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Jeffrey Epstein’s lawyer Darren Indyke and accountant Richard Kahn told House lawmakers they were never interviewed as part of formal federal investigations into their late client’s sex crimes, according to videos of their depositions released Tuesday. Their claims underscore the enormous gaps in the Justice Department’s efforts to hold Epstein and his inner circle accountable over multiple administrations of both parties. It also could raise the stakes for the ongoing Epstein investigation being led by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which is already being relied upon to gather new evidence after the Trump Justice Department signaled it would…

A great leap backwards, Trump-style, can save America. The 50th anniversary Compass column. By joining Israel’s unprovoked war on Iran, US President Donald Trump has trapped himself between Scylla and Charybdis. Escalation would spell disaster; retreat would brand him a historic loser. And yet, paradoxically – and almost perversely – a safe passage remains, should he choose to take it.If the US commander-in-chief musters the necessary courage, he can turn near-certain defeat into his greatest victory so far, at least. The strategy that might rescue Trump, his country, and the world at large may be called the “great leap backward”,…

Consider the below statements. Do any of them resonate? Make you angry? Do some not even merit a response? Any group differences in outcomes can be traced to systemic racism. If systemic racism exists at all, it works against so-called privileged groups. Abortion is murder, period. The sanctity of human life is a made-up concept. Jews have a biblical right to Israel. Hitler was right about a few things. Masculinity is inherently toxic. If women ran the world, we would still be living in grass huts. The colonialists need to give back the land they stole. Indigenous people need to…

The government of Costa Rica on Monday signed an agreement with the United States to receive illegal migrants from other countries deported by the U.S. The non-binding deal was signed on the occasion of the official visit of U. S. Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas Kristi Noem to San José, where she met with outgoing President Rodrigo Chaves and President-elect Laura Fernández, who will take office on May 8. In a video published byt he Costa Rican Presidency on Facebook, Chaves detailed that the agreement is a voluntary “collaboration protocol” between Costa Rica and the U.S. so that the Central…

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) voted to confirm double-digit numbers of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees responsible for blocking the Trump administration’s agenda. The revelations are the latest as the embattled Texas senator’s record is under increasing scrutiny since the March 3 primary, when the incumbent failed to avoid a runoff and finished only a point ahead of his runoff opponent, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, despite Cornyn and his allies outspending the grassroots-favorite Paxton by more than $70 million to a paltry $4 million. The consequences for the Trump administration are severe. Biden judges confirmed with cover from Cornyn are…

Key negotiators circulated a potential deal Tuesday to end a five-week standoff over Department of Homeland Security funding and, among other things, pay beleaguered transportation screeners as mounting security lines snarl airports. Nobody in Washington, however, seems too excited about it. The framework brokered by a handful of Senate Republicans and the White House Monday got a cool reception from Senate Democrats, who said it does nothing to rein in immigration enforcement abuses at the center of the DHS funding impasse. Conservative Republicans pushed back on the idea that some Immigration and Customs Enforcement funds would be left out of…

The proposal, due to be unveiled in mid‑April, was reportedly dropped from the agenda because of “current geopolitical developments” The EU has put plans on hold for a complete ban on Russian oil imports, news outlets have reported. The move comes amid renewed turbulence in energy markets driven by the war in the Middle East. The draft law, part of the REPowerEU roadmap to phase out Russian fossil fuels by 2027, had been tentatively scheduled for April 15 but has now been removed from the European Commission’s published work calendar, Euronews and Reuters reported on Tuesday.  An unnamed EU official was…

“Hundreds of thousands” of people will be barred from returning to their homes until the Hezbollah threat is removed, Israel Katz has said The Israeli military will occupy parts of southern Lebanon to deal with the presence of Hezbollah militants in the area, Defense Minister Israel Katz has said. The effort would involve the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people and destruction of civilian infrastructure, he added.Israel started a military campaign against Hezbollah in early March after the Lebanese-based militants launched waves of strikes on the Jewish state. The strikes were a retaliation for the killing of Iranian Supreme…

The left-wing Labour Party government in Britain is facing accusations of a “cover-up” after it was revealed that Prime Minister Starmer’s former chief of staff allegedly had his phone stolen, potentially preventing Parliament from accessing his communications with disgraced ex-U.S. Ambassador Peter Mandelson. A motion introduced by Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch last month, forcing the government to release all communications and details relating to the appointment of former Tony Blair spin doctor Peter Mandelson to the top diplomatic post in Washington, given his continued relationship with paedophile New York financier Jeffrey Epstein after his child prostitution conviction. However, it appears…

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is stepping up his campaign to blame President Donald Trump for the murder of Chicago student Sheridan Gorman, allegedly by an illegal immigrant. “It is the job of the federal government to go after immigration enforcement,” Pritzker told media outlets on Tuesday, even though he has frequently denounced Trump’s policy of deporting migrants and defended the Democrats’ imposition of an amnesty zone in Chicago and Illinois. Pritzker’s allies in the Democratic Party are currently blocking funding for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. “It is the job of our local and state law enforcement to prosecute…