In midnight deal, Paramount agrees to pay Trump $16 million to settle lawsuit that most experts viewed as baseless. The deal is the clearest sign yet of Trump’s ability to intimidate major American institutions. Ben Mullin Lauren Hirsch Michael M. Grynbaum nytimes.com/2025/07/02/bus…

The 62-second gap in the Epstein jailhouse cctv footage is...intriguing. The Trump administration so far is not offering an explanation. nytimes.com/2025/07/07/us/…

New: UnitedHealth is trying to quiet its critics through legal threats against journalists, investors, doctors, filmmakers and others. The giant company is invoking the murder of its CEO to argue that intense criticism risks inciting future violence. 🎁🔗 nytimes.com/2025/07/12/bus…

notorious defamation law firm Clare Locke sends intense legal letter to Doctor speaking out against UnitedHealthcare, then goes silent when the doctor lawyers up, per this excellent David Enrich piece

I recently read Enrich's new book "Murder the Truth" & highly recommend it (after you read this article). Like many of the assaults on fundamental rights in this country right now, the abuse of defamation laws & the effort to undo press freedoms bodes poorly for the future of the

These people UnitedHealthcare just don’t seem to get it. They upcode their MA plans to bilk Medicare, stiff providers for money owed and drive Independent Pharmacies out of business with undercutting schemes. How do they respond? Intimidation. Time for reckoning. nytimes.com/2025/07/12/bus…

UnitedHealth is routinely threatening legal action against doctors, media outlets and others as part of an aggressive campaign to shut down critics. David Enrich says the effect is to "terrorize people that are speaking out" against the company's practices.

Tonight on System Update at 7pm ET: Glenn Greenwald on Congress's relentless crackdowns on private universities over speech; plus: New York Times deputy investigations editor David Enrich on how UnitedHealth Group intimidates and silences its critics. rumble.com/v6w9pss-system…

Tonight on System Update, live at 7pm ET: Congress continues to dictate faculty and curriculum choices to top colleges. Plus: Trump Admin's expanded campus "hate speech" codes. And: NYT reporter David Enrich on how United Health is silencing critics. rumble.com/v6w9pss-system…

Jeffrey Epstein related settlements since his death: JPMorgan to victims: $290 million Deutsche Bank to victims: $75 million Estate to victims: $164 million Estate to USVI: $105 million Leon Black to USVI: $62 million Deutsche to NYDFS: $150 million JPM to USVI: $75 million

The inside story of the long, sordid history between Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump. Alan Feuer Matthew Goldstein nytimes.com/2025/07/19/us/…

New: Epstein victim urged FBI to investigate Trump and his relationship with Epstein during interviews with agency in 1996 and 2006. Records of these interviews could be in FBI files that Trump admin now refuses to release. @mikebaker Michael S. Schmidt 🎁🔗 nytimes.com/2025/07/20/us/…

Today on The Daily podcast, Shawn McCreesh and I talk to Natalie Kitroeff about the slew of unanswered questions surrounding Jeffrey Epstein and why this scandal poses such a threat to Trump. nytimes.com/2025/07/21/pod…

🎧LEVER TIME: Trump's libel suits are part of a master plan to make it cost-prohibitive for anyone to challenge power - big corporations & billionaires are using the same tactics to threaten Americans who dissent. @DavidEnrich on the murder of the truth. levernews.com/trump-colbert-…

Fantastic thread ⤵️⤵️

For those who read THE SPIDER NETWORK, this is huge news about the central character.

New: The New York Times has confirmed that Trump was listed as a contributor to Jeffrey Epstein's 50th birthday book. We are publishing a page from the book: a letter handwritten by Ghislaine Maxwell. nytimes.com/2025/07/24/us/…

We also learned that Trump inscribed a book to Epstein back in 1997, saying "You are the greatest!" We're publishing that here, as well as a previously undisclosed photo of Trump with Epstein and James Brown. More in the article >> nytimes.com/2025/07/24/us/…