Jeffrey Epstein might be dead, but his partners in crime are still very much alive. Hence, the Wall Street Journal continues to shock the world with a series of reports on the convicted child rapist and his famous friends. In its latest expose, the Wall Street Journal got Bill Gates's spokesman to confess, on the record, that "Epstein tried unsuccessfully to leverage a past relationship" — Gates's 2010 affair with a 20-something Russian bridge player named Mila Antonova — to get the Microsoft co-founder to contribute to a multibillion-dollar charitable fund.
China has questioned the United States’ “sincerity” after President Biden predicted a thaw in tensions between the two nations. Biden at a press conference in Hiroshima, Japan, over the weekend had made reference to the “silly balloon” incident in which a Chinese surveillance device was shot down after floating through U.S. airspace earlier this year,...
Former President Trump on Monday welcomed Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) to the 2024 Republican presidential primary, using Scott's entry into the race to chide another rival: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). "Good luck to Senator Tim Scott in entering the Republican Presidential Primary Race," Trump posted on Truth Social. "It is rapidly loading up with...
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) formally announced on Monday that he will seek the GOP’s 2024 presidential nomination, jumping into a primary battle that has so far centered around former President Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Scott announced his decision at his alma mater, Charleston Southern University, in a speech drawing on his biography of...
The White House on Monday signaled support for legislation led by two House Republicans that would toughen penalties for fentanyl trafficking and provide greater resources to the government to combat the drug. In a Statement of Administration Policy, the White House welcomed provisions of the HALT Fentanyl Act, introduced by Reps. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.) and...
Bernice King — lawyer, minister and the youngest child of civil rights revolutionary Martin Luther King Jr. — on Monday criticized Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) remarks about the NAACP’s travel advisory for Florida, which argues the state is “hostile to Black Americans.” Cruz called the advisory “bizarre” and “utterly dishonest.” “In the 1950s & 1960s, the NAACP did...
After a year of heated disputes over Colorado River water usage cutbacks, the seven states that depend on it for survival have agreed to a consensus-based plan submitted by the three Lower Basin states. The proposal, drafted by California, Arizona and Nevada, would commit those three states to collective conservation of at least 3 million...
Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) announced on Monday that he will not seek reelection in 2024 and will retire from the Senate at the end of his current term. Carper, 76, made the news official during a press conference in Wilmington on Monday morning, where he ticked through the highlights of his career before saying that...