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Attorney General Pam Bondi said Wednesday her department is actively probing individuals who might have conspired with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “We have pending investigations in our office,” she said during her testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, when asked by Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) if people would be indicted for ties to Epstein’s crimes. It was not clear if Bondi was referring to work by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York, where Bondi has directed U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton to oversee investigations into connections between Epstein and prominent Democrats. But members of both…

The Justice Department pushed to press charges against members of Congress for urging troops to disobey A grand jury in Washington has refused to indict a group of Democratic lawmakers over a video urging members of the US military and security agencies to “refuse illegal orders,” media outlets have reported, citing informed sources.Six members of Congress, including Senators Elissa Slotkin and Mark Kelly, voiced the call in November after the White House began ordering strikes in the Caribbean against boats which it alleged were involved in drug trafficking.The Democratic lawmakers insisted in the footage that “no one has to carry…

A cartel drone incursion over El Paso prompted the FAA’s unprecedented national‑defense airspace shutdown over El Paso and eastern New Mexico, according to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. The incident raises new questions about cross‑border threats as federal agencies remain silent on the details. Secretary Duffy says a cartel drone breach forced the FAA to lock down El Paso’s airspace under a deadly‑force order, even as other federal agencies refuse to explain why the emergency was imposed — or why it was lifted within hours. Breitbart Texas reached out to the Department of Transportation, the Department of Homeland Security, the U.S.…

Jimmy Ba, a cofounder of Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI, announced his departure from the company on Tuesday, marking the second high-level exit in less than 48 hours. Business Insider reports that Jimmy Ba, a cofounder of Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI, announced his departure from the company on Tuesday, marking the second high-level exit in less than 48 hours. Ba’s resignation follows the Monday night departure of fellow cofounder Tony Wu, raising questions about stability within the leadership team of the AI company. In a statement posted on X, Ba wrote, “It’s time to recalibrate my gradient on…

First Lady Melania Trump will join patients involved in clinical trials at the Children’s Inn at the National Institutes of Health on Wednesday for a Valentine’s Day celebration. The first lady continues a tradition of visiting the Children’s Inn for Valentine’s Day, having done so in 2018, 2019, and 2020 during President Donald Trump’s first term. The patients, who have “rare and serious diseases,” and the first lady will make valentines and engage in arts and crafts, according to the first lady’s office. “Seeing how creativity, happiness, and imagination can be nurtured with the support of caregivers and families, especially…

Attorney General Pam Bondi gave no direct answer Wednesday when pressed by Rep. Becca Balint (D-Vt.) on whether the Justice Department has made any effort to question Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick about his interactions with Jeffrey Epstein. “Secretary Lutnick has addressed those ties himself,” Bondi replied. Lutnick said on a podcast last year that he was disgusted by Epstein’s conduct and vowed in 2005 to never to be in the same room with him again. However, documents the Justice Department released last month show continued interactions between the two men in the ensuing years. In addition, Lutnick acknowledged at a…

Russia’s media watchdog has confirmed restricting the popular social media app, citing its non-compliance with the law A senior Russian lawmaker slammed officials who restricted Telegram in the country as “idiots” and “scoundrels” on Wednesday. Sergey Mironov said Russian soldiers on the battlefield need the messenger to talk to their loved ones.Users across Russia reported crippling issues with the messenger’s video and photo sending functionality over the weekend. On Tuesday, Russian media watchdog Roskomnadzor confirmed that it took action against Telegram for not complying with Russian laws.Mironov, who heads the party ‘A Just Russia’ in parliament, argued that the slowdown…

By Dmitry Samoilov, journalist and literary criticWhen people talk about the threat of nuclear war, American popular culture inevitably creeps in. More than in almost any other field, the language, imagery and mythology surrounding nuclear apocalypse were created in the United States. Along with the weapons themselves.One immediately thinks of Billy Joel’s song We Didn’t Start the Fire. In fact, we didn’t start the arms race either. We didn’t invent the logic of global instability, nor did we build the cult that surrounds it. That entire worldview was born in the United States.It was there, after all, that the Bulletin…

The FBI successfully retrieved critical video footage of a person of interest in the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping from her Google Nest doorbell camera despite the device being disconnected with no active cloud storage subscription. The FBI was able to retrieve footage from Google’s “backend systems,” raising privacy concerns about smart home devices. Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. television host Savannah Guthrie, disappeared under mysterious circumstances after returning home on the evening of January 31. When she failed to arrive at a friend’s house for church the following morning, concerned acquaintances reported her missing to authorities. The case quickly escalated…

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum revealed that she has not received any information about cartel drones flying into U.S. airspace from Mexico. The revelation came on Wednesday morning during her news conference, where journalists asked her about the security development in which the United States government shut down air traffic in El Paso. “Mexican airspace was not closed, the Texas airspace was closed,” Sheinbaum said when initially asked about the issue. “They already opened their airspace to normal … We are going to find out the causes of why they closed it.” When further pressed about cartel drones having entered U.S.…