Virginia Giuffre raped by 'well-known Prime Minister,' US version of posthumous memoir claims
Updated Oct 21, 2025, 12:39 PM ET PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2025, 10:10 AM ET London - Virginia Giuffre, one of the most prominent victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring, wrote in her posthumous memoir that she was brutally beaten and raped by an unidentified prime minister and that she feared she might “die a sex slave.” “In my years with them, they lent me out to scores of wealthy, powerful people. I was habitually used and humiliated – and in some instances, choked, beaten, and bloodied, ...
Marine Corps artillery mishap part of unusual firing over highway
PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2025, 1:05 PM ET The US Marine Corps is no stranger to firing live ordnance as part of training, but it had been years — more than 70, according to one US official — since Marines had fired artillery over a stretch of the I-5 interstate in California like troops did last weekend during the Corps’ 250th birthday celebration. The very first shell fired as part of the demonstration exploded on Saturday over the interstate, stretches of which serve as the busiest highway in Amer ...
13 Senate Democrats Vote to Advance Trump Nominee During Shutdown
Thirteen Senate Democrats voted alongside Republicans Tuesday to instate a conservative judge to the Northern District of Alabama. The Senate voted 66–32 in favor of confirming Harold “Hal” Mooty III as a U.S. district judge. Donald Trump nominated Mooty last month, and his confirmation needed a simple majority in the Senate. The Democrats that voted in favor include: Senators Chris Coons (Delaware) Dick Durbin (Illinois) John Fetterman (Pennsylvania) Maggie Hassan (New Hampshire) Martin Hein ...
Deputy U.S. marshal wounded by ICE agent during immigration operation in Southern California
A deputy U.S. marshal was wounded by a ricochet bullet fired by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer during an operation in South Los Angeles on Tuesday morning. The incident happened when agents carrying out an immigration enforcement operation boxed in a suspect with their vehicle, according to Department of Homeland Security sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to comment publicly. Officers had been conducting a targeted enforcement traf ...
Trump tells Democrats no meeting over shutdown until government reopens
October 21, 2025 6:16 PM EDT Updated 1 hour ago WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday rebuffed a request by top Democratic lawmakers to meet until the three-week-old U.S. government shutdown ends. "I would like to meet with both of them, but I said one little caveat, I will only meet if they let the country open," Trump told reporters, referencing the request by U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to meet &qu ...
Top Dem Demands Trump 'Get Off The Golf Course' And Help Solve The Shutdown
(Huff Post) After almost three weeks into a government shutdown, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is wondering what President Donald Trump is doing to end the standoff. Calling out the president for his passive approach during a Monday press briefing, The Hill reported Jeffries said, “Donald Trump definitively needs to get involved. He needs to get off the sidelines, get off the golf course, and actually decide to end this shutdown that he’s created.”
GOP leaders map out potential Obamacare extension as hard-liners warm to health talks
(Politico) Republican leaders on Capitol Hill are quietly ramping up talks within their senior ranks and with White House officials over how to structure and advance a potential extension of key Affordable Care Act insurance subsidies before the end of the year, according to three people granted anonymity to describe the conversations.
Social Security Offices Impacted Today Amid Government Shutdown
(Newsweek) Several Social Security offices have had their operations disrupted today amid the larger government shutdown. Offices in California, Texas, New York and other states are updating their hours or capabilities as government employees continue to go without pay. Regardless of services offered at respective offices, an SSA spokesperson told Newsweek, in part, "...Social Security beneficiaries will continue receiving their Social Security, Social Security Disability Insurance, and SSI payments." Experts told Newsweek what Americans can expect in the near future if they need to visit a Social Security office.
Trump DOJ Prosecutor Sent Journalist Dozens of Texts -- Then Tried to Claim 'Off the Record'
(Mediaite) U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Lindsey Halligan sent Lawfare Senior Editor Anna Bower dozens of text messages earlier this month to complain about her reporting — and then attempted to claim after the fact that the conversation was off the record. It was most certainly not off the record, and on Monday evening, Bower published screenshots of their texts.
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump's ballroom
(Washington Post) Demolition crews on Monday began tearing down part of the White House to build President Donald Trump’s long-desired ballroom despite his pledge that construction of the $250 million addition wouldn’t “interfere” with the existing building.
Construction teams were demolishing a portion of the East Wing, with a backhoe ripping through the structure, according to a photo shared with The Washington Post and two people who witnessed the activity and spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe it.
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'Why are you gay?': Musk appears to cross a line in SpaceX tantrum at Trump Transportation Secretary
34 min ago - -snip- The richest man in the world’s onslaught of criticism comes just a day after Duffy told CNBC that Musk’s rocket company was falling “behind” the administration’s timeline for getting humans back to the moon, and that h ... (Independent)
White House says it will submit ballroom plans for review, with demolition already under way
57 min ago - The White House said on Tuesday it will submit plans for President Donald Trump's $250 million White House ballroom project to a body that oversees federal building construction, even though demolition work began earlier this week. Trump reveled on T ... (Reuters)
Ex-CIA chief John Brennan referred for criminal prosecution over 'Russiagate,' is latest Trump foe in DOJ crosshairs
1 hr ago - Tuesday 21 October 2025 15:42 EDT After a wave of indictments against Donald Trump’s enemies, the president’s allies in Congress are now pushing the Department of Justice to file criminal charges against Barack Obama’s former CIA direc ... (The Independent)
House Republicans' new plea to Speaker Johnson shows 'writing on the wall' for GOP: expert
1 hr ago - October 21, 2025 3:43PM ET Eleven House Republicans signed onto a letter Tuesday calling for Speaker Mike Johnson to make a deal on the subsidies for the Affordable Care Act, saying that their districts will suffer without them. Reporting on the lett ... (Raw Story)
Trump tells Democrats no meeting over shutdown until government reopens
1 hr ago - October 21, 2025 6:16 PM EDT Updated 1 hour ago WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday rebuffed a request by top Democratic lawmakers to meet until the three-week-old U.S. government shutdown ends. "I would like to meet with ... (Reuters)
Trump fires another inspector general, raising fears about oversight independence
1 hr ago - President Donald Trump on Oct. 15 fired the inspector general for the Export-Import Bank of the U.S., according to an official familiar with the situation. This latest action could further weaken the independence of watchdogs that root out waste, fra ... (GovExec.com)
Trump nominee to lead whistleblower office drops out after racist texts surface
1 hr ago - Paul Ingrassia, Donald Trump’s nominee to oversee federal whistleblower protections, has dropped out after racist text messages he sent surfaced this week. Ingrassia, currently a White House liaison at the Department of Homeland Security, was th ... (The Guardian)
Prosecutors not ruling out state charges for commuted ex-Rep. George Santos
2 hrs ago - October 21, 2025, 11:39 AM Former Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., was freed from prison last week thanks to his federal fraud sentence being commuted by President Donald Trump -- but he may not be free from criminal prosecution on the local level. The di ... (ABC News)
Hakeem Jeffries says public pressure will force Congress to extend ACA subsidies
2 hrs ago - Updated October 21, 202512:25 PM ET Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said he believes public pressure will mount on Republicans in the coming days to extend health insurance subsidies that are the heart of the shutdown fight. Most of ... (NPR)
US House panel seeks Bill Clinton interview in Epstein investigation
3 hrs ago - 6h WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Republican-led congressional committee is seeking testimony from former Democratic President Bill Clinton as part of its investigation into the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, its chairman said Tuesday. Rep ... (msn/Reuters)
Arizona sues Mike Johnson over refusal to swear in Democrat who could sway Epstein vote
3 hrs ago - Tue 21 Oct 2025 17.49 EDT Arizona’s attorney general is suing House speaker Mike Johnson over his refusal to swear in Adelita Grijalva, a Democrat who won a congressional special election in September. Grijalva was elected on 23 September in th ... (The Guardian)
Marine Corps artillery mishap part of unusual firing over highway
4 hrs ago - PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2025, 1:05 PM ET The US Marine Corps is no stranger to firing live ordnance as part of training, but it had been years — more than 70, according to one US official — since Marines had fired artillery over a stretch of the ... (CNN Politics)
Democratic National Committee hikes spending on New Jersey, Virginia races
4 hrs ago - October 21, 2025 5:13 AM EDT Updated 11 hours ago Oct 21 (Reuters) - The Democratic National Committee pledged an additional $500,000 for get-out-the-vote operations in the New Jersey and Virginia governor's races, as well as judicial races in Pennsy ... (Reuters)
Trump seeks to proceed with $10B lawsuit over WSJ story on Epstein's birthday book
5 hrs ago - October 21, 2025, 12:01 PM Lawyers for President Donald Trump are asking a federal judge in Florida to deny a request by the Wall Street Journal and its parent companies, Dow Jones and News Corp, to dismiss a $10 billion defamation lawsuit over the p ... (ABC News)
13 Senate Democrats Vote to Advance Trump Nominee During Shutdown
5 hrs ago - Thirteen Senate Democrats voted alongside Republicans Tuesday to instate a conservative judge to the Northern District of Alabama. The Senate voted 66–32 in favor of confirming Harold “Hal” Mooty III as a U.S. district judge. Donald Tr ... (New Republic)
Democrats Emboldened After 'No Kings' Protests As Government Shutdown Drags On
5 hrs ago - Oct 21, 2025, 01:32 PM EDT | Updated 6 minutes ago WASHINGTON ― Congressional Republicans believed that Democrats would cave on government funding after the national “No Kings” protests took place over the weekend, but that doesn’ ... (Huff Post)
Deputy U.S. marshal wounded by ICE agent during immigration operation in Southern California
5 hrs ago - A deputy U.S. marshal was wounded by a ricochet bullet fired by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer during an operation in South Los Angeles on Tuesday morning. The incident happened when agents carrying out an immigration enforcement oper ... (Los Angeles Times)
Virginia Giuffre raped by 'well-known Prime Minister,' US version of posthumous memoir claims
5 hrs ago - Updated Oct 21, 2025, 12:39 PM ET PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2025, 10:10 AM ET London - Virginia Giuffre, one of the most prominent victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring, wrote in her posthumous memoir that she was brutally beaten and raped b ... (CNN World)
Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases
7 hrs ago - Oct. 21, 2025 Updated 2:39 p.m. ET President Trump is demanding that the Justice Department pay him about $230 million in compensation for the federal investigations into him, according to people familiar with the matter, who added that any settlemen ... (New York Times)
'No plans' for Trump-Putin meeting 'in the immediate future' despite president's claims of Hungary summit: White House
7 hrs ago - The White House is walking back President Donald Trump’s plan for talks on ending the four-year-old Russian war against Ukraine just days after he claimed he would meet with Vladimir Putin in Budapest next month. A White House official told The ... (Independent)
