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MAJOR BREAKING: The Epstein–Russia Pipeline Did Not End With Epstein A former modeling agent. The Tate brothers. A Russian official trained at the FSB Academy. Putin’s investment envoy. And the men now negotiating directly with the Kremlin. Lev Parnas Jul 29 ∙ Preview There are stories that arrive as headlines. Then there are stories that remain hidden in the relationships behind those headlines. I always say: It is never just about what they say. It is about who they do, who they introduce, who gains access—and who keeps reappearing when the names, countries and scandals change. That is why this story matters. At first glance, Paolo Zampolli, Jeffrey Epstein, the Tate brothers, Sergey Belyakov, Kirill Dmitriev, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff appear to belong to different worlds. One was a modeling agent and New York social fixture. One was a convicted sex offender who built an international network around money, influence and access. Two became globally recognized internet personalit...

  By  Ian Ward Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) speaks to the press outside the Capitol after the House passed legislation to fund the government through September 30. Massie was the only Republican to vote against passing the legislation. | Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images MAGA NON GRATA  — Republicans today narrowly passed a continuing resolution to fund the government, averting a March 14 shutdown deadline. But the one Republican vote against the CR exposed an unexpected test of President Donald Trump’s control over his party. And this test has a name: Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky. Massie — an idiosyncratic, libertarian-minded conservative from Northern Kentucky’s 4th District — has long been a thorn in the Trump administration side, having refused to fall in line behind Trump on several key votes during Trump’s first term. Just last month, Massie was also the only Republican to vote against the  “big, beautiful” budget bill  that the White House was pushing ...