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Stuart LauBBC News andSarah SmithNorth America editorUS Department of Justice/PAHandout photo issued by US Department of Justice of Jeffrey Epstein standing in front of his private planeA US congressional panel has released a redacted copy of an alleged “birthday book” given to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003 celebrating his fiftieth birthday. The book was released with a trove of documents that include the late convicted paedophile financier’s will and his personal address book – with contacts that include royalty, politicians across the globe, celebrities and models.The 238-page book contains messages and photos sent by many of Epstein’s friends, including a letter…
The polls say Mayor Adams is a sure-fire loser in November and wall-to-wall reports have him dropping out of the race or leaving City Hall early to take a job in the Trump administration. He tells me neither is true and that he has never spoken to the president about a job. My impression after a fast-paced interview with him Monday is that quitting and defeat truly are far from his mind. “I will finish my term,” he said emphatically, and insists he still has a chance at re-election. “I feel strong and I’m not giving up,” he added. “It’s…
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett weighs in on President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements, Federal Reserve policy and more on ‘Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street.’ The Trump administration on Tuesday blasted the Labor Department’s annual jobs revisions, which revealed the U.S. added hundreds of thousands fewer jobs than first thought – the largest correction on record. The revisions, compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, showed that previous jobs reports were overstated by 911,000. The latest adjustment – on the higher end of Wall Street’s expectations – comes as President Donald Trump steps up his calls for the Federal Reserve to…
Mercor, a startup that connects companies like OpenAI and Meta with domain experts needed to train and refine their foundational AI models, is in discussions with investors for a Series C round, according to a marketing document viewed by TechCrunch and two sources familiar with the deal talks. Felicis, a returning investor, is considering doubling down on the company for the Series C, according to two sources. Felicis declined to comment. The company is currently targeting a valuation of $10 billion or more, one person said. That’s up from an $8 billion target valuation that the company discussed a couple…
Back in July, we brought you the story of the Carlson family, including twin baby girls in the fight of their very young lives against cancer. This weekend you have another opportunity to help them – here’s the announcement we were asked to share: Tibbetts United Methodist Church is inviting the greater West Seattle community to help support a local family whose twins, Lucy and Josie, are in the fight for their lives. Both babies have been diagnosed with infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia (an incredibly rare and aggressive cancer for babies of this age) and are currently enduring intense chemotherapy…
Jeremy BowenInternational editorCCTV captures moment of Israeli attack on Hamas leaders in DohaAlmost exactly a year ago I interviewed the Hamas leader and chief negotiator Khalil al-Hayya in Doha. I met him in a house not far from the building that Israel attacked on Tuesday afternoon. From the beginning of the war in Gaza, al-Hayya had been the chief Hamas negotiator, sending and receiving messages to the Israelis and Americans via Qatari and Egyptian intermediaries.At moments where ceasefires were thought likely, al-Hayya, along with the men who were also targeted this afternoon, were only a short distance from the Israeli…
A 16-year-old Red Bulls prospect died just days before he was scheduled to join the organization, the club confirmed on Tuesday. Éder Smic Valencia was killed in a car crash on Sunday in his native Colombia, while he was on holiday in Guachene, in the southwest part of the country. Valencia was days away from joining Red Bulls II — the organization’s development team — when the vehicle he was traveling in was involved in a collision with a tanker truck, according to multiple reports. Colombian newspaper El Tiempo reported that the accident happened on Sunday morning when the tanker…
Citadel global head of litigation Brooke Cucinella discusses the case against the IRS over leaked tax records on ‘The Big Money Show.’ President Donald Trump’s push for lower interest rates is drawing criticism from allies and opponents alike, raising fresh concerns over the Federal Reserve’s independence and the potential risks to the U.S. economy. On Sunday, billionaire Republican megadonor and Citadel CEO Ken Griffin wrote an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, calling for interest rate resolution but warning that the president’s attacks on the Fed chair carry “steep costs.””Runaway inflation during the Biden administration cost the Democrats in the…
SpaceX just fired off one of the biggest shots yet in the spectrum wars, agreeing to pay $17 billion to take over a massive chunk of wireless airwaves from EchoStar for Starlink’s direct-to-cell services. The deal is the most aggressive signal yet that SpaceX wants to rule the satellite-to-phone market. The significance of the sale, which sees SpaceX paying a mix of $8.5 billion in cash and $8.5 billion in SpaceX stock, centers around a finite resource: spectrum. Spectrum refers to the range of radio frequencies that carry wireless signals for everything from phone calls to texts to GPS and…
Weathering the last five years of pandemic, political horror, and economic woes has been hard, especially for live theater. COVID shutdowns sent audiences online, and they still haven’t come back. The current administration full of hateful philistines gutted National Endowment for the Arts funding, especially for institutions promoting art about diversity and gender identity. If all the world’s a stage, then our world must be in a bad way. Despite it all, the Seattle theater scene is still kicking and still recovering. The stages across town are striving for a 2025–2026 season full of life—and one chock-full of productions that…