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Jeffrey Epstein Banked Sperm Before His Death

Sex offender's cryobanked sperm raises ethical, legal questions

(Newser) - Jeffrey Epstein is gone, but the fate of his frozen sperm is an open question. Newly released Justice Department records show that the financier had been storing sperm with California Cryobank for years and signed a 2016 contract stating that, if he died, control of the samples would pass to...

Bad News Keeps Coming for Starmer
Bad News
Keeps Coming
for Starmer
Jun 1, 2026 5:56 AM CDT

Bad News Keeps Coming for Starmer

New trove of files on former ambassador to US Peter Mandelson due to be published

(Newser) - His poll ratings are dismal and rivals are eyeing his job. Now British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces more embarrassment on Monday with the publication of hundreds of pages of files about former UK ambassador to Washington Peter Mandelson, a friend of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The government is...

Bondi Pins Responsibility for Epstein Release on AG Blanche

Former attorney general tells Congress her former deputy oversaw the process

(Newser) - Former Attorney General Pam Bondi has effectively handed Congress a new target in its fight over the Jeffrey Epstein records, reports Politico . That would be acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, her former deputy. In a closed-door interview Friday with the House Oversight Committee, Bondi defended her team's much-criticized release...

Trump Refiles $10B Lawsuit Over WSJ Epstein Story

Suit claims newspaper defamed Trump with article on disputed Epstein letter

(Newser) - President Trump hasn't given up on getting a huge payout from the Wall Street Journal . His lawyers have refiled a $10 billion lawsuit against the Journal's publisher over a 2025 story that said a "bawdy" letter bearing his name, with a sexually suggestive message and a drawing...

Interlochen to Raze Lodge Once Named for Epstein

It had been redubbed Green Lake Lodge in 2009

(Newser) - An arts camp in northern Michigan is preparing to raze a lodge once paid for by Jeffrey Epstein, saying the building no longer aligns with its values. Interlochen Center for the Arts told Interlochen Public Radio that its board voted to tear down Green Lake Lodge, formerly named for Epstein,...

Lutnick Gave House GOP $5M Before Epstein Testimony

Political donation was witness' first since joining the Cabinet

(Newser) - Howard Lutnick opened his checkbook just as House investigators came calling. The Commerce secretary and longtime Wall Street executive gave $5 million on April 1 to the Congressional Leadership Fund, the main super PAC boosting House Republicans and Speaker Mike Johnson, weeks before he sat for a closed-door interview about...

UK Police's 'Unprecedented' Probe Into Andrew Just Grew

They're seeking witnesses with any info on former prince's possible misconduct while in public office

(Newser) - British police are widening their probe into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and are openly asking anyone with information to step forward. Thames Valley Police say their "unprecedented" investigation into the king's brother isn't confined to claims he passed sensitive information to Jeffrey Epstein while serving as a UK trade...

Queen Was 'Keen' for Andrew to Land Top Job Tied to Epstein

Documents show Elizabeth was eager for her son to get the trade envoy gig he was later removed from

(Newser) - Documents show Queen Elizabeth II was "very keen" that the former Prince Andrew be given the job of UK trade envoy. The UK government on Thursday released confidential papers related to Andrew's appointment, reports the AP , just months after lawmakers accused the king's brother of putting his...

Epstein Aide Testifies She Was a Victim, Not an Accomplice

Sarah Kellen tells House panel the public narrative is wrong

(Newser) - A longtime assistant to Jeffrey Epstein wants to rewrite the public narrative about her role in his orbit. In closed-door testimony to a congressional committee on Thursday, 46-year-old Sarah Kellen rejected accusations that she was an accomplice , instead describing herself as one of the late financier's victims who was...

Op-ed: New #MeToo Iteration Has a Surprising Source

Michelle Cottle writes about accountability push led by MAGA women in Congress

(Newser) - The #MeToo movement might have waned , but New York Times columnist Michelle Cottle suggests a successor movement is afoot from a surprising group. A group of staunchly pro-Trump congresswomen has become Capitol Hill's loudest force on sexual misconduct, writes Cottle. Lauren Boebert, Nancy Mace, and Anna Paulina Luna helped...

Handwriting Pros Have Some Thoughts on Alleged Epstein Note

Experts say supposed suicide note likely written by same person who wrote another note found in cell

(Newser) - A note that a former cellmate said he discovered after Jeffrey Epstein's first suspected jail suicide attempt was all but certainly penned by the same person who wrote a note that authorities found in the millionaire sex offender's cell after he killed himself, handwriting experts say. Three forensic...

Inmates Say They Paid for Talk About Ghislaine Maxwell

Women report communications with reporters brought punishment

(Newser) - When Ghislaine Maxwell showed up at a federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas, some of the women locked up there say they learned a fast lesson: Don't talk about her. CNN reports that Julie Howell, serving a year for embezzlement, said she checked the rules, then sent her thoughts...

Judge Releases Sealed Note Said to Be Epstein's Goodbye

Document hasn't been verified as genuine

(Newser) - A handwritten note said to be from Jeffrey Epstein, long sealed in a related criminal case, was made public Wednesday by a federal judge in New York. The undated message, written on yellow legal paper, opens with Epstein asserting that investigators scrutinized him "for months" and "found nothing"...

Lutnick 'Changed His Story' on Epstein Ties, Democrats Say

Secretary reportedly wouldn't say if he, Trump talked over testimony

(Newser) - Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick faced sharp questioning from House Democrats on Wednesday over shifting explanations about his past ties to Jeffrey Epstein during a closed-door interview by the House Oversight Committee. As they left the session, Democratic members accused Lutnick of revising his story as new details surfaced from the...

He Ran Bard for 50 Years. Then Came the Epstein Files

College President Leon Botstein retires after independent review questions his ties to Epstein

(Newser) - Leon Botstein is stepping down after 50 years at the helm of Bard College, with an outside review finding his long-running ties to Jeffrey Epstein undermined his leadership even as they broke no laws. The 79-year-old president said on Friday that he'll leave the post on June 30 but...

Alleged Epstein Suicide Note Has Been Sealed for Years

Note ex-cellmate says he found has been in NY courthouse for almost 7 years

(Newser) - A note that may shed light on Jeffrey Epstein's mindset before his death has been sitting out of public view in a New York courthouse for nearly seven years. The handwritten message, allegedly found by Epstein's then-cellmate Nicholas Tartaglione after an apparent suicide attempt in July 2019, was...

There's One Big Name Missing From Charles' US Agenda

Monarch won't be meeting with son Prince Harry, now living in California, amid ongoing estrangement

(Newser) - King Charles III is in the US this week to shore up ties with Washington, but one relationship doesn't appear to be on the agenda: the one with his youngest son, Prince Harry. Per the New York Times , Buckingham Palace has released no plans for a reunion during the...

Gates Foundation Launched Review Into Epstein Ties

Wall Street Journal also reports on planned job cuts

(Newser) - One of the world's largest charitable foundations is shrinking its payroll and scrutinizing its past. The Gates Foundation plans to eliminate up to 500 jobs—about a fifth of its workforce—over several years as it looks to keep operating expenses to 14% of its total budget, which stands...

Starmer Hears Calls to Resign Over Mandelson's Vetting
Starmer Hears Calls to Resign
Apr 16, 2026 5:20 PM CDT

Starmer Hears Calls to Resign

Issue began with revelation on Peter Mandelson's vetting

(Newser) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced calls Thursday to resign after it emerged that Peter Mandelson was initially denied security clearance for the post of ambassador to the US, which he was eventually fired from over his close links to disgraced American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Following the revelation in...

Judge Tosses Trump's Defamation Suit Against WSJ

Judge cites lack of actual malice in Epstein coverage, but will allow president to file amended complaint

(Newser) - President Trump's multibillion-dollar defamation case against Rupert Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal just hit a wall—but not a dead end. A federal judge in Miami on Monday threw out Trump's $10 billion lawsuit over a story alleging that he sent a "bawdy" 50th birthday card...

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