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Epstein Files Test 'Teflon Don'
Epstein Files Test 'Teflon Don'
Feb 18, 2026 8:52 AM CST

Epstein Files Test 'Teflon Don'

Amid consequences for others with Epstein ties, White House dismisses the backlash

(Newser) - Around the world, there have been resignations of top government officials , politicians , and lawyers , and new law enforcement investigations launched. Yet at the White House, officials' ties to Jeffrey Epstein are not resulting in a mass exodus, seemingly demonstrating "the Trump administration's ability to repel even the most...

The Warner-Netflix-Paramount Triangle Isn't Over Yet

Warner reopens talks with Paramount, weighs higher all-cash bid over $72B offer from Netflix

(Newser) - Warner Bros. Discovery is putting Netflix on pause, at least briefly, to hear out a last-ditch pitch from the streamer's rival. On Tuesday, Warner said it has reopened talks with Paramount after the bidder signaled it would lift its all-cash hostile offer to at least $31 a share, up...

Bannon Text to Epstein: Help Me 'Take Down' the Pope

DOJ files show messages plotting campaigns to undermine Pope Francis' influence

(Newser) - Newly disclosed Justice Department records show Steve Bannon turned to Jeffrey Epstein as he tried to rally opposition to Pope Francis—even boasting in one 2019 message that he would "take down" the pope. The communications depict the onetime Trump White House strategist courting the convicted sex offender as...

Feds Open Perjury Probe After ICE Officer Shot Venezuelan

Meanwhile, felony assault charges have been dropped against that immigrant, another

(Newser) - Federal authorities have opened a criminal probe into whether two immigration officers lied under oath about a shooting in Minneapolis last month, as all charges were dropped against two Venezuelan men. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons said Friday that his agency opened a joint probe with the Justice...

Goldman Sachs' Top Lawyer Quits Over Epstein Ties

Emails show gifts, advice, and personal contact with disgraced financier

(Newser) - Goldman Sachs' top lawyer will step down after newly released records showed a far more familiar relationship with Jeffrey Epstein than she and the bank had previously acknowledged, the New York Times reports. Kathryn Ruemmler, the firm's general counsel since 2021 and a key figure on its reputational risk...

Lawmakers Blast DOJ for Tracking Epstein Searches

Bondi was seen with a list of Democrat's searches of files during House hearing

(Newser) - The Justice Department is facing a cross-party backlash over claims it tracked what members of Congress searched while reviewing Jeffrey Epstein files. Photos from Wednesday's heated House Judiciary Committee hearing showed Attorney General Pam Bondi holding notes that appeared to list search terms used by Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal,...

Here's How the FBI Justified the 2020 Georgia Ballot Seizure

Affidavit references possible 'deficiencies' that have already been thoroughly investigated

(Newser) - The FBI relied on years-old claims of fraud, many of them thoroughly investigated, to obtain a search warrant to seize ballots from election offices in Fulton County, Georgia, according to an affidavit unsealed Tuesday that shows the investigation began with a referral from an administration official who tried to help...

Police Chief Said Trump Called Him About Epstein in 2006

'Thank goodness you're stopping him, everyone has known he's been doing this'

(Newser) - When it became public knowledge that detectives in Palm Beach were investigating Jeffrey Epstein, one of the first people to call the police chief was Donald Trump, according to newly released Justice Department records. Then-Chief Michael Reiter told the FBI in 2019 that Trump told him in 2006, "Thank...

Judge Blocks California's Mask Ban for Federal Agents

But ruling leaves state's ID requirement for law enforcement in place, for now

(Newser) - California's attempt to unmask federal agents just ran into a constitutional snag, though not a complete stop. A federal judge in Los Angeles on Monday blocked the state's new ban on face coverings for federal law-enforcement officers, ruling that the law illegally singled them out by exempting state...

DOJ Wants to Erase Steve Bannon's Conviction

Trump ally already served four months in contempt case

(Newser) - Steve Bannon has already done the time, but the Justice Department now wants his conviction wiped off the books. On Monday, the department asked a federal judge to throw out Bannon's 2022 contempt of Congress conviction for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the House panel investigating the...

Norway Ambassador Steps Down Over Epstein Links

Foreign ministry investigates whether Epstein ties affected Mona Juul's work

(Newser) - Norway has lost a senior diplomat to the Jeffrey Epstein fallout. Mona Juul, Oslo's ambassador to Jordan and Iraq, stepped down Sunday after her government said newly released documents showed troubling contacts with the disgraced financier. Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide called it "a serious lapse in judgment"...

Maxwell Had Behind-the-Scenes Role in Clinton World

Newly released emails detail funding, planning work for Clinton Global Initiative

(Newser) - Freshly unsealed Justice Department documents reveal how deeply Ghislaine Maxwell embedded herself in Bill Clinton's post-White House world—and how that differed from Jeffrey Epstein's role. Emails in the Epstein case files show Maxwell was heavily involved in getting the first Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) conference off the...

Details of Epstein's Secret Trust Revealed

Girlfriend, brother, lawyer, and accountant, as well as Ghislaine Maxwell, are all listed as beneficiaries

(Newser) - Two days before his death in a Manhattan jail, Jeffrey Epstein quietly signed paperwork for a trust that set aside the bulk of his remaining fortune for his then-girlfriend and two longtime insiders, newly released federal records show. The 32-page document , called the 1953 Trust after Epstein's birth year,...

Report: DOJ Strips Trump Ally Ed Martin of Key Powers

Insiders say lawyer is no longer leading 'Weaponization Working Group'

(Newser) - Ed Martin, a close ally of President Trump who was once at the center of some of the Justice Department's most politically charged inquiries, has seen his portfolio sharply reduced, the Washington Post reports, citing "two people familiar with the personnel move." Senior department officials have removed...

DOJ Mistakenly Publishes Nude Images in Epstein Case Files

Unredacted images expose possible victims, raising alarm over privacy failures

(Newser) - The federal government's massive document dump in the Jeffrey Epstein case has now created a new problem of its own, the New York Times reports. As part of its attempts to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the Justice Department posted more than three million pages of records...

British PM: Andrew Should Testify to Congress

'Victims have to be the first priority,' prime minister says after Jeffrey Epstein documents are released

(Newser) - UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has called on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor—the former Prince Andrew—to cooperate with a US congressional inquiry into his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, saying anyone with relevant knowledge "should be prepared to share that information." The statement followed after the Justice Department release of...

DOJ Opens Civil Rights Probe Into Pretti Shooting

Deputy AG Blanche calls it a routine move

(Newser) - Federal officials are now taking a closer look at a Minneapolis shooting that had initially been left in the hands of the agency whose officers opened fire. The Justice Department on Friday said it has launched a civil rights investigation into the shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents last...

A Whole Bunch of New Epstein Files Just Dropped

More than 3M pages were released by the DOJ, per Deputy AG Todd Blanche

(Newser) - The Justice Department on Friday released many more records from its investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein, resuming disclosures under a law intended to reveal what the government knew about the millionaire financier's sexual abuse of young girls and his interactions with the rich and powerful. Deputy Attorney General Todd...

Don Lemon Arrested by Feds in LA
Don Lemon Arrested
by Feds in LA
Jan 30, 2026 8:00 AM CST

Don Lemon Arrested by Feds in LA

Former CNN anchor's detention seems to be tied to anti-ICE church protest in Minnesota, sources say

(Newser) - Former CNN anchor Don Lemon is in federal custody after being arrested Thursday night in Los Angeles, according to multiple sources cited by CBS News . Lemon's attorney, Abbe Lowell, confirmed that agents detained the veteran broadcaster while he was in LA to cover this weekend's Grammy Awards. A...

Feds Charge Man Accused of Syringe Attack on Ilhan Omar

Minnesota man accused of vinegar attack; separate Kansas case also emerges

(Newser) - A Minnesota man accused of spraying Rep. Ilhan Omar with liquid at a town hall now faces a federal assault charge—and he's not the only one in trouble over alleged threats against the congresswoman, NBC News reports. The Justice Department on Thursday charged 45-year-old Anthony Kazmierczak with forcibly...

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