Lang headed up the Arab World Institute (IMA) and became the focus of a French investigation, following the recent release of millions of files related to the late convicted sex offender and US financier, Jeffrey Epstein. French financial crimes prosecutors on Friday confirmed that a preliminary case against both him and his daughter had been opened for "laundering of aggravated tax-fraud proceeds."
Benjamin Wegg-Prosser, the chief executive of the lobbying firm co-founded with Peter Mandelson, has announced his resignation after information in the Jeffrey Epstein files detailed apparent links between the company and the convicted sex offender. Global Counsel, which the two men set up after Labour lost the 2010 general election, has advised clients including Shell and TikTok. As first reported in the Financial Times, Wegg-Prosser announced his resignation on Friday, having concluded
It included an allegation by an alleged Jeffrey Epstein victim who accused Benzies of sexual assault. He denied the allegation via a spokesperson in a statement shared with Kotaku. "These allegations are false, I had a 3 months consensual relationship with this person, and I have never met Jeffrey Epstein, nor have I ever visited his island, his properties or travelled on his plane. Any suggestion otherwise is misleading," the statement reads.
I think anything that is distracting from these Games is sad, right? But we've learned over the many years ... there's always been something that has taken the lead, leading up to the Games," Coventry said. "Whether it has been Zika, COVID, there has always been something.
CNN's chief data analyst Harry Enten warned that President Donald Trump's push to acquire Greenland is hurting his polling numbers even more than the controversy surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein files last year, calling the push for the Arctic territory the most unpopular thing the president can do. New figures from a Reuters/IPSOS poll, however, show that domestically, the approval of the idea of buying Greenland with federal money sits at 40 points in the negative.
That gigantic Christmas Eve storm is now rolling in, and coastal areas could see wind gusts of as high as 75 MPH. Meanwhile, Tahoe ski resorts will see some much-needed snow, but driving to Tahoe right now is a very treacherous proposition. Nobody won the Powerball drawing on Monday, so now Wednesday night's Christmas Eve Powerball drawing will have a stunning $1.7 billion jackpot. That's the fourth-largest prize in US Lottery history, as no one has hit the Powerball main prize now in 46 consecutive drawings.
The New York Times reported on Wednesday morning that Bongino was clearing out his office ahead of his departure. Hours later, President Donald Trump all but confirmed Bongino's departure, stating, Dan did a great job. I think he wants to go back to his show. Before becoming the FBI's number two, Bongino hosted a podcast. Previously, he was a Fox News host.
So Glenn was lying low. It wasn't that he felt the whole White House had turned against him; press secretary Karoline Leavitt and communications director Steven Cheung had both sent him kind notes. But he didn't want his fellow reporters to feel uncomfortable asking Trump about the falling-out with Greene. And he didn't want to have to stand there and listen to Trump's response especially since Trump's responses, thus far, had struck Glenn as unfair.
Mace replied: I'm not part of the powerful, I'm not part of the elite. I'm an island of one. I don't get invited to parties, I don't have any friends, I have a dog. So it's not the kind of thing that I would have knowledge of, but nothing surprises me anymore. The kind of corruption that I see at all levels of government, the federal, state, and local level, nothing would surprise me.
We're doing that critical work, Johnson replied before pivoting to criticize Democrats. We have to keep the government open in order to have those bipartisan debates and discussions. The simple CR that we passed in the House, more than two weeks ago, does exactly that. It is a clean CR. It's only 24 pages in length. It's the simplest thing that's ever been done, and it's exactly what Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries and all the rest of them [previously] said must be done.
The CNN broadcast a moment before Secretary of War Pete Hegseth took the stage and started speaking at 4:03 p.m. ET caught Trump leaning in to talk to his former DOGE boss inside his box at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, AZ. Both men were leaning forward as they spoke to each other side-by-side, and Musk appeared to have a smirk on his face when he lifted his head after a moment.
I have not reviewed the entirety of the files, Patel hit back. You haven't reviewed all of the Epstein files? Swalwell pushed. Personally, no, Patel replied. You're the director of the FBI. This is the largest sex trafficking case the FBI has ever been a part of. The buck stops at the top, and your testimony today is you have not reviewed all of the files? Swalwell asked.
