Day: February 9, 2026

Ghislaine Maxwell pleads Fifth Amendment, dodges questions in House Oversight Epstein probe

8:45 pm February 9, 2026

The House Oversight Committee’s deposition of Ghislaine Maxwell ended less than an hour after it began on Monday morning, when the convicted accomplice of the late Jeffrey Epstein pleaded the Fifth Amendment. Maxwell appeared before lawmakers virtually for a closed-door interview in the House bipartisan probe into the federal government’s handling of Epstein’s case. She […]

Ghislaine Maxwell pleads Fifth Amendment, dodges questions in House Oversight Epstein probe

8:45 pm February 9, 2026

GOP accelerates Trump judge confirmations as pressure builds to kill Senate blue slip

8:33 pm February 9, 2026

Senate Republicans confirmed half a dozen of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees last week, continuing a quick pace to green-light as many of his picks as possible. While the Senate GOP is moving fast to confirm Trump’s judicial nominees, the president and some of his allies want to see an over-century-old tradition in the Senate […]

GOP accelerates Trump judge confirmations as pressure builds to kill Senate blue slip

8:33 pm February 9, 2026

Country star Tracy Lawrence survived being shot four times during mugging, says anger nearly wrecked his life

8:30 pm February 9, 2026

Country star Tracy Lawrence reflected on the life-altering trauma he endured more than 30 years ago. While recording his debut album “Sticks and Stones” in May 1991, Lawrence was walking a girlfriend back to her hotel in Nashville when they were mugged by multiple gun-wielding assailants. The “Stars Over Texas” singer was shot four times […]