The Justice Department on Friday released thousands of documents from its files on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, but the massive document release was heavily redacted, incomplete and shed little new light on his crimes. It did, however, contain some celebrity cameos. Here’s a look at what is — and what is not —

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says attacks are ‘a declaration of vengeance’, and ‘lots’ of fighters have been killed. The United States military is “striking very seriously against ISIS [ISIL] strongholds in Syria”, President Donald Trump said, a week after two US soldiers and an interpreter were killed in Syria’s Palmyra city.

This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. When President Donald Trump visited George Washington’s Mount Vernon in 2018, he reportedly showed little interest in the estate

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Kennedy Center on Friday quickly added Donald Trump’s name to the performing arts center Congress designated as a living memorial to John F. Kennedy, a day after the center’s board of trustees voted to make the change. READ MORE: Trump’s handpicked board votes to rename performing arts center the ‘Trump Kennedy Center’ Blue

By Jeff Montgomery ( December 19, 2025, 5:01 PM EST) — Tech giant Elon Musk saw his $56 billion Tesla Inc. compensation package rescued Friday, as the Delaware Supreme Court reversed a lower court ruling from January 2024 that voided a board and stockholder-approved pay deal…. Law360 is on it, so you are, too. A Law360

There is a certain eerie familiarity to the Trump administration’s slow roll to war with Venezuela. There is the ominous military buildup, the shifting rationales, and even a shaky claim of “weapons of mass destruction,” thanks to the administration’s recent reclassification of fentanyl, to help justify its attacks. The conflict with Venezuela will probably play

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House December 19, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump delivered remarks on lowering prescription drug prices during the event. Alex Wong | Getty Images Several of the largest U.S. and European-based drugmakers inked deals with President Donald Trump on Friday to

On Thursday, the White House announced that the board had “unanimously” voted to change the name from the Kennedy Center to the Trump Kennedy Center, and the website was updated to reflect the change. Trump’s name was added to the building’s signage on Friday, reading “The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial

Artist Chris Barker, as he has in previous years, has put together a heartfelt montage of celebrities who died in 2025, in the distinctive style of The Beatles‘ iconic album cover for Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, This is Barker’s tenth and final installment of the series. This December, artist Chris Barker unveils the tenth and final instalment

Celebs sell more than a product: they sell an image. Drinks are social, aspirational and tied to lifestyle: making them a perfect fit for celebrity influence. Celebs already have massive platforms and huge followings: providing their brands with free advertising and instant credibility – a huge advantage in a crowded market. George Clooney’s success with

Amazon mogul Jeff Bezos takes third place on Forbes’ Real Time Billionaires List, and now it’s been revealed how much it costs him to keep his superyacht afloat. Koru, Bezos’ huge, floating vessel spans over 125m in length and costs an eye-watering amount to keep afloat for a short amount of time. However, thanks to

Elon Musk’s recent comment about Sydney Sweeney set off a wave of backlash online, not because it revealed anything new about the actor, but because it highlighted how casually power is exercised on major platforms. Photo Credit: Sydney Sweeney via Instagram The remark spread quickly, with users calling it unnecessary, crude, and emblematic of a

When your goal is to “help Europe correct its current trajectory” because it is “weak”, “decaying” and facing “civilisational erasure”, your choice of highly trained operatives for the mission is plainly of paramount importance. In Donald Trump’s case they include: a former burger magnate; his eldest son’s former fiancee; the owner of the Houston Rockets

Opening summary: Trump says more oil tankers will be seized near Venezuela Good morning, US President Donald Trump has said he was leaving the possibility of war with Venezuela on the table, according to an interview with NBC News published on Friday. “I dont rule it out, no,” he told NBC News in a phone

Alexandr Wang—who became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire at 24—is now, at 28, running one of the most ambitious AI efforts in Silicon Valley. In his first 60 days at Meta, he built a 100-person lab he described to TBPN hosts John Coogan and Jordi Hays as “smaller and more talent dense than any of

The cofounder of Wikipedia isn’t so sure people trust Elon Musk’s AI-powered rival, Grokipedia. Musk launched Grokipedia in October after years of accusing Wikipedia of left-wing bias. In an interview with The Verge, Wikipedia cofounder Jimmy Wales said that he had only looked at Grokipedia “a little.” Asked for his thoughts, Wales referenced some of

Few expected United States President Donald Trump to abandon Israel during his second term in office, considering how supportive he had been of the Middle Eastern country in his first term. And yet, considering the still-mounting death toll from Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, and the international condemnation that has accompanied it, his continued full-throated

One Friday in November, armed police blocked off the road that runs beside Gibraltar’s medieval city walls to clear the way for a convoy of blacked-out BMWs. The vehicles pulled up at the offices of Hassans, a law firm. The British enclave in the Mediterranean is a hub for the international ultra-rich, and Hassans counts