A love letter from "Secret Admirer Donald J. Trump" begging for forgiveness and cash was sent to a woman whom the president was found liable for sexually abusing and defaming. E. Jean Carroll, a former Elle magazine columnist, shared the unsolicited Valentine's Day communication she received from the Trump team's fundraising department on Saturday. "I sent you a LOVE LETTER but I haven't heard back. It's Valentine's Day E Jean!" the email reads. "I love you, and I was pretty sure you loved me back! Is everything Okay?" In May 2023, a federal jury found Trump, 79, liable for sexual abuse and defamation of Carroll following an incident in the 1990s.
"The United States has no right to wage war on Iran, or to have a say who governs the country. The opinion pages of the New York Times and Washington Post, however, are offering facile humanitarian arguments for the US to escalate its attacks on Iran. These are based on the nonsensical assumption that the US wants to help brighten Iranians' futures."
US Bombed Somalia for 30th Time in 2026
Some research suggests songbirds will match or not match another bird's notes during a counter-duet to either escalate or de-escalate a situation. Dahlin was curious about the possibility, but soon realized she couldn't study the warble duet matching patterns until she knew how many call types the birds were actually using. "That started this whole process." Read more
Michael Wolff steps inside the chaos swirling around Trump World"from Wolff's bombshell federal lawsuit against Melania Trump, which he says could finally force sworn answers about the Trump"Epstein relationship, to the extraordinary legal fight over where the First Lady actually lives.
As Wolff argues that anti-SLAPP laws may become a frontline weapon against what he calls the White House's assault on free speech, he and Daily Beast executive editor Hugh Dougherty dissect the implications of Melania's alleged full-time life in New York, her separate Trump Tower apartment, and the branding empire she's quietly building. Read more
Praising the tireless efforts of the hundreds of agents who worked around the clock on the case, FBI director Kash Patel announced Friday that after almost two anguishing weeks, Savannah Guthrie had at last been located. "This morning before dawn, a hostage rescue team stormed a New York City townhouse and freed Savannah, who miraculously did not appear to be injured or even malnourished in any way," said Patel, adding that cooperation from state and local law enforcement had been instrumental in leaving no stone unturned in the search for the missing Today show anchor. "Analysis of thousands of hours of recent footage positioned her repeatedly at NBC Studios at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan, and we were able to further pinpoint her whereabouts with the help of many, many ordinary Americans who called our tip line to report seeing her enter and exit the building where she was eventually found.
Wasatch County Republican Party Chair David Nephi Johnson, 54, was arrested Tuesday for alleged aggravated child abuse. The first-degree felony charge is applied when a person intentionally or knowingly commits abuse of a person under the age of 18. According to an affidavit of probable cause, Johnson allegedly "waterboarded" his teenage daughter. Defense attorney Sam Schultz said Johnson is "maintaining his innocence." The Utah Division of Child and Family Services notified the Heber City Police Department about the incident on Jan. 21. The affidavit states the teen went to DCFS to report the situation, which allegedly happened the same month. Allegations against Johnson include grabbing the girl by the back of her neck and repeatedly forcing her head under water in a bathroom sink.
President Donald Trump made another careful descent of the Air Force One stairs Friday afternoon upon his arrival in Palm Beach, Florida, this time clutching Melania's hand all the way down. Read more
Steve Bannon, a former White House adviser to US President Donald Trump, discussed opposition strategies with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein against Pope Francis, with Bannon saying he hoped to "take down" the late pontiff.
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The connection between Lifetouch and the Epstein files ties back to Black, a billionaire and former CEO of Apollo Global Management, which owns Lifetouch's parent company, Shutterfly. Apollo Global Management was not linked to Shutterfly, and therefore Lifetouch, until it acquired Shutterfly in September 2019, one month after Epstein's death. Black left Apollo Global Management in March 2021 amid increased scrutiny about his relationship with Epstein, The New York Times reported. Read more
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The biggest controversy of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics came to a head on Thursday morning, as Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych was banned from competing. Heraskevych, who was his country's flagbearer at the opening ceremony, wished to compete in the men's skeleton while wearing a special remebrance helmet featuring artwork depicting Ukrainian athletes killed during the Russian invasion. Read more
"I'm not a big fan of those crazy windmills," Trump said, mimicking a windmill's circular motion with his finger. "They're made in China but not used by China. Let's look for a couple of wind farms in China. See if you can find one." China is the undisputed leader in wind and solar power, according to The Guardian, with nearly twice as much renewable energy under construction as the rest of the world combined. Read more
% of Americans who have a great deal of confidence in journalists to act in the best interests of the public All US adults: 6% Republicans: 2% Democrats: 9%
When I was 11, I began identifying as transgender. I had gone down a rabbit hole of websites and niche online forums. There I met a friend"an artist who was 14"whom I admired and looked up to. We both felt different, out of place in society. Born 10 years earlier, we would have been called tomboys. Instead, we writhed under the pressure of the "female role." The internet told us the logical conclusion of that struggle was to identify as boys. I come from a broken home. While my mother and stepfather always loved me, my stepfather became severely disabled when I was 3, leaving me feeling as though I had to raise myself. I eventually reached out to my biological father around a decade later. When he and my stepmother saw my distress"and were told by a psychiatrist that this distress was related to my transgender identity"they began to consider the benefits of affirming me in my transition.
Most people believed that the Supreme Court's 2023 decision to end affirmative action in higher education admissions would cause a big drop in Black and Hispanic enrollment at the nation's top colleges. What happened is more complicated. Overall, more Black and Hispanic students enrolled in four-year universities in fall 2024 than in fall 2023. But in nearly all highly selective private and public colleges"the 85 that accept 25 percent or fewer applicants"Black enrollment declined or remained flat; the same was true of Hispanic enrollment at more than half of those institutions. Public flagships, typically the most selective public universities in their state, experienced a 6 percent increase in the enrollment of Black and Hispanic first-year students. Yet at 20 of the 50 flagships, Black student enrollment fell or flatlined, and Hispanic student enrollment fell or essentially stayed the same at 16.
Florida police confirmed seven deaths following a cross-state mass shooting. The shooter, who also killed himself, was identified as Russell Kot, a cisgender person identifying with he/him' pronouns. According to media reports, two of the murders took place in Fort Lauderdale which were followed by four more murders across the state in Sarasota where the Kot was also found dead by suicide.
