Billionaire heir Timothy Mellon has been identified as the anonymous donor who provided a $130 million gift to assist with U.S. military salary payments amid the federal government shutdown. Mellon, 83, is the grandson of former U.S. Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon and a longtime major donor to conservative causes. Sources say he chose to remain unnamed at the time, and President Trump described the giver only as “a great patriot who loves the military.” The donation was accepted by the Pentagon under its general gift-acceptance authority, with the stipulation that it be used to support active-duty pay and benefits. Still,…
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The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals decided Friday that President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against Iowa pollster J. Ann Selzer and The Des Moines Register should be returned to state jurisdiction, marking a significant victory for the president in the courtroom. The pollster and the newspaper are accused of distributing a false pre-election survey in advance of the 2024 presidential election, according to the lawsuit, which was first filed in Polk County late last year. When Trump won Iowa by a wide margin, the contested poll that predicted then-Vice President Kamala Harris would win the state was wrong. According to his…
A man who says he was targeted by a mob-linked poker scam claims he and his friends lost nearly $1 million in a single illegal high-stakes game in Manhattan. According to his account, he was invited to a private game by what seemed like a credible group, but soon realized something was wrong—the venue changed to a residential high-rise apartment, entrance buy-in doubled, and “credit” chips were handed out instead of cash. He says every winning hand went to players in on the con, including a former professional athlete who brought legitimacy to the tables. Federal prosecutors have since unsealed…
The survivor-advocate Virginia Giuffre details shocking new allegations of sexual violence, trafficking, and manipulation under Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s network in her posthumous memoir, Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice. She claims that when she was eighteen, a “well-known prime minister,” who is not named in the book, sexually assaulted and repeatedly strangled her when she was staying on Epstein’s private island. After the attack, which Giuffre portrays as a turning moment, she ceased enlisting more females for Epstein and started organizing her departure from the group. Although she does not specifically accuse them…
California Governor Gavin Newsom issued a sharp rebuke of the federal Justice Department’s decision to send monitors to polling sites in his state ahead of the November 4 election, stating the agency “has no business” intervening in a purely state-run vote. The DOJ confirmed it will deploy observers to six counties—including Los Angeles, Fresno, and Kern—to oversee voter access and ballot processing as part of its election-monitoring mission. The governor’s office called the move “a deliberate attempt to intimidate voters.” In response, DOJ officials and legal experts noted that such monitoring has been used under both Democratic and Republican administrations…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced plans to transfer Salvadoran-born Kilmar Armando Abrego García to the African nation of Liberia by October 31, according to court documents. He faces a standing removal order after a controversial March 2025 deportation to El Salvador that a federal court later ruled unlawful due to his protected status under U.S. immigration law. Abrego García entered the U.S. illegally in 2011 and had lived in Maryland with his U.S.-citizen wife and children. In 2019, an immigration judge found he feared persecution if sent back to El Salvador and barred his removal there, but the…
Vice President J.D. Vance has launched a scathing criticism against New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, accusing him of “minimizing” the tragedy of the September 11 attacks after Mamdani referenced his aunt’s experience as a Muslim woman facing discrimination in the aftermath of the event. Speaking at a recent campaign rally, Mamdani described how his aunt, who wore a hijab, was so fearful of backlash following 9/11 that she hesitated to take the subway. He framed her story as part of the broader Muslim American experience in New York — one marked by anxiety, profiling and social exclusion in…
House Speaker Mike Johnson has paused all scheduled legislative votes and sent the chamber into recess as the government funding crisis marks nearly four weeks. The impasse began after the House passed a stopgap funding proposal on September 19 that the Senate has yet to take up. Johnson is using the downtime as leverage, insisting no further work will be done in the House until Senate Democrats accept the GOP-crafted resolution. Republicans in the House support this tactic, asserting they’ve done their part by approving the funding measure; they blame Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and his caucus for dragging…
Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, the progressive lawmaker representing Astoria, Queens, continues to gain political traction after securing his second major endorsement in the race for New York City mayor. This time, the backing comes from New York Governor Kathy Hochul, marking a significant milestone that underscores growing unity among key factions within the Democratic Party. In her announcement, Governor Hochul praised Mamdani’s “visionary yet practical” approach to city leadership, particularly highlighting his focus on affordable housing, transportation reform, and economic revitalization. She described his candidacy as “a bridge between progressive energy and pragmatic governance,” adding that his record in the state…
Letitia James, the attorney general of New York, filed a not-guilty plea to two felony counts on Friday in federal court in Norfolk, Virginia: providing false representations to a financial institution and bank fraud. The accusations relate to her purchase of a three-bedroom house in Norfolk in 2020, which federal prosecutors believe she misrepresented as her principal residence to obtain better mortgage conditions. Outside the courts, James, surrounded by supporters, declared that she would “not be deterred” and characterized the lawsuit as a component of a larger attempt to turn the legal system into a weapon. According to the indictment,…
Former California Congresswoman Katie Porter’s campaign for governor faces fresh scrutiny after her ex-husband publicly called her a “master manipulator” and questioned her suitability for the state’s top job. Matthew Hoffman, who divorced Porter in 2013 and shares three children with her, told the media that her leadership temperament—marked he says by harsh treatment of staff and journalists—renders her ill-prepared for the governorship. He pointed to a viral 2021 Zoom incident in which Porter can be seen angrily directing a staff member to “get out of my f— shot,” and also cited her unsuccessful 2025 Senate run, asserting the outcome…
The USS Gerald R. Ford, the largest aircraft carrier in the U.S. Navy fleet, has been deployed to the Caribbean in what Pentagon officials describe as a significant shift in the administration’s efforts to combat narcotics trafficking. Accompanied by a full strike group—including a cruiser, three destroyers and multiple air squadrons—the carrier’s mission will support operations under the command of U.S. Southern Command focused on disrupting land- and sea-based movement of illegal drugs, particularly in the region around Venezuela. The announcement follows recent reports of U.S. lethal strikes targeting vessels suspected of smuggling fentanyl and other synthetic opioids into the…
A 40-year-old Florida homeowner, identified as Santiago Cairo, was taken into custody after allegedly pointing a firearm at a 14-year-old who was ringing his doorbell as part of a ding-dong-ditch prank. The incident happened around 8 p.m. on October 16 at Cairo’s residence in Boca Raton. According to investigators, Cairo believed the group at his front door was attempting to break into his home. He called 911 and retrieved a handgun before confronting the teen outside. While Cairo claims he held his weapon in a “low-ready” position while waiting for officers, the teenager says Cairo aggressively ordered him to kneel…
Researchers in Spain have successfully developed a treatment that completely restored hair growth in mice suffering from baldness within just 20 days, marking one of the most promising advances in hair-loss research to date. The team used a combination of stem cells derived from fat tissue and adenosine triphosphate (ATP), a molecule responsible for energy production in cells. When injected into areas of hair loss, the formula reactivated dormant follicles and triggered rapid regeneration of new hair strands. Male mice treated with the compound showed complete regrowth across the scalp in under three weeks, while 90 percent of female test…
In a statement issued Friday, the White House clarified that any formal name for the new presidential estate ballroom will come directly from President Trump, not through anonymous sources or media leaks. Reports published earlier this week suggested the $300 million addition would be branded “The President Donald J. Trump Ballroom,” a name already circulating among senior staff internally. When asked whether he planned to attach his name to the project, Trump responded briefly: “I won’t get into that now.” The administration also reiterated that the expansion is fully privately funded and not supported by taxpayer dollars. The ballroom, set…