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Trump’s past friendship with Epstein well-known — and in records

WASHINGTON (AP) — The revelation that Attorney General Pam Bondi told President Donald Trump that his name was in the Jeffrey Epstein files has focused fresh attention on the president's relationship with the wealthy financier and the Justice Department's announcement this month that it would ...

Almanac for July 25, 2025

Today is Friday, July 25, the 206th day of 2025. There are 159 days left in the year. Today in History: In 1972, the notorious Tuskegee syphilis experiment came to light as The Associated Press reported that for the previous four decades, the U.S. Public Health Service, in conjunction with ...

Mossad connection is a canard

It's almost conventional wisdom in certain quarters that Jeffrey Epstein must have been working for the Israeli intelligence service Mossad. "It's extremely obvious to anyone who watches that this guy," Tucker Carlson said of Epstein the other day, "had direct connections to a foreign ...

Almanac for July 24, 2025

Today is Thursday, July 24, the 205th day of 2025. There are 160 days left in the year. Today in History: In 1969, the Apollo 11 astronauts — two of whom had been the first humans to set foot on the moon — splashed down safely in the Pacific. Also on this date: In 1567, Mary, Queen ...

Late-night TV: Not like it used to be

Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” has been canceled by CBS, effective next May. Critics of the decision are claiming politics is the reason. They are right, except the show has been too political. During its 10-year run it has been a conduit for Democrats to attack President Trump and ...

Almanac for July 23, 2025

Today is Wednesday, July 23, the 204th day of 2025. There are 161 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: In 1967, the first of five days of deadly rioting erupted in Detroit as an early morning police raid on an unlicensed bar resulted in a confrontation with local residents, ...