Epstein Secrets

he 18-year war, but he's been largely sidelined over the past year as the United States negotiated directly with the Taliban. (Rafiq Maqbool/AP) BY JAMES HOHMANN with Mariana Alfaro THE BIG IDEA: In 1776, Abigail Adams wrote a letter to her husband as the colonists prepared to declare independence. "And. b

-- Epstein signed his will just two days before his suicide, leaving behind a nearly $600 million fortune, according to court documents obtained by the New York Post: "The court document, filed in the US Virgin Islands, where the convicted sex molester owned two isles ... was filed Aug. 8. The 66-year-old forme

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ionaire. Mr. Epstein's wealth may have depended less on his math acumen than his connections to two men — Steven J. Hoffenberg, a onetime owner of The New York Post and a notorious fraudster later convicted of running a $460 million Ponzi scheme, and Leslie H. Wexner, the billionaire founder of retail chains i

mum on Hong Kong as mobs attack protesters and China challenges U.S. influence Men in white shirts beat Hong Kong protesters with bats, batons BY JAMES HOHMANN with Emily Davies THE BIG IDEA: The stories coming out of Hong Kong this morning shock the conscience. Pro-democracy lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting was

ping Kamala Harris for holding a fundraiser at the home of Scooter Braun, with whom Swift has been fighting over the fate of her master recordings, the New York Post reports. The senator's husband posted a photo of her at the fundraiser with Katy Perry, Demi Lovato and Ariana Grande: Sanders attacked Biden on T