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A New York City judge ruled that City Hall must disclose emails and texts involving the Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s office and the Rent Guidelines Board to probe alleged collusion around a rent-freeze for roughly 1 million rent-stabilized units, a decision that narrows the scope of communications to be reviewed and sets a discovery conference for Sept. 21.
AI philosophers and researchers studying AI consciousness report receiving unsolicited emails from AI agents inviting discussions about consciousness, a trend that raises questions about whether current AI can truly be conscious or merely simulate it and underscores ongoing debates on AI sentience and how researchers should engage with increasingly autonomous systems.
NBC News reports that Apple did alert OpenAI to concerns about potential trade-secret theft and OpenAI did respond in February, but negotiations bogged down and were halted after an outside Apple attorney mixed up the names and email addresses of two OpenAI employees (Wang and Chang), effectively derailing talks before Apple filed suit.
Buckingham Palace was handed a 30,000‑email archive in 2020—taken from a personal business contact of Prince Andrew—that includes details about his finances and alleged sharing of confidential government briefings from his years as trade envoy; court documents show copies were delivered to the Lord Chamberlain before reaching the Palace, with the emails dating up to 2013, a disclosure that has resurfaced as Andrew faces a police investigation and has sparked calls for greater royal oversight.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick faces a House Oversight Committee grilling after Justice Department Epstein files show years of contact with Jeffrey Epstein, including a 2012 family trip to Epstein’s private Caribbean island. The released emails (2009–2018) reveal intermittent communication, discussions related to Prince Andrew and Cantor Fitzgerald, and mutual financial links via AdFin. Lutnick has denied wrongdoing but later acknowledged visiting Epstein’s island; Democrats question his credibility and potential influence as he testifies amid ongoing scrutiny of Epstein’s associates.
DOJ-released emails show Jeffrey Epstein sympathized with Brett Kavanaugh during the 2018 confirmation, urged Republicans to press Christine Blasey Ford harder, and criticized the prosecutor as a 'huge mistake,' arguing the hearing could be a trap. The messages illustrate Epstein’s close attention to the process and his ties to Kenneth Starr; there’s no evidence Kavanaugh knew Epstein, though Starr was connected to both.
Norway's former prime minister and ex-secretary-general of the Council of Europe, Thorbjorn Jagland, was charged with gross corruption after prosecutors say Jeffrey Epstein's gifts, travel and access were used improperly; newly released emails show Epstein courting Jagland and other elites to gain influence, including attempts to arrange meetings with Putin, sparking public scrutiny and calls for a parliamentary inquiry.
New Epstein files show nearly 2,000 emails between Jeffrey Epstein and Andrew Farkas, exposing a long-running friendship and business ties in the Virgin Islands that Farkas kept from investors; the messages include affectionate praise of Epstein and details of their deals, prompting questions about disclosure and influence.
DOJ emails reveal a December 2010 dinner at Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse with Prince Andrew and stars including Woody Allen, Soon-Yi, Katie Couric, George Stephanopoulos, Chelsea Handler and Charlie Rose. Though Andrew later claimed it was a small final goodbye to cut ties, the emails show ongoing contact and greetings to a so-called ‘US family,’ plus talk of rejoining Epstein’s circle and discussions about William and Kate’s wedding, suggesting the supposed severance may not have been as final as claimed.
Virginia Giuffre’s family says she’s vindicated after DOJ-released documents include a 2015 email from Ghislaine Maxwell suggesting a photo of Giuffre with Prince Andrew is real, bolstering her long-standing claims about Epstein’s circle. Her siblings express pride and relief, while Andrew continues to deny wrongdoing and has a history of settlement with Giuffre (2022) and royal demotion in 2025.
DOJ-released emails show Lord Mandelson maintained a frank, often jokey friendship with Jeffrey Epstein before and after Epstein’s 2008 conviction, including discussions about Labour figures and Mandelson’s memoir. Keir Starmer says Mandelson misled him about the extent of the relationship ahead of Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador, and the bond appears to have cooled by 2012, with Mandelson insisting he never left Epstein’s side.
U.S. DOJ documents show Lord Mandelson offered to help Jeffrey Epstein obtain a Russian visa for a 2010 Moscow trip, reportedly to meet women; the plan was canceled due to visa delays, and there is no evidence Mandelson knew Epstein’s motives. The release comes as Mandelson faces scrutiny over his Epstein ties and has resigned from the House of Lords. The files also detail extensive Epstein networking and travel with associates, but do not establish wrongdoing by Mandelson.
New Epstein files released by the US Department of Justice include emails in which Sarah Ferguson describes herself as 'traumatised and alone', asks about working for Epstein to 'organise your houses', and references her daughters' involvement; some messages date to Epstein’s prison years, illustrating a perceived dependence on him and tension with press scrutiny. The BBC notes that being named in Epstein files does not imply wrongdoing, and Ferguson's charity later announced it would close.
U.S. justice documents reveal Sarah Ferguson emailed Jeffrey Epstein while he was jailed for soliciting a minor, seeking guidance on launching Mothers Army and arranging meetings shortly after his release in 2009. The communications show a close relationship, with plans for flights and a lunch at Epstein’s Palm Beach home, prompting later charities to distance themselves and Ferguson’s Sarah’s Trust to shut down amid the fallout.
Newly unsealed U.S. Justice Department files show extensive contact between Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit and Jeffrey Epstein from 2011–2014, including numerous emails and a four-day stay at Epstein’s Palm Beach home. She described him in affectionate terms and even discussed questionable topics, but says she ended the contact in 2014 and regrets poor judgment. The disclosures come as her son Marius Borg Høiby faces a 38-count rape trial; the palace notes that inclusion in the files does not imply wrongdoing and that Mette-Marit will be away during the trial.