President Donald Trump’s explanation for his falling out with notorious sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein is totally different than the claims coming from the White House. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt also used the same line. “For years, I wouldn’t talk to Jeffrey Epstein,” Trump told reporters during a meeting with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer. I threw him out and that was it.”Trump: For years I wouldn't talk to Jeffrey Epstein. Virginia Giuffre, one of the most prominent accusers of Jeffrey Epstein, met Ghislaine Maxwell while she was working at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in 2000.

Maybe I always knew this, but, for years, I validated my cookie binge by imagining she was helping me finish a box (or two). Afterward, I told friends they had to spend time living on their own to figure out who was eating the metaphorical cookies in their lives. For the first time in over 25 years, I’m living alone. I reminded myself that when my kids were adults, I’d finally be able to become this upgraded version of myself. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementNaively, I believed if the kids weren’t around, I’d be doing more.

Jason Momoa at the premiere of A Minecraft Movie via Associated PressAs the debate around the preferential treatment shown to so-called “nepo babies” in Hollywood rages on, Jason Momoa is adamant that he’s not part of the problem. Advertisement“He’s in for a rude awakening is what he’s in for,” Jason told Extra of his son’s big-screen debut. There’s no way I could sit in a room with Denis Villeneuve and hold my own.”“I was on Baywatch at 19. He’s 16 and holding shit down with Denis Villeneuve,” he remarked. The two were together for almost 20 years before announcing their split in 2022, four years after tying the knot.

Adam Sandler at the premiere of Spaceman last year Axelle/Bauer-Griffin via Getty ImagesAdam Sandler paid tribute to his former on-screen son, the late Cameron Boyce, in his new movie Happy Gilmore 2, six years after the former child star’s death. AdvertisementAdam put a tiny Cameron Boyce (played his son in Grown Ups) tribute in Happy Gilmore 2. The honoring of Cameron Boyce was such a cute and awesome Easter egg. Adam Sandler you killed it. “In loving memory of Cameron Boyce,” the on-screen tribute shown during the film’s credits read alongside a photo of the Descendants actor.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGPresident Donald Trump’s recent threat that he was considering revoking Rosie O’Donnell’s citizenship says a lot about how the president intends to govern — and it’s “terrifying,” experts say. She has since hit back at the president’s citizenship threat in a series of social media posts. O’Donnell and Trump’s feud can be traced back nearly two decades. Trump’s threat to take away her citizenship is “unadulterated dictator behavior, and it’s terrifying,” said Paul A. Gowder, professor of law at Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law. “Birthright citizenship is defined in the Constitution,” Gowder says — but we still can’t normalize Trump’s threat to O’Donnell.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGPresident Donald Trump again accused former Vice President Kamala Harris of paying celebrities to endorse her during the presidential race and said they all should be prosecuted. The Harris campaign previously denied paying for endorsements. AdvertisementIn 2024, Harris’ campaign paid Beyoncé’s production company $165,000 for her October appearance at a Houston rally, where Beyoncé did not sing but instead gave a speech in support of Harris. Harris’ campaign also paid $1 million to Oprah Winfrey’s production company for a livestream event Winfrey helped produce in Michigan. End of story.”Adrienne Elrod, a spokesperson for the Harris campaign, told Deadline in November that the campaign is required to pay “for any ancillary costs” associated with these events.

The cult ’90s franchise I Know What You Did Last Summer has been revived for a new generation with the 2025 sequel of the very same name out in cinemas this month. AdvertisementIt was followed by two sequels called I Still Know What You Did Last Summer and I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer. The supernatural horror follows a graduate student writing a thesis on urban legends, leading her to discover Candyman, a (yes, another) hook-handed ghost who was the son of a slave. AdvertisementHalloween H20: 20 Years LaterWith the original 1978 horror classic massively popularising the slasher genre, it was only right the movie was honoured with another sequel 20 years later. As the trailer puts it, “terror no longer stops at the screen…”Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3If you’re anything like me, this 1974 horror classic is probably still giving you nightmares.

Demonstrators gather at Union Terrace protesting against the visit of President Trump to Scotland on July 26, 2025 in Aberdeen, Scotland. Jeff J Mitchell via Getty ImagesDonald Trump has, in his usual fashion, caused an enormous stir after touching down in Scotland on Friday. Demonstrators rallied together ahead of his visit, with Pro-Palestine campaigners, environmental activists and pro-Ukraine groups uniting to create a loose group called the “Stop Trump Coalition”. During Saturday’s protests, some people brought bagpipes, while others wore outfits from the dystopian world of The Handmaid’s Tale. AdvertisementOne protester told broadcasters: “We should not be opening Scotland or the UK to somebody with Trump’s background.

Donald Trump is aggressively escalating his pressure campaign on media he doesn’t approve of. Not even Murdoch, whose media empire (which includes Fox News) has been of great political benefit to Trump, is safe. AdvertisementIf Trump can control the media, he will be free to enact whichever policies he wants — without anyone to hold him accountable for the harm they may do. Through executive orders and policy demands, he has pushed to swing higher education to the political right: prioritizing enrolling conservative-leaning students, hiring faculty that support Trump, and demanding they end programs that focus on race and justice. If there’s criticism or dissent, he wants to quash it.”We don’t have to guess what happens when a political leader tries to clamp down on the free press.

As he arrived in Scotland to play golf and meet leaders, US President Donald Trump told reporters that immigration was "killing Europe." Europe "better get [its] act together" on immigration, US President Donald Trump said as he landed in Scotland on Friday evening. Trump's trip will cost US taxpayers at least $10 million (€8.5 million), according to an analysis by the HuffPost , a progressive US news website. Trump told journalists there was a "good 50/50 chance" of a deal being struck, adding that it would be the "biggest deal of them all." Campaign groups have planned what they call a "festival of resistance" against Trump's visit in several Scottish cities.

US President Donald Trump Chip Somodevilla via Getty ImagesOn his way out the door to a weekend golf trip that’s set to cost American taxpayers at least $10 million, Donald Trump stopped to answer a couple questions from reporters ― and he was awfully cagey when asked about Ghislaine Maxwell. Asked if he would pardon or commute the sentence of Maxwell, sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s onetime girlfriend, Trump sure didn’t say “no.”Advertisement“I’m allowed to do it,” he told reporters. He then claimed that “it’s something I’ve not thought about.”Trump on pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell: "I'm allowed to do it" pic.twitter.com/e9bjwFqfYr — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 25, 2025Presumably, Trump wouldn’t pardon Maxwell, who was convicted for helping Epstein sexually abuse underage girls, unless it benefited him personally — perhaps by buying her silence or otherwise somehow distracting the country from his own past relationship with Epstein. Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence at a federal prison in Tallahassee, Florida. “What I do want to say is that Blanche is a great attorney,” Trump told reporters.

10 Years After He Graduated, A Student Sent Me A DM With An Apology I Never ExpectedA DM appeared in Facebook Messenger just hours after I accepted his friend request. He had written a long apology, and still addressed me as Mrs. J, even though he was 28 or 30 now. Courtesy of Nancy JorgensenI co-taught with another choir teacher, and we busied ourselves conducting, playing piano accompaniments, taking attendance, and passing out music. The class was filled with JV football players, students with disabilities, and student senate officers. Courtesy of Nancy JorgensenSometimes, Baritone Chorale boys advanced to Concert Choir where they sang serious choral literature.

Under the law, interim U.S. attorneys are allowed to serve for just 120 days pending Senate confirmation. (Habba had selected Grace in March to serve as the first assistant attorney for New Jersey.) She’s also clerked on the New Jersey Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. AdvertisementBut then, Habba resigned as the interim U.S. attorney and simply announced Thursday night that she was now the acting attorney for New Jersey. Just last week, a panel of federal judges rejected John Sarcone, Trump’s unconfirmed pick to serve as the interim attorney for the Northern District of New York.

Trump playing golf at his Trump Turnberry course in South Ayrshire during his visit to the U.K.. Picture date: Wednesday May 3, 2023. Trump is planning to visit his golf resorts in both Aberdeen on the east coast and Turnberry on the west. He spent $152 million in taxpayer money playing golf at his own resorts in his first term. Air Force One has a per-hour operating cost of $273,063, meaning the total for just flying the presidential plane will be $3.8 million for the Scotland trip. “We’re going to have a meeting with ― a state meeting with the prime minister, and that’s going to be up in Aberdeen,” Trump told the BBC earlier this month.

“I’ve read their statement and I can’t see a single thing in there that’s not Green Party policy or doesn’t align already with the Green Party,” he said. “I think the number one goal is to make the Labour Party more scared of losing vote seats to a Green Party than to Reform,” he said. AdvertisementHowever, Polanski said: “People of colour are voting for us, as polling showed last week.”He said the Asian vote has increased by around 17% for the Green Party, pointing to FocalData stats. He added: “So I think the kind of old tropes about the Green Party just aren’t true anymore.”HuffPost UK was unable to find that particular data. @IainDale has to coax @AdrianRamsay into admitting he likes his Green Party colleague and leadership opponent.