From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
Newly released emails and travel itineraries appear to show that for years after Jeffrey Epstein served time for procuring underage girls for prostitution, he continued to attend exclusive dinners alongside Silicon Valley's most famous billionaires. The emails, part of a trove released by the Department of Justice on Friday, show that as late as 2018, Epstein was invited to or attended dinners alongside the likes of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
TO add insult to injury you then subsequently with tears in your eyes, implore me to please delete the emails regarding your std, your request that I provide you with antibiotics that you can surreptitiously give to Melinda, and the description of your penis, Epstein wrote in his message. On NPR's Wild Card podcast, host Rachel Martin noted in an interview with Melinda Gates on Tuesday that Bill Gates has denied the latest claims through his lawyers.
High profile real estate agent brothers Tal Alexander, Alon Alexander and Oren Alexander stand before Judge Valerie E. Caproni during jury selection at their federal sex trafficking trial in New York City, U.S. January 20, 2026 in a courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg Much to the chagrin of their defense attorneys, accused sex traffickers, former real estate brokers and brothers Alon, Oren and Tal Alexander appeared in the U.S. Justice Department's most recent release of Epstein files this past weekend.
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
Kathryn Ruemmler's legal career is noteworthy by any measure. The former White House counsel under President Barack Obama, she was a partner at Latham & Watkins and co-chair of its white-collar defense group. In 2020 Ruemmler left Biglaw for the in-house world at Goldman Sachs, where she currently serves as Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel. But her relationship with Epstein has put quite the spotlight on her.
As has been widely reported, at least two email exchanges apparently between Musk and Epstein were among the over three million pages of documents released by the U.S. Department of Justice on Friday related to its criminal investigation of Epstein and his 2019 death. Both exchanges appear to show Musk arranging visits to Little Saint James, Epstein's private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The attorneys requested that Comer, a Kentucky Republican, agree not to move forward with the contempt proceedings. Comer, however, said he was not immediately dropping the charges, which would carry the threat of a substantial fine and even incarceration if passed by the House and successfully prosecuted by the Department of Justice. "We don't have anything in writing," Comer told reporters, adding that he was open to accepting the Clintons' offer but "it depends on what they say."
The Justice Department released more than 3 million files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, exposing a sprawling web of powerful figures who vied for his counsel. The DOJ's internal notes revealed the extent of allegations made against Epstein and others who have not faced criminal charges for sex trafficking. NPR has reviewed the documents. Here are four takeaways from the latest release of the Epstein files.
Opening Monday night's show, Stewart mocked those named in the release as a veritable who's who of who you imagine wanted someone to touch their hoohoo adding: allegedly [Howard] Lutnik, [Steve] Bannon, [Elon] Musk, [Larry] Summers, [Bill] Gates, [Bill] Clinton, [Steve] Tisch, Melania [Trump], the guy who directed Melania [Brett Ratner], Prince Andrew, and Sir Richard Branson. Rounding on the president, he dropped one more name: And, of course, the star of our show, Donald Josephine Trump,
The recent document release shows that Epstein forwarded an email asking for investment to Mandelson in 2009, when he was the business secretary. In the message, Mr bin Sulayem called the London Gateway project the UK's largest inward investment infrastructure project and one of the UK's largest job creation opportunities, and asked for government support to help fund site infrastructure.
The close friendship that Noam Chomsky maintained with Jeffrey Epstein continued being detailed extensively among millions of investigative records pertaining to the late convicted sex offender recently released by the US justice department, including Chomsky fantasizing about the Caribbean island. In Friday's tranche of the so-called Epstein files, which built upon earlier disclosures of their close social ties, there is no indication that the famed academic and linguist was referring
The Clintons have agreed to testify in the US congressional investigation into paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. A spokesperson for former president Bill Clinton and former secretary of state Hillary said the couple were willing to comply with a congressional subpoena for their testimony in a House investigation into Epstein. A spokesperson for former president Bill Clinton and former secretary of state Hillary said the couple were willing to comply with a congressional subpoena for their testimony in a House investigation into Epstein (AP) Tara Cobham3 February 2026 09:30
They labelled the probe politically motivated and aimed at protecting Republican President Donald Trump, who is also named in the Epstein files. "They negotiated in good faith. You did not," Urena said. "They told you under oath what they know, but you don't care." The Rules Committee on Monday evening moved to temporarily halt the planned vote on contempt proceedings, which could have led to a substantial fine and even incarceration, after the Clintons agreed to testify.
"Paul Weiss was retained by Leon Black, then the CEO of the firm's longtime client Apollo, to negotiate a series of fee disputes with Jeffrey Epstein that spanned several years," Paul Weiss said in a statement. "The firm was adverse to Epstein, and at no point did Paul Weiss or Brad Karp ever represent him." And yet... The most recent release of files from the Epstein case reveals something more.