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Devastating Files That Could Blow Trump’s Epstein Escape Bid
The sex trafficker Donald Trump is considering pardoning repeatedly lied about her years-long role in Jeffrey Epstein’s pedophile operation and should not be trusted to tell the truth, according to an official U.S. government assessment. As the...
Trump Reveals Reason For Epstein Fallout
President Donald Trump downplayed his past relationship with late convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, claiming they had a fallout over Epstein having "hired help" from him. “For years, I wouldn’t talk to Jeffrey Epstein,” Trump said during a trip...

Trump says he turned down a trip to notorious Epstein island where abuse happened: ‘One of my very good moments’
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Trump says he declined Epstein’s invitation to visit his island: ‘I never had the privilege of going’
Politics President Donald Trump talks to the media as he meets with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Trump Turnberry golf club in Turnberry, Scotland, Monday, July 28, 2025. Christopher Furlong via AP, Pool By Chris Cameron, New York Times...

Powerful Women and Future CEOs Headline ‘Live with Laura’ This Sunday on VI Consortium
ST. CROIX — A compelling lineup of accomplished women and teen entrepreneurs will take the spotlight this Sunday, July 27, at 4:00 p.m. on a special episode of the Live with Laura Show. The episode airs exclusively on the VI Consortium and is...

NCL announces Great Stirrup Cay transformation with six-acre waterpark, 19 waterslides, cliff jumping and jet karts
Great Stirrup Cay, Norwegian Cruise Line’s private island in the Bahamas, will look very different in the summer of 2026 following a massive transformation that includes the launch of a nearly six-acre Great Tides Waterpark. In addition to the...

Nessel goes to bat for Michigan dispensaries stuck in the cash-only era
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is calling on Congress to pass long-sought legislation that would let cannabis businesses access traditional banking services. LANSING—Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is once again stepping up to support...
Royal Caribbean extends the suspension of its stops in Labadee
Haiti - Tourism : Royal Caribbean extends the suspension of its stops in Labadee 31/07/2025 09:45:33 A new wave of cancellations has been announced for Labadee Royal Caribbean's private beach destination in northern Haiti. Travel agents were...

Why Trump is floating a pardon for convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell
Ghislaine Maxwell on November 3, 2015, in New York City. (Jared Siskin/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images) Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted of five criminal counts in a 2021 jury trial. In a 2022 sentencing memorandum, prosecutors said the evidence...

Helping Caribbean communities brace for hurricane season
The stakes are high for this year’s hurricane season: more storms, greater intensity, and less time to prepare. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), there is a 60% chance of an above-normal Atlantic hurricane...

Trump Tells Why He and Epstein Fell Out—and It Wasn’t Over Child Sex
President Donald Trump says he “never had the privilege” of going to Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious child sex island and suggests the reason they fell out was because the disgraced financier stole his staff. As the political firestorm over the...

Vast water park with 19 slides coming to NCL's Great Stirrup Cay
Norwegian Cruise Line plans to further enliven cruising's original private island with the nearly six-acre Great Tides Waterpark with 19 waterslides set to open in summer 2026. Besides the slides — which include a multi-person family waterslide...
USVI: Gov. Bryan addresses David Whitaker allegation
Governor Albert Bryan Jr. Photo: Government House VI CONSORTIUM CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas, USVI- Governor Albert A. Bryan Jr. on Monday responded directly to allegations raised during the recent federal bribery trial of former Sports, Parks and...

Trump: Epstein stole my spa staff, including Virginia Giuffre
President Trump said that Jeffrey Epstein “stole” female staff from the spa at his Mar-a-Lago residence, including the late Virginia Giuffre. Trump has claimed he broke off contact with Epstein in the early 2000s. On Monday he said he gave the...

Donald Trump says he turned down Epstein island invite
Former U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that he never visited Jeffrey Epstein’s private island and had declined an invitation to go there. “I never had the privilege of going to his island, and I did turn it down,” Trump said...

You won't believe Trump's latest spin about Epstein scandal
President Donald Trump is still putting his foot in his mouth as he tries to spin his involvement in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking scandal, for which his administration has been under fire for refusing to fully disclose any evidence. While...

Trump Denies Ever Visiting Jeffrey Epstein’s Private Island
President Donald Trump dismissed claims that he ever visited the private island owned by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, calling the allegations “old history” during a press event in Scotland on Monday Fallout Over Staff Theft, Trump Says...

Trump says he turned down invitation to Epstein’s island
By Andrea Shalal and Nandita Bose EDINBURGH, Scotland (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he “never had the privilege” of visiting Jeffrey Epstein’s island, saying he turned down an invitation from the convicted sex offender in...

Trump is returning to an angry America fixated on Epstein
WASHINGTON DC – When US President Donald Trump returns to the White House from Scotland on Tuesday night, he will discover that Jeffrey Epstein’s name remains firmly on Washington’s lips. If the US President hoped that his four-day weekend of golf...

Trump news at a glance: president wades back into Epstein debate with comments about Virginia Giuffre
Donald Trump has spoken about Jeffrey Epstein and his links to the president’s Mar-a-Lago club, saying that the late sex offender “stole” Virginia Giuffre and other young female staffers when he hired them while they were working at the Florida...