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Epstein Fallout

Epstein victim condemns ‘political warfare’ in Trump administration’s effort to release grand jury transcripts

politics

Newsom threatens to fight ‘fire with fire' as California governor wades into Texas redistricting war

<p>Chris Raschke with his wife Connie Patterson at the El Mirage dry lake bed in southeastern California in November 2024</p>

news

Driver dies trying to set land speed record on Utah salt flat

<p>NASA chief Sean Duffy has expedited the timeline to build a nuclear reactor on the moon, according to a new directive</p>

politics

Trump’s NASA chief wants to build nuclear reactor on the moon

<p>Erik Menendez, left, has returned to prison in California after being hospitalized last month, according to his stepdaughter</p>

crime

Erik Menendez returns to prison after hospital stay: report

An angry member of the public shouts at U.S. Representative Mike Flood during a town hall event in Lincoln, Nebraska on August 4 2025

politics

Nebraska Republican gets rough ride at town hall as he's heckled over Epstein files and Medicaid

<p>File: International leaders have ramped up pressure to reach a deal </p>

middle east

Trump pushing for ‘all or nothing’ deal on Gaza as pressure mounts on Israel: report

Inside the aid drops parachuted into Gaza’s torched ruins

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News

American Eagle’s stock takes off after Trump weighs in on Sydney Sweeney ad furor

<p>Former U.S. Rep. George Santos leaves federal court after being sentenced to more than seven years in prison for fraud and identity theft, Friday, April 25, 2025, in Central Islip, N.Y.</p>

politics

MTG urges Donald Trump to commute George Santos’ prison sentence

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news

Tesla awards Elon Musk $29 billion worth of shares despite sales plunge

<p>Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky looks on as he attends a meeting with journalists in Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine</p>

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Trump's envoy Witkoff headed to Russia ahead of ceasefire deadline

<p>President Donald Trump waves as he leaves the Roosevelt Room in the White House on July 31, 2025</p>

analysispolitics

Trump’s nuclear rhetoric shows he has no strategy to deal with Putin

<p>A Florida sheriff’s deputy rescued an alligator from a backyard pool with his bare hands</p>

news

Deputy rescues alligator from backyard pool with bare hands: ‘Florida grown at its finest!’

Family Guy creator praises ‘incredible’ South Park despite rivalry

<p>As of Monday morning, the fire has burned 65,062 acres </p>

news

Gifford Fire destroys 65,000 acres as wind warnings raise fears blaze could spread

Wildfires mapped: Where will be affected by smoky conditions?

<p>Smoke from a wildfire fills the air on Maui, Hawaii, on Monday</p>

news

Maui firefighters battle blaze near area of devastating Lahaina wildfires two years ago

Sexual Misconduct Diddy

Crime

Judge denies Diddy’s release from jail before October sentencing

<p>Police move on protesters who tried to take over Highway 101 during demonstrations sparked by immigration raids in Los Angeles in June</p>

Crime

Thousands of formerly secret files on police misconduct in California made public through searchable database

<p>Thomas Daniel Gibbs, 35, from Freehold, New Jersey, has been missing for over a week, according to the National Park Service</p>

news

Fears for hiker missing for over a week in the Grand Canyon

<p>Pamela Anderson/ Meghan Markle</p>

Pamela Anderson responds to claims that Meghan Markle copied her show

Michael Douglas left ‘surprised’ by Sharon Stone’s argument claim

<p>ChatGPT has added mental health guardrails after reports of the bot feeding people’s delusions</p>

Tech

ChatGPT adds mental health guardrails after reports of bot feeding delusions

crime

Manhunt for military veteran continues after four people shot dead in Montana bar

<p>James Matthew Wilson, 21, and Adrianna Williams, 20, were killed last week, while their daughter was abandoned on the front yard of a property 40 miles away </p>

crime

A baby was abandoned in a Tennessee yard. Cops are hunting a suspect after finding four of her family dead

Trump Reshapes The World

Politics

Texas Democrats face arrest warrants after blocking Trump-sought congressional map redraw

<p>Texas House Democratic Caucus chair Gene Wu blasted the GOP ‘racist gerrymandered map’ as he led a group of Democratic lawmakers in leaving the state to block a vote on the state’s redrawn congressional map</p>

<p>Pam Bondi joined on to Donald Trump’s effort to finally seek revenge over the Russia investigation on Monday</p>

Politics

AG Pam Bondi orders grand jury probe of Obama officials over Trump-Russia 2016 collusion investigation

<p>A statue of a Confederate general that was torn down in 2020 during racial injustice protests will be restored in Washington, D.C., the National Park Service has announced</p>

politics

Statue of Confederate general torn down in 2020 protests to be restored in Washington DC

politics

State Department could soon ask visa applicants to pay up to $15,000 to enter the US

<p>Ocasio-Cortez and Roberts have been engaged since 2022</p>

Politics

Republicans slap AOC with a fresh ethics violation — over whether or not fiance Riley Roberts is her ‘spouse’

<p>Jonathan Capehart had been with the Washington Post since 2007 and previously served on the paper's editorial board</p>

Politics

Washington Post veteran says he left after 18 years over Bezos ‘unapologetically patriotic’ content mandate

Trump Media CEO loses defamation suit over Rachel Maddow claims

<p>Brigitte Macron, first lady of France, kisses President Donald Trump on the cheek</p>

News

Candace Owens claims Trump warned her off specious Brigitte Macron trans claim: ‘I’ve seen her up close’

<p>In a surprising TV moment, CNN data guru Harry Enten called Donald Trump the 'most influential president' of the century and revealed how he’s 'remaking the United States of America'</p>

Politics

CNN data guru in twist calls Trump ‘most influential president’ and reveals how he’s ‘remaking the USA’

<p>A mock-up front page cover of the California Post, a new publication that will be a sister version of the New York Post, headquartered in Los Angeles.</p>

News

New York Post goes Hollywood as tabloid branches out to ‘jaded’ California

<p>Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem envisions more “Alligator Alcatraz”-like immigration detention centers across the country, including near airport runways, in an effort to boost the “efficiency” of Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda</p>

Politics

Noem wants ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention centers near airport runways across US to boost migrant deportation ‘efficiency’

Trump critic turned ally Nancy Mace announces run for S.C. governor

<p>The Justice Department building in Washington, D.C. The agency has forced out scores of civil servants, some of whom are now running for office</p>

Politics

Former DOJ Trump ‘loyalty test’ prosecutors are planning to run for office and fight back

<p>Former Obama adviser, David Axelrod, joked that Trump was likely going to get his next BLS chief from Fox News.</p>

Politics

Former Obama adviser quips that Trump is ‘combing Fox News’ for new Labor Stats chief after firing

<p>First lady Melania Trump departs the White House with U.S. President Donald Trump on July 11, 2025 in Washington, DC</p>

News

Melania Trump opens application for performers looking to share their talents at the White House during Christmas

<p>A woman pushes a shopping cart past boxes of Kellogg's breakfast cereal at a supermarket, Friday, July 11, 2025, in Springfield, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)</p>

NEWS

Americans are slashing their spending as worries over the economy grow

<p>A new Ohio bill could see job applicants penalized for failing to show up for job interviews</p>

NEWS

New bill could see state registry of people who skip job interviews

Politics

White House denies ICE agents given targets of 3,000 arrests a day

<p>ICE has relied on its sprawling network of detention centers to move immigrants in custody where space is available, with a dual purpose airport and detention facility in Alexandria, Louisiana emerging as a hub for the Trump administration’s deportation agenda</p>

politics

ICE turned Louisiana into America’s deportation capital. The inspiration was Amazon and FedEx ‘with human beings’

Politics

‘We had it with the Kings of England’: Republican’s stark assessment of Trump’s future after tariff edicts

<p>A proposed rule at the Department of Veterans Affairs would strip access to abortion care and counseling for VA health care recipients and their beneficiaries</p>

POLITICS

Trump administration wants to roll back abortion access for veterans

<p>Marjorie Taylor Greene said she felt as though she identified less with the Republican Party recently</p>

politics

MTG hints that she might be finished with the GOP: ‘I don’t know if the Republican Party is leaving me’

<p>Stephen A Smith says he took ‘major offense’ over remarks made by Michelle Obama during the 2024 presidential election, when the former First Lady seemingly scolded young Black men over considering a vote for Donald Trump</p>

News

Stephen A Smith took ‘major offense’ to Michelle Obama’s criticism of Trump voters

Politics

Trump envoy Witkoff in Russia this week for stab at Ukraine ceasefire after Kremlin warns US to be ‘careful’ over nuclear subs move

Politics

Moderate Democrats now changing tune on Israel over starvation of Gaza

<p>Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough says that Republicans and White House officials "put on their Baghdad Bob hat" to justify Donald Trump's firing of the chief labor statistician.</p>

politics

Morning Joe ridicules GOP for justifying Trump’s firing of Labor Stats chief: ‘Put on their Baghdad Bob hat’

<p>Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer refused to bow to Republican pressure to postpone the chamber’s August recess to allow for more time to consider President Donald Trump’s nominees</p>

Politics

Trump tells Schumer ‘go to hell’ in meltdown over nominees after senate fails to agree deal

Politics

New York governor hits back at Ted Cruz after he trolls her for wearing headscarf to slain NYPD officer’s funeral

US President Donald Trump was in Scotland this week to open a new course at his Aberdeenshire golf resort (Jane Barlow/PA)

politics

'Weak, ineffective': Dem voters not impressed with party's attempts to fight Trump

<p>Laura Loomer has reignited her feud with Tucker Carlson</p>

politics

Laura Loomer reignites fight with ‘terrible person’ Tucker Carlson

<p>The Republican National Committee has been accused of photoshopping J.D. Vance (right) in a surreal birthday post</p>

POLITICS

Was JD Vance birthday pic altered? Questions raised over GOP’s tweet

Bulletin

New social media trend ‘a good way to end up dead’

<p>Lindsay Lohan</p>

Lindsay Lohan opens up about being typecast in career

Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson channel Titanic amid dating rumours

Ukraine releases video showing forces intercepting Russian drones

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<p>Israeli protesters demand end of the war in Gaza outside prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office in Jerusalem on 4 August 2025</p>

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Gaza latest: Netanyahu to push for ‘full conquest’ as 600 Israeli ex-officials urge Trump to help end war

<p>Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky looks on as he attends a meeting with journalists in Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine</p>

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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Mercenaries from China, Pakistan and Africa fighting for Moscow, claims Zelensky

<p>Paris Jackson attending Tribeca Festival in June 2025</p>

News

Michael Jackson’s daughter Paris alleges lawyers are ‘skimming money’ from his estate

<p>Tracks are seen trailing NASA’s Curiosity rover on Mars last month. The rover, which has been on the Red Planet since 2011, has recently learned to multitask</p>

Old Mars rovers can learn new tricks! NASA’s Curiosity marks 13-year milestone with new science capabilities

<p>Florida officials did not name the farm tied to the outbreak</p>

News

E. coli outbreak in Florida linked to raw milk

<p>Duke Dennis was released on August 3</p>

Crime

YouTube star arrested for playing game of hide and seek in Texas mall after it closed

<p>New Yorkers took to Reddit and revealed things tourists do that make them mad</p>

Travel

The unspoken rules of being a tourist in New York City: ‘What is wrong with people?’

<p>Sea Star Disease</p>

Scientists believe they have solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars

<p>Jane Morgan attending the UNICEF Ball honoring Jerry Weintraub in Beverly Hills in December 2009</p>

News

Jane Morgan death: Singer and widow of Jerry Weintraub dies at 101

<p>Fire officials have blamed an airborne fish dropped by a local osprey on a wild bush fire</p>

News

A fish fell from the sky and sparked a brush fire that knocked out power, officials say

Holly was one of the people attacked by a mob in downtown Cincinnati on July 26, 2025

Crime

Mom knocked out in Cincinnati mob attack breaks silence after suffering ‘brain trauma’

<p>The Mediterranean diet has long been held up by doctors as the diet to eat to stay healthy. Most of the associated foods have something in common</p>

Lifestyle

What makes the Mediterranean diet so healthy?

<p>Video shared on the Citizen app showed a heavy police presence at the scene where a man released bear spray on the train</p>

Crime

Eight commuters hurt as bear spray is unleashed on crowded Manhattan subway car

<p>Munich-bound United flight was carrying 219 passengers and 11 crew members when it made a mayday call last month following engine failure (stock image)</p>

News

New recording reveals dramatic moment United flight with 200 people on board suffers engine failure

<p>John David Fowler is facing more than a decade in prison after allegedly sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl on a flight from Indianapolis to Orlando</p>

ExclusiveCrime

Registered sex offender banned from Spirit Airlines after arrest for groping teenage seatmate

<p>Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Manuel Ruiz, a YouTuber known as ‘Sin City Manny,’ is accused of shooting dead a rival and his wife on the Las Vegas strip</p>

Crime

‘Sin City Manny’ may face death penalty after being charged with murders of rival YouTuber and wife on Vegas strip

<p>Donald Zieben-Hood (left) was arrested for violating an order of protection after he found his husband, Jacob Zieben-Hood (right), according to a report. </p>

Crime

Fitness model arrested after influencer husband found stabbed to death on toilet in NYC home, report says

<p>A worker looks for recyclable material amid plastic pollution at Las Vacas River in Chinautla, Guatemala, earlier this summer. A global health and environmental crisis, without mitigation researchers say plastic pollution could get a lot worse</p>

Climate

‘Grave, growing, and underrecognized danger:’ New report sheds light on plastic pollution

<p>Vick Hope (left) and Calvin Harris have been married since September 2023</p>

Lifestyle

Calvin Harris roasted for ‘unnecessary’ pictures as part of son’s birth announcement

<p>LATE SHOW-STEPHEN COLBERT</p>

culture

Stephen Colbert lands new role following The Late Show’s cancellation

<p>Colorectal cancer rates in younger adults increased ‘steeply’ before and during the early years of the Covid pandemic. Researchers said a lowered screening age in 2021 was likely a factor</p>

health

Colon cancer case surge in younger adults tied to lower screening age

<p>Baby takes first steps</p>

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Baby takes first steps during crawling race at WNBA half time show

culture

23 actors who confessed to hating their own movies

<p>Upgrade your photography gear sustainably with a chance to win one of three MPB vouchers </p>

Win one of three camera gear vouchers worth up to $1000

<p>To better understand the relationship between humans and alcohol, researchers are studying apes’ fondness for fermented and fallen fruit, which they newly refer to as “scrumping.” </p>

Want a glass of wine with dinner? Blame our ape ancestors

<p>While caffeine pouches are only intended for people over 18, experts are concerned about kids and teens using them </p>

NEWS

Experts warn caffeine pouches are the latest stimulant aimed at teens

<p>Joely Richardson, Pamela Anderson, and Liam Neeson</p>

Liam Neeson’s former sister-in-law seemingly approves of his romance with Pamela Anderson

Culture

<p>Musician Ozzy Osbourne performs onstage at the 10th annual MusiCares MAP Fund Benefit Concert at Club Nokia on May 12, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.</p>

US band fires member for sharing ‘highly offensive’ Ozzy Osbourne meme

Rolling Stones guitarist has an axe to grind over Met’s Les Paul

<p>Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver in ‘Marriage Story'</p>

Marriage Story’s intense fight being used to scare off wolves in US

<p>Ice Cube in War of the Worlds</p>

Prime Video’s latest sci-fi reboot bombs with 0% Rotten Tomatoes score

<p>Rod Stewart's AI tribute to Ozzy Osbourne has caused controversy</p>

Rod Stewart criticised for ‘disrespectful’ AI Ozzy Osbourne tribute

Jo Whiley names stars who made her feel ‘tiny and stupid’ in interview

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<p>I tested aerosols, pump sprays, lotions, roll-ons and more during camping trips</p>

Best bug sprays 2025, tried and tested

<p>I tried and tested 15 different formulas to whittle down to my top eight</p>

Best drugstore self-tanners for a natural glow, tried and tested

<p>Lengthen, strengthen, volumize and lift with favourites from the likes of Maybelline, Pacifica and Revlon </p>

Best drugstore mascaras 2025, tested by a beauty expert

<p>best camping chairs</p>

Best camping chairs 2025, tried and tested in the great outdoors

Lifestyle

Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson share lip balm in new TV appearance

<p>Phones can be contaminated with many kinds of potential germs</p>

Health & Families

Tech expert on how to clean your phone without doing damage

<p>Everyday objects, such as door knobs, can become silent vehicles for infection</p>

Health & Families

The most contagious infectious disease on the planet revealed

<p>Maternal and newborn deaths are rising globally</p>

Health & Families

‘Global failure’ behind rising childbirth deaths in the UK

Exploring Edinburgh: Culture, cuisine and coffee in this scenic city

<p>Some fabrics are more prone to shrinking than others</p>

Textile scientist reveals the secret to ‘unshrink’ your clothes

<p>From collagen powders to immunity gummies, supplements are everywhere</p>

Health & Families

The five things everyone should know before buying supplements

<p>Pets are often portrayed as effective solutions to reduce stress and loneliness</p>

New research finds pets might not actually improve your wellbeing

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<p>St. Lucia is one of the multiple Caribbean nations offering citizenship by investment opportunities</p>

Americans flock to Caribbean ‘citizenship by investment’ scheme

Travelers racing to access ‘citizenship by investment’ schemes in wake of pandemic and 2024 U.S. election

<p>Views don’t get much better than from the rooftop pool at EME Catedral Mercer</p>

I stayed in Seville’s best luxury hotels and these were my favourites

<p>Lecco boasts lakeside views but with fewer tourists than its neighbors </p>

The charming Lake Como town where Italians escape the summer crowds

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Could white storks return to London? Public’s views sought on ‘talismanic’ bird

Could white storks return to London? Public’s views sought on ‘talismanic’ bird

science-tech

Archaeologists discover the lost 'Book of the Dead' buried for thousands of years

lifestyle

Not leaving your hotel is 2025’s hottest travel trend - and Ibiza’s luxurious new opening has us convinced

viral

The Instagram vs reality of this 'hidden' Mallorca beach proves social media ruins everything

celebrities

Did Sydney Sweeney vote Republican? American Eagle advert fallout explained

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Did Sydney Sweeney vote Republican? American Eagle advert fallout explained

politics

Candace Owens has surprising response when grilled on getting Macron lawsuit dismissed

politics

Trump claims his economy is 'making it rain' - but he's left out some hard-hitting facts