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Jes Staley — a former top executive at JPMorgan who fought to keep Jeffrey Epstein as a client at the bank after Epstein became a convicted sex offender — told the House Oversight Committee Thursday that he spoke to JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon at least twice about Epstein’s criminal exposure. According to people familiar with the exchange, Staley said he spoke to Dimon about Epstein on two occasions: once in 2006, when Epstein was first indicted, and another in 2008, when Epstein was in jail. Staley’s recollection, which he has shared versions of in previous depositions over the years, deviates…

While a symbolic measure passed the House, the Senate rejected the only resolution that could have tied Trump’s hands The US Senate has blocked a resolution that would have forbidden President Donald Trump from waging war against Iran without Congressional approval. A similar resolution passed the House of Representatives hours earlier.The Senate defeated the resolution in a 49-47 vote on Thursday, with Democrat Senator John Fetterman joining his Republican colleagues to oppose it, and Republican Senator Susan Collins lending her support to the measure.Republican Senator Rand Paul and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), who had backed previous resolutions aimed at reining in…

Iran has threatened the United Kingdom over its support for US strikes in Iran by allowing the US military to use British bases.  This comes after US forces completed a twelfth consecutive night of attacks on Iranian military sites on Wednesday night. In footage released by US Central Command, Iranian military vehicles and boats are seen being blown up in airstrikes. WATCH: !function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src=”https://rumble.com/embedJS/u2vbt6g”+(arguments[1].video?’.’+arguments[1].video:”)+”/?url=”+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+”&args=”+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify([].slice.apply(arguments))),e.parentNode.insertBefore(l,e)}})}(window, document, “script”, “Rumble”); Rumble(“play”, {“video”:”v7ay59a”,”div”:”rumble_v7ay59a”}); Iran’s foreign ministry said Thursday that the UK has been an “accomplice in the war after Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said that any country supporting the US “will be responsible…

Artificial intelligence will strengthen the human connection, not replace it, a new AI campaign from Mark Zuckerberg claims, concluding that the advancement will help global connectivity overall — not reduce it. “Meta has always believed in giving people the power to share, connect, and shape your world in the ways you want,” Zuckerberg wrote in a post to Facebook, sharing a video of his optimistic position on AI and the future. “As we enter this next wave with AI, we continue to believe the future is for everyone. We’re focused on giving every person the tools to reach your full…

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN International’s “Amanpour,” Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) responded to a question on whether blaming the embargo deflects blame from Cuba’s government for the situation by saying the country has “far more of a private sector trying to grow. But, again, they can’t grow because we won’t allow anything through because of the blockade. So, everything I see really comes back to this total blockade is not working, at least how we claim it’s supposed to, and I think that’s where the focus has to be.” Guest host Bianna Golodryga asked, “[T]he counter to everything you’ve just…

President Donald Trump trolled political opponents and the media at the beginning of his speech in Georgia on Wednesday by saying that he was there to announce his candidacy. Trump teased that he would run for the presidency for a fourth time while delivering remarks at Wheeler High School in Marietta. “Well, thank you very much, everybody. It’s a special place, and I am here to announce my candidacy,” the president said before taking a long pause. “I’m only kidding,” he clarified after intense cheers from the crowd. Trump has trolled political opponents about seeking a third term in other…

Radio warnings in the Red Sea may still be bluster, but Yanbu and the East-West pipeline now sit inside a dangerous new standoff The Ansar Allah movement of Yemen (the Houthis) has announced what it calls a “maritime embargo” against Saudi Arabia.The group’s military spokesman, Yahya Saree, framed the move as retaliation for what he described as 12 years of Saudi-led blockade by sea and air against Yemen. The wording itself is worth pausing on, because it is unusually vague for a movement that is normally precise in its threats. The Houthis do not trade with the Saudis in any meaningful…

A small local Kentucky paper is going viral after publishing serious direct threats to the lives of President Trump, members of his administration, and his supporters in what is either a lazy oversight or something more sinister. On Thursday, Libs of TikTok discovered that the The Mountain Eagle, a newspaper in Whitesburg, KY, had published two death threats in the paper’s “Speak Your Piece” section, which allows readers to anonymously sound off on what is on their minds. One recent comment calls for not only throwing Trump out of office but also executing him and all his fellow “cultists.” “Get…

The first illegal migrants were recorded crossing the English Channel under the new government of Prime Minister Andy Burnham, which was installed by the left-wing Labour Party on Monday. The migrant crisis appears set to continue, as several boats were seen crossing the English Channel from the beaches of France on Wednesday, according to a report from the Press Association. Although the Home Office will not publish official statistics on the number of migrants who reached British beaches until Thursday, Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party said that its sources indicated that around 100 illegals made the journey. In remarks provided…

A subcontractor who worked on former President Barack Obama’s (D) presidential center in Chicago, Illinois, has reportedly shut down operations and laid off workers in the latest drama linked to the property. Adamson Plumbing Contractors owner Mike Owen said his company closed down, laid off 25 union workers, and had to abandon multiple other construction jobs due to the business being owed nearly $4 million, Fox News reported Thursday. “Before the center opened, Owen said the project had left his company with $3.9 million in losses tied to delays, rework, labor overruns, and changing project demands. He said he spent months…