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Jeffrey Epstein's brother claims released suicide note is a 'forgery': report

Friday 08 May 2026 19:34 EDT Jeffrey Epstein’s brother believes his brother’s purported suicide note, released this week in court, is fake. Mark Epstein, speaking with The National Enquirer, called the document a “forgery.” “I’ve known Jeff all my life. If he was going to kill himself, if he was going to write a suicide note, he would’ve written it ‘to somebody,’ not just a blanket statement saying goodbye,” Epstein said. “I don’t buy that.” Jeffrey Epstein’s former cellmate claims to have ...

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Susie Wiles' Email Demanding WH Staffers Stop Leaking to Press Is Leaked to Press

May 8th, 2026, 6:59 pm An email from President Donald Trump’s White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles ordering staff to stop leaking to the press was leaked to the press on Friday. In the directive, written in late March and obtained by Politico’s West Wing Playbook, Wiles warned that “no staff member within the Executive Office of the President is permitted to speak with members of the news media without the explicit approval of the White House Communications Office.” “Unauthorized leaks wi ...

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Fed unlikely to cut interest rates until second half of 2027, Bank of America says

May 8, 2026 / 5:47 PM EDT Bank of America predicts the Federal Reserve will delay lowering interest rates until the second half of 2027, mainly due to strong inflation and resilient job growth. Bank of America Global Research had previously penciled in two rate cuts this year in September and October. That view was partly based on the expectation that Kevin Warsh, President Trump's nominee to succeed Jerome Powell as Fed chair, would steer policymakers toward easing monetary policy. But that ...

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US Postal Service reports $2 billion quarterly loss as cash crunch mounts

May 8, 2026 3:42 PM EDT Updated 10 hours ago WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Postal Service on Friday reported a net quarterly loss of $2 billion as it faces a growing financial crisis and has ‌warned it could run out of cash as soon as February. USPS said mail volumes fell another 6.3% in the three months ending March 31 as operating revenue rose 2.3% to $20.2 billion over the same quarter last year. USPS last month said it would temporarily suspend employe ...

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Experts worry 'we are not prepared' for pandemic under Trump, RFK Jr.

Updated May 8, 2026, 4:01 p.m. ET World Health Organization officials have assured that the hantavirus outbreak is not the start of a pandemic. But as more headlines emerge about the potentially deadly infection, many are reminded of the COVID pandemic − and worried about the United State's preparedness. "It's very much, we hope, under control," President Donald Trump told reporters when asked if he had been briefed on the virus. But some said his remarks don't instill confid ...

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'Good news': Trump secretary brags about taking food stamps from '4.5 million people'

May 8, 2026 12:00PM ET Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins recently celebrated the removal of food stamps from 4.5 million Americans. During an interview with Newsmax host Rob Finnerty this week, Rollins seemed jubilant about her success in moving people off of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). "It's a supplemental program. It's only supposed to last for a little bit of time," she explained. "Every red state said, yes, we want to participate. We want to ma ...

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17 American passengers aboard hantavirus-hit cruise ship will quarantine in Nebraska

May 8, 2026, 7:00 AM EDT / Updated May 8, 2026, 6:55 PM EDT Seventeen American passengers aboard the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak will quarantine at a Nebraska facility that specializes in handling patients with highly communicable diseases, health officials said. The m/v Hondius is expected to arrive in Tenerife, one of Spain's Canary Islands, on Sunday at which point disembarkation and isolation plans will be implemented. A team from the Centers for Disease Control an ...

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U.S. strikes two Iranian-flagged vessels as tensions continue amid ceasefire

The Trump administration, sidestepping a widening battle in and around the Strait of Hormuz, said it was anticipating a reply from Tehran on Friday on its latest terms for ending the war. "I hope it's a serious offer," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said during a visit to Italy, even as U.S. warplanes struck and disabled two Iranian-flagged tankers that the U.S. Central Command said were attempting to violate its naval blockade by entering an Iranian port along the Gulf of Oman. Rubi ...

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Ukraine and Russia agree to three-day Victory Day ceasefire tied to large-scale POW exchange

Ukraine and Russia have agreed in principle to conduct a 1,000-for-1,000 prisoner exchange alongside a temporary ceasefire from 9–11 May, according to statements from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump. Zelenskyy said the agreement was reached through negotiations mediated by the United States and linked the arrangement to humanitarian priorities surrounding the return of Ukrainian prisoners of war. Zelenskyy says POW return outweighed pressure around Moscow ...

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David Attenborough, the excited but hushed voice of nature programs, turns 100

LONDON (AP) — The BBC is hosting a party for David Attenborough at the Royal Albert Hall. Cinemas are playing his nature films. Friends have spent weeks lavishing praise on the man and his work. But the world’s most famous wildlife presenter is likely to be uncomfortable with all the attention as he celebrates his 100th birthday on Friday, said Alastair Fothergill, the producer of some of Attenborough’s most well-known documentaries and the director of Silverback Films. “He’s always been very ...

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Havoc as Trump triggers global shortage of world's 'most-consumed chemical'

35 min ago - May 9, 2026 1:01PM ET President Donald Trump’s war against Iran – along with the resulting blockade imposed by both Tehran and Washington – has sparked fear among experts that the supply of the world’s “most-consumed chemical ... (Raw Story)

Lebanon says Israeli strikes killed 39

50 min ago - Thirty-nine people have been killed in another day of intense Israeli strikes in Lebanon, the country's health ministry said. One Israeli strike on the southern town of Saksakiyeh killed at least seven people, including a child, the ministry said. An ... (BBC)

Trump says he 'might' move US troops to Poland from Germany

1 hr ago - May 9, 2026 12:57 pm CET U.S. President Donald Trump said he “might” move U.S. troops from Germany to Poland, as the Pentagon prepares to pull around 5,000 American soldiers out of Germany over the next year. “Poland would like that," ... (Politico (EU))

'Patient Zero' in deadly hantavirus cruise ship outbreak was Dutch ornithologist Leo Schilperoord

1 hr ago - Patient Zero in the cruise ship hantavirus outbreak has been identified as ornithologist Leo Schilperoord, whose passion for birds may have cost him his life. The 70-year-old man and his wife, Mirjam Schilperoord, 69, were on a five-month trip to Sou ... (NY Post)

Trump-appointed judge schools DOJ on how to win after government can't do better than 'generalized worries'

2 hrs ago - May 9th, 2026, 7:42 am The DOJ lost at the D.C. Circuit in a 3-0 ruling on Friday after even the lone conservative member of the panel described the Trump administration's claims of harm as little more than "generalized worries." U.S. Circuit Judge ... (Law & Crime)

EU Anthem Plays in Hungary Parliament as Magyar Sworn In

2 hrs ago - Hungarian parliamentarians stood and sang the anthem of the European Union, Ode to Joy, after Peter Magyar was officially sworn in as prime minister on Saturday, May 9, marking an end to Viktor Orban’s 16 years in power. -snip- ... (Yahoo News)

European states to send planes to evacuate citizens from hantavirus-hit cruise ship

3 hrs ago - Sat, May 9, 2026 at 1:21 PM EDT TENERIFE/MADRID, May 9 (Reuters) - Countries prepared to evacuate their citizens from the luxury cruise ship hit by a deadly strain of hantavirus that is due to anchor near Tenerife early on Sunday, as health authoriti ... (Yahoo! News/Reuters)

Warship Launched for New 'Multinational' Strait of Hormuz Operation

4 hrs ago - Published May 09, 2026 at 09:05 AM EDT updated May 09, 2026 at 11:17 AM EDT A British warship is headed to the Middle East for a potential multinational mission to protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. HMS Dragon, a type 45 destroyer, will be in ... (Newsweek)

WHO Head Will Oversee Evacuation of Passengers, Crew From Hantavirus-Stricken Cruise Ship

5 hrs ago - May 9, 2026, at 7:03 a.m. TENERIFE, Spain (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization arrived in Spain on Saturday to oversee the evacuation of more than 140 passengers and crew from a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed to the Canary I ... (US News & World Report/AP)

US awaiting response from Iran over proposals for ceasefire deal, says Rubio

6 hrs ago - Sat 9 May 2026 06.42 EDT First published on Fri 8 May 2026 12.38 EDT The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has said that Washington is expecting a response from Iran to its proposals for an interim deal to end the conflict in the Middle East, as Ir ... (The Guardian)

West Suburban owners face off in court over hospital's future

7 hrs ago - The owners of the now-shuttered West Suburban Medical Center faced off in court Friday over the hospital’s future, amid accusations of mismanagement and questionable fund transfers. The hearing was over dueling lawsuits filed by the hospitals&# ... (Chicago Tribune)

North Korean troops take part in Russia's Victory Day parade for first time

7 hrs ago - Antonia Langford Sat, May 9, 2026 at 6:26 AM CDT North Korean soldiers have marched through Moscow's Red Square for the first time as part of scaled-back celebrations for Victory Day. The troops were hailed for their "mass heroism, selflessness an ... (yahoo.com)

Court Grants Fox News Additional Discovery in Smartmatic Case - But Allows Case to Move Forward

7 hrs ago - May 9th, 2026, 12:01 am A New York appeals court granted Fox News some additional discovery rights to defend against Smartmatic’s defamation lawsuit — but that discovery will be of limited use as a potential defense and the court also allo ... (MEDIAite)

FBI questions Wisconsin election official about 2020 presidential vote

8 hrs ago - May 8, 2026, 9:51 p.m. ET A Federal Bureau of Investigation agent interviewed a high-ranking Wisconsin state election official in recent days about the 2020 presidential election, according to sources with knowledge of the conversation. The agent sat ... (USA Today)

Frontier Airlines jet bound for LAX strikes, kills person on runway during takeoff in Denver

8 hrs ago - Frontier Airlines jet bound for LAX strikes, kills person on runway during takeoff in Denver Pilots reported an engine fire and smoke inside the aircraft after the incident. By ABC7.com staff Saturday, May 9, 2026 2:15AM PT A Frontier Airlines flight ... (Los Angeles ABC7)

Teachers warn GOP union-busting bill could worsen Arizona's near-last school funding rank

9 hrs ago - The bill was unveiled two weeks after the union announced a ballot initiative to reform vouchers By: Gloria Rebecca Gomez - May 8, 2026 7:23 pm MT Just a few dozen former and current public school teachers showed up for an announced union rally in do ... (AZ Mirror)

Trump already 'bored' with his own war and wants out: report

9 hrs ago - May 8, 2026 9:42PM ET Trump is reportedly losing patience with his own war that he started in Iran and wants it to end as soon as possible, according to a new report. According to a Friday article by The Atlantic, an outside advisor to Trump said th ... (Raw Story)

Trump Media Lost More Than $400 Million Last Quarter - While Notching Paltry Sales Figure

9 hrs ago - May 8th, 2026, 8:25 pm Truth Social’s parent company, Trump Media and Technology Group, lost more than $400 million last quarter and brought in less than $1 million in sales, according to a Friday press release from the company. The company rep ... (MEDIAite)

Jeffrey Epstein's brother claims released suicide note is a 'forgery': report

10 hrs ago - Friday 08 May 2026 19:34 EDT Jeffrey Epstein’s brother believes his brother’s purported suicide note, released this week in court, is fake. Mark Epstein, speaking with The National Enquirer, called the document a “forgery.” “ ... (The Independent)

Virginia Democrats ask state Supreme Court to halt redistricting ruling

10 hrs ago - 05/08/26 7:28 PM ET Virginia Democrats on Friday asked the state Supreme Court for a stay on its ruling that threw out last month’s referendum on redistricting in the commonwealth, signaling plans to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. The state ... (The Hill)