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The nation’s spy chief, a longtime college president and top women in finance. The circle of people who associated with Jeffrey Epstein years after he was a convicted sex offender is wider than previously reported, according to a trove of documents that include his schedules. William Burns, director of the Central Intelligence Agency since 2021, had three meetings scheduled with Epstein in 2014, when he was deputy secretary of state, the documents show. They first met in Washington and then Mr. Burns visited Epstein’s townhouse in Manhattan. Kathryn Ruemmler, a White House counsel under President Barack Obama, had dozens of...

Jeffrey Epstein's newly-released private calendar revealed he had scheduled meetings with a slew of prominent individuals, including the current CIA director, after he was convicted as a sex offender. The documents contain emails and scheduled meetings with now-CIA Director William Burns, Bard College president Leon Botstein, Obama's White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler and professor Noam Chomsky. The meetings were scheduled between 2013 to 2017 after the pedophile had served time in jail in 2008 for sex crimes involving a teenage girl.

Newly released documents revealed Biden-appointed CIA Director William Burns met with deceased financier and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein on multiple occasions after he was convicted of sex crimes in Florida, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports. The private calendar and emails show Epstein scheduled three meetings with Burns in 2014 when Burns was deputy secretary of state under President Obama, according to WSJ. Their first meeting was planned for August in the Washington, DC office of law firm Steptoe & Johnson and the next two were booked for Epstein’s Manhattan, New York townhouse, the documents show. Epstein planned on having...

An elite Washington, D.C., think tank has employed individuals who’ve worked for front groups controlled by Chinese spy agencies, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation found. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has employed over a dozen individuals who’ve worked in a range of capacities at China-based nonprofits set up or co-opted by Chinese intelligence agencies, including the Ministry of State Security (MSS) and the intel arm of the People’s Liberation Army. These individuals have served as experts in various policy areas, including international relations, American politics and nuclear policy while working at both the think tank’s D.C. headquarters and...

New Hampshire Institute of Politics Executive Director Neil Levesque summarized the results, saying, “In the closing stretch of this election, Republican candidates have gained the momentum and are in position to score some upsets. Of the incumbents, Governor Chris Sununu and Congresswoman Annie Kuster seem poised to win re-election, but Senator Maggie Hassan and Congressman Chris Pappas are facing stiff challenges. Polls are snapshots of voter attitudes in time, not predictions, and candidates will have the opportunity to make their final arguments in this week’s closing debates.”

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has sparked outrage by comparing the relocation of border crossers to idyllic Martha’s Vineyard to the rise of Nazi Germany before the horrors of the Holocaust.

* CIA Director William Burns formerly headed a prominent D.C. think tank while it employed Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation has found. * Carnegie employed at least 20 CCP members while Burns was president, four of whom were brought on during his tenure, the DCNF found. * “If any Communist Party members have easy access to any sensitive information whatsoever, they’re certain to get a visit from Chinese intelligence,” a former vice-presidential national security adviser said. ============================================================== Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns formerly headed an influential D.C. think tank while it employed undisclosed...

A Florida man who filmed himself walking on hot thermals in Yellowstone National Park earlier this month has been officially cited for a violation of federal law and ordered to appear in-person at the U.S. District Court in Yellowstone on July 27. Matt Manzari, who told Cowboy State Daily that he created the video as a joke, broke the law by leaving the park’s boardwalk and walking on the thermal features near Old Faithful on July 1. As has been customary in these cases, the defendant must appear in court in-person. The motivational speaker from Clermont, Florida, previously told Cowboy...

The Spokane Police Department is investigating the circumstances that led to a man arriving at a local hospital with severe burns while still on fire. The police department responded Monday to a report that a man had been dropped off at an emergency room at a Spokane hospital while still on fire, and that his clothes were covered in a flammable substance, according to a news release from the department. The incident that led to the man being on fire occurred in a neighborhood in northeast Spokane near the Esmeralda Golf Course. The man sustained serious burns on 30% of...

The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was in good health, dismissing what it called false reports he was unwell. "Everything is fine with his health," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in reply to a question at his daily briefing. "You know that Ukrainian information specialists, and American and British ones, have been throwing out various fakes about the state of the president's health in recent months - these are nothing but fakes," he added. Putin coughed during a public appearance on Wednesday, when Interfax news agency quoted him as saying he had caught a slight cold...

A man who was trying to steal gas from a parked up box truck accidentally set himself ablaze in the process as fuel prices continue to soar. The shocking incident was all caught on surveillance camera footage as the man could be seen attempting to siphon fuel from the tank of a vehicle next to which he had parked his own white pickup in Salt Lake City. Authorities believe the man was using a drill in order to access the gas tank during which a spark ignited the flammable liquid. Static electricity, or sparks caused by the friction from the...

25 Employees Injured After Walking Over Hot Coals in Team-Building Exercise Jose Martinez BYJOSE MARTINEZ Jose is a contributing writer for Complex Media. @ZayMarty Jun 15, 2022 A team-building exercise in Switzerland did not work out as planned when 25 employees suffered burns after walking over a bed of coals that stretched several feet long, New York Post reports. At least 10 ambulances arrived at a private event on the Au peninsula on Lake Zurich Tuesday night to provide medical treatment, with 13 people transported to a nearby hospital with severe injuries. Police have begun an investigation into the incident...

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- The Escambia County Circle K where a clerk was set on fire by a woman on March 30 remains temporarily closed. The clerk, identified by family as Joie Hellmich, suffered severe life-threatening burns after being doused with gasoline and lit on fire. Betty McFadden, 30, was charged with attempted murder. Hellmich's friend Jodie Jones told Channel 3 on Wednesday that Hellmich is currently in critical but stable condition. She’ll likely have more surgeries in the future and will have a long road to recovery," Jones told Channel 3 in a statement. " She continues to fight...

The war in Ukraine, the nuclear talks with Iran, the spate of terror attacks in the Middle East — nothing could keep Secretary of State Antony Blinken from hosting rocker Bono, frontman of U2, in an official visit to the State Department on Saturday.

CONSUMER NOTICE Fitbit, in conjunction with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), announced a voluntary recall of Fitbit Ionic smartwatches, which the company introduced in 2017 and stopped producing in 2020. The battery in the Ionic smartwatch can overheat, posing a burn hazard. The health and safety of Fitbit users is our highest priority. We are taking this action out of an abundance of caution for our users. We will offer a refund to Fitbit Ionic customers. This voluntary recall is specific to Fitbit Ionic devices. It does not impact any other Fitbit smartwatches or trackers. If you own...

The revelations are contained in hundreds of internal agency reports obtained by BuzzFeed News through Freedom of Information Act lawsuits. BUzzfeed reported: Over the past 14 years, the Central Intelligence Agency has secretly amassed credible evidence that at least 10 of its employees and contractors committed sexual crimes involving children. Though most of these cases were referred to US attorneys for prosecution, only one of the individuals was ever charged with a crime. Prosecutors sent the rest of the cases back to the CIA to handle internally, meaning few faced any consequences beyond the possible loss of their jobs and...

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration has reportedly burned notes and destroyed emails from a coronavirus probe targeting the City of Port Huron for violating state rules. According to the Detroit News, state Inspector Matthew Hartman of the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) fined the City of Port Huron $6,300 after visiting on July 21 due to a complaint. The complaint reportedly alleged the city violated the state’s coronavirus rules.

Black Teens Break Into a Mentally Ill White Man’s Home, Douse Him with Lighter Fluid, Set Him on Fire, Eventually Killing Him Two black teens reportedly broke into a mentally ill white man’s home in Rochester, N.Y, doused him with gasoline, and immolated the man which resulting in severe burns that ended up killing him, law enforcement has stated. 16-year-old Zayvion Perry and 14-year-old Adriel Riley Jr. are being charged with second-degree murder for allegedly setting 53-year-old Steven Amenhauser on fire. The two alleged perpetrators reportedly caused Amenhauser to suffer in agony for days in the hospital before he finally...

Hey Tuttie Tatie - The Tune Name Listen to the piano recording, performed just for this article posting. It's at https://tinyurl.com/y2kk3zdo. Clicks to open new window. If you come back to the article, you can sing the lyrics to Robbie Burns' song, Scots, Wha Hae wi' Wallace Bled, to honor The Donald.

An Oklahoma ICU nurse has been left homeless for the holidays after her house burned down while she was at work treating COVID-19 patients. Tina Irwin was working a 12-hour shift at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City when her neighbor called to tell her that her home was on fire, according to KOCO News 5. Three of the single mother’s four children were at home when the fire started, the outlet reported.