologize’ to Trump after billion-dollar legal threat

<p>Police officials in South Korea </p>

Bulletin

Truck crash at South Korean market kills two

<p>Colchicine is a common gout medication</p>

Bulletin

Cheap drug could slash the risk of heart attack and stroke

More News

<p>Russian army soldiers prepare to fire at a Ukrainian drone in an undisclosed location in Ukraine (File picture)</p>

LiveUkraine

Russian oil firm in crisis before start of US sanctions

Ukraine’s General Staff said another oil depot was also attacked in occupied Zaporizhzhia

<p>Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway in ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’</p>

Devil Wears Prada fans spot sweet detail in first trailer for sequel

<p>Katseye at the 2025 Teen Vogue Summit </p>

Global girl group Katseye say they have received sexist comments and death threats

<p>James Hill, 76, of Ohio said told police that he killed his wife and tried to kill himself after a dating app sextortion demand of $15,000</p>

Crime

76-year-old man allegedly murdered his wife after $15,000 sextortion scheme from woman he met on dating app, police say

<p>The Golden Bachelor's Mel Owens was left stunned when Cindy Cullers broke up with him</p>

The Golden Bachelor viewers disappointed by Mel Owens’ ‘lack of commitment’ in bombshell season two finale

<p>When Williamson prepared to join Newsom’s office in late 2022, she arranged for “Co-Conspirator 2” — an unnamed former public official — to take over her role in the scheme.</p>

Politics

Gavin Newsom’s former chief of staff arrested on fraud, tax and obstruction of justice charges

<p>According to a family friend, Louisnes Fedon and his 3-year-old granddaughter were killed during the crash</p>

News

14 victims of devastating UPS plane crash in Kentucky named: ‘Unimaginable tragedy’

<p>Tesla's Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, seen here, is again at the center of an ugly discrimination lawsuit.</p>

EXCLUSIVENEWS

Deaf Tesla employee fired after complaining that ‘extreme heat’ in Gigafactory made hearing aids malfunction

<p>Father of Sumeet Sabharwal, pilot of the doomed Air India flight, at his funeral</p>

World

Air India plane crash investigation report does not blame anyone, government tells top court

<p>Residents are West Des Moines, Idaho, are reportedly far more interested in seeking information about leaving the suburb than moving into it</p>

News

America’s least popular city revealed in new report as residents flee in droves

WORLD

Hitler DNA analysis reveals he had hidden disorder affecting sex organs

<p>Actor Allison Mack, who was sentenced to two years in prison for sex trafficking while she was in the Nxivm cult, made her first public comments about her time with the group in a new podcast series </p>

Crime

Smallville actress Allison Mack who went to prison for role in sex cult speaks out for the first time: ‘I was mean and I was forceful’

<p>Nine Saks Off Fifth locations, including Austin, Chicago, DC and Philadelphia’s Franklin Mall, will close starting in January</p>

NEWS

Saks Off Fifth closes its flagship NYC store and other locations across America

<p>Eddie Murphy said Robin Williams questioned his critical 1988 Oscars speech, asking him, 'Why go there?'</p>

news

Eddie Murphy reveals Robin Williams tried to talk him out of Oscar speech calling out lack of Black nominees

<p>Two brides have complained after a Detroit area caterer didn’t meet their expectations on their wedding days, according to a report</p>

News

Michigan bride sues caterer after dream day turns into nightmare: ‘I feel taken advantage of’

<p>Two years after Alex Murdaugh was convicted, their family housekeeper Blanca Turrubiate-Simpson is revealing all in her new book </p>

Crime

‘He did it’: Alex Murdaugh’s housekeeper reveals the moment she realized he'd murdered wife and son

<p>Country's top digital song on the Billboard charts is AI-generated</p>

news

The most downloaded country song in the US right now was made by AI

<p>Surya Bonaly (left) pictured with a silver medal at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1995. Bonaly says all of her medals were stolen from her home while she was out of town</p>

CRIME

Olympic skater claims thieves stole her medals from Las Vegas home as she was caring for her cancer-stricken mom

<p>Adele will make her acting debut in Tom Ford's new movie</p>

news

Adele to make acting debut in new star-studded Tom Ford movie

<p>Two days after it was called out for sponsoring Tucker Carlson's show, Rocket Money was suddenly removed as an advertiser.</p>

politics

Tucker Carlson starts losing sponsors after fawning interview with white supremacist Nick Fuentes

<p>Experts say increased exposure to appliances, pets and other sources of irritants can be harmful this winter</p>

HEALTH

Experts say these things lurking in your home could be making you sick during the winter

NEWS

Taco shells brand that vanished from store shelves earlier this year is already making a comeback

<p>Jennifer Aniston calls new boyfriend Jim Curtis ‘very normal’</p>

news

Jennifer Aniston boasts about new boyfriend Jim Curtis in rare comment: ‘He’s quite extraordinary’

<p>Aracely Romero Acevedo was found dead inside a vehicle in the El Centenario district of La Paz on Saturday night</p>

CRIME

Suspect accused of killing mother of his children and smuggling her body into Mexico to dump it

NEWS

Taco shells brand that vanished from store shelves earlier this year is already making a comeback

<p>Jennifer Aniston calls new boyfriend Jim Curtis ‘very normal’</p>

news

Jennifer Aniston boasts about new boyfriend Jim Curtis in rare comment: ‘He’s quite extraordinary’

<p>Aracely Romero Acevedo was found dead inside a vehicle in the El Centenario district of La Paz on Saturday night</p>

CRIME

Suspect accused of killing mother of his children and smuggling her body into Mexico to dump it

IndyBest

Black Friday deals to shop now, from mattresses to wellness buys

<p>Allison Ellsworth also makes her Shark Tank debut this week </p>

Every business pitching on Shark Tank tonight

<p>The beauty set is worth $800</p>

I reviewed Bloomingdale’s beauty advent calendar — is it worth $325?

<p>I tested these K-beauty products for their formula, consistency and ingredients</p>

Best Korean skincare products, according to a beauty editor

Culture

<p>Remember Monday from the United Kingdom (Martin Meissner/AP)</p>

Remember Monday to perform Lou Reed classic for Children In Need

<p>Sue Johnston and Paul Copley in ‘Play for Today’</p>

Play for Today: The reboot hoping to save British TV from class crisis

Strictly star makes awkward BBC resignation joke during live show

<p>Boiling point: Aime Powell (Naomi) & David Webber (Leroy) in ‘After Sunday’</p>

Fiery and intense, After Sunday is a pressure cooker of a debut play

<p>Sydney Sweeney, who has become one of the most talked-about public figures of the year</p>

Sydney Sweeney has lost control of her stardom

<p>Peter Doherty headlines at the Bataclan, 17 November 2016</p>

How the music community rallied together after the Bataclan attack

Lifestyle

<p>Emetophobia can have a serious impact on a person’s daily life</p>

Health & Families

The debilitating fear that seven per cent of the population has

<p>Whether it is sizzling in olive oil or crushed into a curry, garlic has long been a hero in the kitchen</p>

Health & Families

The ingredient that could support heart health or reduce cancer risk

Here’s how to swear off sore toes in heels this festive season (Alamy/PA)

Podiatrist-approved hacks for wearing heels this festive season

<p>Nick Ashdown was left completely paralysed after collapsing on his son’s stag weekend in 2023</p>

Health & Families

Freak accident on stag weekend leaves man paralysed from neck down

Artificial pine trees look tip-top with all the thrilling trimmings (B&M Home/PA)

11 fabulous faux trees, garlands and wreaths for festive décor

<p>An increasing number of reports indicate that more people are using ChatGPT to help them with their love lives</p>

How being “Chatfished” has become the latest dating red flag

<p>Proof that plant-based doesn’t mean bland – this Moroccan-inspired tagine is all spice, no sacrifice</p>

How to eat comfort food all winter without ruining your diet

Joe Wilkinson reveals what Keira Knightley said after kiss

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Travel

<p>The spot is the only U.S. real estate south of the equator</p>

Travel to this hidden paradise now easier thanks to online booking hub

<p>The Mundo Pixar Experience opens in London in February 2026</p>

World’s largest Pixar attraction to open in London

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Everything you need to know about Thailand’s strict new alcohol rules

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Trump sent voicemail after Ozzy Osbourne's death despite singer's criticisms

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Horizon Steel Frontiers MMORPG announced - but gamers are completely divided

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