Federal authorities in New York have opened an investigation into two longtime associates of the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, according to a source familiar with the matter, bringing new scrutiny to the men who manage the late sex offender’s estate. Darren Indyke, Epstein’s longtime lawyer, and Richard Kahn, his longtime accountant, are under investigation, […]
Former Hollywood giant Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting his former assistant, Miriam Haley, more than six years after the disgraced producer was first convicted. Weinstein, 74, was sentenced Wednesday in New York for forcibly performing oral sex on Haley at his apartment in 2006. A jury convicted Weinstein […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the Trump administration invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Miami, Florida, in December. If Putin attends, it would be the first G20 Leaders’ Summit in person since he launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine and began the Russia-Ukraine war in 2022. “We’ve invited […]
Washington Examiner White House reporter Christian Datoc said President Donald Trump’s speech at the U.N. General Assembly in New York was “rather subdued.” “Iran was the bulk of his speech,” Datoc said on C-Span’s Washington Journal. “He talked about the big decision he has coming up: should he annihilate the country or broker some type […]
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is trailing Councilwoman Nithya Raman by a significant margin with just weeks to go until the November election, according to a poll released Wednesday. The incumbent mayor of California’s largest city is trailing Raman, who is running to the left of Bass, by 11%, according to the poll by the UC […]
Washington Examiner executive editor Bob Cusack said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) could be a serious presidential contender, but Democrats are cautious about it. “She’s either going to run for Senate, or she’s going to run for the White House, and I’m not sure which way she’s going to go,” Cusack said on CNN’s Laura Coates […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio dismissed reported Iranian hopes of a Democratic victory in the midterm elections, saying they come from a “misreading” of the U.S. political system. Ever since the beginning of Operation Epic Fury, analysts have accused Tehran of focusing on maximizing the political and economic costs for President Donald Trump, aiming to […]
A growing number of Republican candidates are distancing themselves from President Donald Trump ahead of November’s midterm elections, as they navigate politically tumultuous waters. Many of those pivoting away from their typically strong alliance with the president, particularly on the Iran war, hail from battleground states or are engaged in competitive battles. Their positioning comes […]
The Islamic Republic of Iran is casting itself as an unwilling martyr against the “chaos of power” playing out in the Middle East, warning President Donald Trump that it will “never bend the knee.” President Masoud Pezeshkian opened his address at the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Wednesday with a series of photos […]
A local Atlanta news station canceled a Georgia gubernatorial debate scheduled for Tuesday after Republican nominee Rick Jackson’s campaign skipped the debate in favor of an October match-up. Former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, the Democratic nominee for governor, hit Jackson hard over his refusal to agree to more debates throughout the campaign, dubbing him […]
