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FILE – Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro places his hand over his hear while talking to high-ranking officers during a military ceremony on his inauguration day for a third term, in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro says ‘I was captured’ as he pleads not guilty to drug trafficking charges

January 5, 2026 at 12:54 p.m.

A defiant Nicolás Maduro declared himself the “president of my country” as he protested his capture and pleaded not guilty on Monday to the federal drug trafficking charges that the Trump administration...

A Venezuelan immigrant critical of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro celebrates while wearing the country’s flag outside the Metropolitan Detention Center, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

After capture and removal, Venezuela’s Maduro is being held at notorious Brooklyn jail

January 4, 2026 at 9:20 a.m.

The Brooklyn jail holding Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is a facility so troubled, some judges have refused to send people there even as it has housed music stars R. Kelly...

This undated photo released by the U.S. Department of Justice shows Jeffrey Epstein. (U.S. Department of Justice via AP)

After missing deadline, DOJ says it may need a ‘few more weeks’ to finish releasing Epstein files

December 24, 2025 at 5:23 p.m.

The Justice Department said Wednesday that finishing the release of all of the Jeffrey Epstein files could take a “few more weeks.”

FILE – Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean “Diddy” Combs arrives at the Billboard Music Awards, May 15, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs seeks immediate release from prison in appeals argument

December 24, 2025 at 7:35 a.m.

Lawyers for hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs urged a federal appeals court in New York to order his immediate release from prison.

This undated photo released by the U.S. Department of Justice shows Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. (U.S. Department of Justice via AP)

Judge chides Ghislaine Maxwell for mentioning victim names in papers seeking to overturn conviction

December 22, 2025 at 5:32 p.m.

A judge on Monday scolded Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime confidant Ghislaine Maxwell for including confidential victim names in court papers seeking to set aside her 2021 sex trafficking conviction and free...

At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein

December 20, 2025 at 3:35 p.m.

At least 16 files disappeared from the Justice Department’s public webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein — including a photograph showing President Donald Trump — less than a day...

This undated redacted photo released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, shows Jeffrey Epstein. (House Oversight Committee via AP)

Justice Department begins releasing long-awaited files tied to Epstein sex trafficking investigation

December 19, 2025 at 6:45 p.m.

The Justice Department released thousands of files Friday about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein but the incomplete document dump did not break significant ground about the long-running criminal investigations of the financier...

This undated photo released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee shows former President Bill Clinton, Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein, with Clinton’s signature at the top of the photo. (House Oversight Committee via AP)

Imprisoned Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell seeks release, citing ‘new evidence’

December 17, 2025 at 4:51 p.m.

Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell asked a federal judge on Wednesday to set aside her sex trafficking conviction and free her from a 20-year prison sentence, saying “substantial new...

FILE – This photo provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein, March 28, 2017. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File)

Justice Department can unseal records from Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 sex trafficking case, judge says

December 10, 2025 at 2:29 p.m.

Secret grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 sex trafficking case can be made public, a judge ruled on Wednesday, joining two other judges in granting the Justice Department’s requests...

FILE – This image taken from video released by Pennsylvania State Police shows Luigi Mangione, a suspect in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pa., on Dec. 9, 2024. (Pennsylvania State Police via AP)

Luigi Mangione’s notes to self: ‘Pluck eyebrows,’ ‘Keep momentum, FBI slower overnight’

December 10, 2025 at 8:18 a.m.

A to-do list and travel plans found during Luigi Mangione’s arrest and revealed in court this week shed new light on the steps he may have taken — or planned...

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