Files on the disgraced paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, including documents on the investigation into his death in prison in 2019, are expected to be released on Friday after a lengthy political saga.<\/p>\n
The US Department of Justice must make all files related to its investigation into Epstein public by 19 December to comply with a legal deadline.<\/p>\n
As the clock ticked, House Democrats released dozens more photos from the estate of Epstein, showing his associations with the rich and famous.<\/p>\n
Democrats release new Epstein photos<\/p>\n
Democrats<\/a> on the House oversight committee have released a new batch of photographs from the Epstein estate, including images of Bill Gates posing with a woman whose face has been redacted, and Noam Chomsky on a plane with Epstein. All the images are undated and lack captions or context, and the appearance of these people in the photos is not evidence of wrongdoing.<\/p>\n In the tranche are photographs of what appear to be lines from Vladimir Nabokov\u2019s novel Lolita written on a woman\u2019s body. The batch also includes photos of a number of foreign passports and a screenshot of a text message conversation from a unknown sender referring to an 18-year-old from Russia.<\/p>\n Read the full story<\/a><\/p>\n Kennedy Center board votes to add Trump\u2019s name to DC arts institution<\/p>\n The board of the Kennedy Center in Washington DC is moving ahead with a proposal to rename the arts and culture-focused institution, named after President John F Kennedy, in honor of Donald Trump<\/a>, according to a White House announcement on Thursday.<\/p>\n If the White House move succeeds it would be called the Trump-Kennedy Center, though it is unclear if this change would be legal.<\/p>\n Read the full story<\/a><\/p>\n US prices continued to rise despite Trump claims they are \u2018rapidly\u2019 falling<\/p>\n US prices rose 2.7% in the year to November, according to federal data released a day after Trump claimed they were falling \u201cvery fast\u201d on his watch. The latest consumer price index, released on Wednesday morning, was down from 3% in September, and short of economists\u2019 expectations of about 3.1% for last month.<\/p>\n Read the full story<\/a><\/p>\n Trump administration to end gender-affirming care for minors<\/p>\n The Trump administration<\/a> unveiled new actions aimed at eliminating transition-related medical care for minors across the US, referring to such treatments as \u201csex-rejecting procedures\u201d, a term used by the Department of Health and Human Services.<\/p>\n As part of the effort, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will initiate a rule-making process that would prevent hospitals from offering puberty blockers, hormone treatments, or surgical procedures to minors if they wish to participate in Medicare or Medicaid.<\/p>\n Read the full story<\/a><\/p>\n Trump\u2019s $1,776 \u2018warrior dividend\u2019 repurposed from military housing aid<\/p>\n The \u201cwarrior dividend\u201d that Trump announced on Wednesday is not a Christmas bonus made possible by tariff revenues, as the president appeared to suggest during his televised address to the nation. Instead, his administration says the $1,776 payments to troops are coming from a congressionally approved housing supplement.<\/p>\n Read the full story<\/a><\/p>\n Trump signs order reclassifying marijuana as less dangerous<\/p>\n Trump signed an executive order to move cannabis<\/a> out of the most restrictive drug category, a change that would loosen limits on research and certain regulations but stop short of making marijuana legal nationwide.<\/p>\n Read the full story<\/a><\/p>\n Trump Media and Technology Group, owner of the US president\u2019s minnow Truth Social platform, has unveiled an extraordinary merger with TAE Technologies, combining its social media operation with a vast bet on the AI boom driving a surge in energy demand.<\/p>\n Read the full story<\/a><\/p>\n What else happened today:<\/p>\n