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Partial US government shutdown likely to continue amid funding standoff

1 février 2026 à 18:41

Speaker Mike Johnson is ‘convinced’ the impasse over homeland security funding will be resolved by Tuesday

The ongoing partial US government shutdown is expected to continue into early next week, with no reopening likely before Tuesday, if what federal officials on both sides of the country’s political aisle are saying is any indication.

House Democrats have so far said they are refusing to guarantee the votes needed to speed passage of a funding measure that would restore government operations.

Files reveal Epstein lawyers discussed possibility of cooperation with prosecutors days before his death

The Guardian

Par :Marina Dunbar (now) · Taz Ali and Hamish Mackay (earlier)

31 janvier 2026 à 20:56

New cache of files includes FBI documentation of meeting between prosecutors and Epstein’s defense team

What have we learned from the newly released Epstein files?

According to one file, Mountbatten-Windsor was said to be “very focused” on financier Harlan Peltz’s girlfriend during a dinner with Maxwell.

The apparent FBI document details a 2020 interview with Peltz in which he provided information to agents about Maxwell.

Peltz was at a dinner with Maxwell and Prince Andrew and Peltz’s then girlfriend. Prince Andrew was very focused on Peltz’s girlfriend. Maxwell would sometimes mention Prince Andrew’s name and that they were friends.

Maxwell would have outrageous parties back then. She liked to put people in uncomfortable positions for her entertainment. Peltz realised that he was a pawn to her and she would try to use him. Sometime later on he found out that he was listed in Epstein’s black book.

People in the finance world never seemed to know how Epstein got his money.