A purported suicide note by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been released by a judge, according to multiple reports. The New York Times reported on Wednesday that the note, which had spent years sealed, was released by the judge in Epstein's cellmate's criminal case. According to the Times, the note allegedly from Epstein starts...

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One of President Trump’s economic advisers projected a “very, very strong” job market future in the U.S. on Wednesday, despite price hikes amid the Iran war.  “I had the head of one of the big five banks in my office yesterday going through credit card data … and credit card spending is through the roof,”...

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Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson predicted that government files on UFOs and unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) “will be anticlimactic.” “The impending release of U.S. government files on aliens and U.F.O.s is a good thing, even if it feels like a distraction from other important files we’ve all been waiting to be disclosed. I expect the alien...

Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna (Calif.) said President Trump would fire his Commerce secretary if he heard the testimony that he provided Congress on Wednesday about his relationship to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “If Donald Trump had seen the video transcript, he would have fired Howard Lutnick,” Khanna told reporters following the closed-door briefing. “It...

California immigration judge alleges in a lawsuit against the DOJ that she was terminated due to her political affiliation and advocacy ties.

Sen. Susan Collins seeks re-election in Maine's high-profile 2026 Senate race against military veteran and oyster farmer Graham Platner in a key contest.

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch speaks out on how high-profile leaks and heated discourse threaten federal judicial independence in America.

Louisiana lawmakers cite the deadly Mall of Louisiana shooting as justification for expanding first-degree murder charges and death penalty eligibility.