Maduro says he was ‘kidnapped’ and is ‘prisoner of war’ in New York court, pleads not guilty

Maduro says he was ‘kidnapped’ and is ‘prisoner of war’ in New York court, pleads not guilty

Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro appeared in a New York court on Monday afternoon, saying that he had been “kidnapped” with his wife by U.S. forces from their home in Caracas, and that he was a “prisoner of war,” as he pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking charges Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, who … Read more

Trump admin pressed on pardon for ex-Honduras president after Venezuela’s Maduro snatched

Trump admin pressed on pardon for ex-Honduras president after Venezuela’s Maduro snatched

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during a press conference following a U.S. strike on Venezuela where President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured, from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., January 3, 2026. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters The Trump administration is facing renewed questions over its recent pardon of former … Read more

Jeffrey Epstein files hit deadline for ordered release by DOJ on Friday

Jeffrey Epstein files hit deadline for ordered release by DOJ on Friday

The Department of Justice faces a legally mandated deadline on Friday to begin releasing its criminal investigative files about the notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The files’ ordered release comes after months of controversy over the Trump administration’s decision to renege on past promises by top law enforcement officials to make the documents and other … Read more

Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell petitions to vacate sex crime conviction

Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell petitions to vacate sex crime conviction

Ghislaine Maxwell, longtime associate of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, speaks at a news conference on oceans and sustainable development at the United Nations in New York, June 25, 2013 in this screengrab taken from United Nations TV file footage. UNTV | Reuters Ghislaine Maxwell, who was found guilty of crimes related to procuring underage … Read more

Epstein photos: Trump, Clinton, Bill Gates, Steve Bannon, others in newly released files

Epstein photos: Trump, Clinton, Bill Gates, Steve Bannon, others in newly released files

Photo released from the Jeffrey Epstein files shows Donald Trump with multiple women. Redactions were done by the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee. Date and context is unclear. Source: Democrats on the House Oversight Committee. Nearly 100,000 photos obtained by House Democrats from the estate of notorious sex predator Jeffrey Epstein include images of … Read more

DOJ fails again to get grand jury to indict New York AG Letitia James, a Trump target

DOJ fails again to get grand jury to indict New York AG Letitia James, a Trump target

New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks to the media, after she attended a hearing and pleaded not guilty to charges that she defrauded her mortgage lender, outside the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, in Norfolk, Virginia, U.S., Oct. 24, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Federal prosecutors on Thursday for the … Read more

Judge unseals Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury materials, citing Epstein files act

Judge unseals Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury materials, citing Epstein files act

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell attend the Batman Forever/R. McDonald Event in New York City on June 13, 1995. Patrick McMullan | Getty Images A New York federal judge on Tuesday ordered the unsealing of grand jury materials and other documents related to the prosecution of Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite convicted in 2021 of … Read more

Jeffrey Epstein island photos and videos released as top banks share files with House Oversight Committee

Jeffrey Epstein island photos and videos released as top banks share files with House Oversight Committee

Photo released by the House Oversight Committee Democrats shows the property of Jeffrey Epstein’s private island home on Little St. James. Source: House Oversight Committee Democrats House Democrats on Wednesday revealed new photos and videos from Jeffrey Epstein’s private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and revealed that two major banks have handed over records … Read more

Feds charge 4 in plot to export restricted Nvidia chips to China, Hong Kong

Feds charge 4 in plot to export restricted Nvidia chips to China, Hong Kong

Four men have been indicted on federal criminal charges related to a plot to export Nvidia chips worth millions of dollars to China and Hong Kong in violation of tight U.S. restrictions, court documents show. The chips are highly restricted from exports because of their use in artificial intelligence and supercomputing applications, according to the … Read more

Jeffrey Epstein victims’ ad calls for files to be released, Trump urges GOP to vote for House measure

Jeffrey Epstein victims’ ad calls for files to be released, Trump urges GOP to vote for House measure

Epstein Survivors Launch National PSA Calling for Release of Remaining Files Source: WorldWithoutExploitation.org A group of victims of Jeffrey Epstein in a new ad calls for Congress to pass a measure to force the Department of Justice to release investigative files about the notorious sex offender, following months of resistance to that by the Trump … Read more