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Howard Stern’s former assistant sues, claiming famed radio personality created hostile workplace

Howard Stern’s former assistant sues, claiming famed radio personality created hostile workplace

Published by Daniella Wilson

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Howard Stern’s former assistant is suing the famed radio personality and his wife for allegedly subjecting her to a hostile work environment while employed at their 20,000-square-foot Hamptons estate, according to court filings reviewed by The Independent. In a state lawsuit filed Sunday, Leslie Kuhn, who began working for Stern in 2022 as his office manager at SiriusXM, says she was made the shock jock’s executive assistant the following year, and relocated to Southampton, New York, in 2024 – at the pair’s request – to provide “assistance with such things as managing the staff of the mansion, setting staffing schedules, completing staff payroll and managing general household operations, including Beth Stern’s extensive at-home feline rescue and fostering operations.” Beth Stern is a longtime animal activist who rescues and fosters abandoned dogs and cats, and is the national spokesperson and …

Howard Lutnick set for House Oversight interview

Howard Lutnick set for House Oversight interview

Published by Sam Flores

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick appears at the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing to examine a review of broadband deployment funding at the Department of Commerce, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 10, 2026. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is scheduled to appear May 6 before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform for an interview about notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a person familiar with the situation told CNBC on Monday. “It’s a voluntary transcribed interview,” the person said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the appearance hasn’t yet been announced. Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., said March 3 that Lutnick had agreed to the interview about the crimes of Epstein and his convicted procurer, Ghislaine Maxwell, but did not announce what day that would happen. The Commerce Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment about Lutnick’s scheduled appearance. Lutnick, during testimony on Feb. 10 to the Senate Appropriations Committee, said he and his family had lunch with Epstein in …

Howard Stern shares cryptic message about relationships with Carolyn Bessette and JFK Jr: ‘Some stuff you do have to keep private’

Howard Stern shares cryptic message about relationships with Carolyn Bessette and JFK Jr: ‘Some stuff you do have to keep private’

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Howard Stern has opened up about the time he spent with both John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette before their deaths in 1999. The ill-fated couple are the subject of Ryan Murphy’s hit FX series Love Story: John F. Kennedy & Carolyn Bessette, which concludes Thursday. Speaking on his eponymous radio show, Stern revealed that watching the show had brought back memories of his real-life encounters with the high-profile pair. “I knew the real Carolyn Bessette,” the Howard Stern Show host said, per Rolling Stone. “I won’t say I knew her well, but we had many, many conversations, more than casual conversations. She was very lovely. She was like a really nice woman.” Stern did not reveal how his friendship with Bessette began, hinting cryptically: “I know enough to keep my mouth shut about that. Some stuff you do have …

Howard Lutnick volunteers to testify to House committee

Howard Lutnick volunteers to testify to House committee

Published by Sam Flores

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick sits to testify before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing to examine a review of broadband deployment funding at the Department of Commerce, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 10, 2026. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has voluntarily agreed to testify before the House Oversight Committee about his ties to infamous sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Republican Rep. James Comer of Kentucky said Tuesday. “I commend his demonstrated commitment to transparency and appreciate his willingness to engage with the Committee,” Comer, the chairman of the oversight panel, said in an X post that confirmed an earlier Axios report. “I look forward to his testimony.” Lutnick has not been accused of wrongdoing but has nevertheless faced mounting bipartisan pressure to explain connections that have recently emerged between him and Epstein, his former next-door neighbor. In Senate testimony last month, Lutnick admitted visiting Epstein’s notorious private island with his family in 2012 — years after he previously claimed he had cut off …

Howard Zinn’s “What the Classroom Didn’t Teach Me About the American Empire”: An Illustrated Video Narrated by Viggo Mortensen

Howard Zinn’s “What the Classroom Didn’t Teach Me About the American Empire”: An Illustrated Video Narrated by Viggo Mortensen

Published by José Betancourt

“Through­out U.S. his­to­ry, our mil­i­tary has been used not for moral pur­pos­es but to expand eco­nom­ic, polit­i­cal, and mil­i­tary pow­er,” says a car­toon Howard Zinn in Mike Konopacki’s 273-page com­ic book A People’s His­to­ry of Amer­i­can Empire. Writ­ten with Zinn and his­to­ri­an Paul Buh­le, the book adapts Zinn’s path­break­ing his­to­ry from below, A People’s His­to­ry of the Unit­ed States, and his auto­bi­og­ra­phy You Can’t Be Neu­tral on a Mov­ing Train in a direct exam­i­na­tion of the U.S. Imperi­um. Konopac­ki calls the book his “answer” to the text­books of “the pow­er struc­ture.” Above, you can see a short video adap­ta­tion of some key text from A People’s His­to­ry of Amer­i­can Empire. Nar­rat­ed by Vig­go Mortensen, the video gives us a nut­shell ver­sion of Zinn’s cul­tur­al, polit­i­cal, and moral education—what the Ger­mans used to call bil­dung—as he grows from a some­what naive WWII bomber pilot, to a col­lege stu­dent on the G.I. Bill, to a grad­u­ate stu­dent, then pro­fes­sor, of his­to­ry. Along the way he notices that the map in every text­book labeled “West­ern Expan­sion” shows “the …

Howard Lutnick’s Epstein Story Doesn’t Make Any Sense

Howard Lutnick’s Epstein Story Doesn’t Make Any Sense

Published by Daniella Wilson

This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. “I have nothing to hide. Absolutely nothing,” Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told a Senate committee yesterday. Perhaps that’s true—but given his recent history, don’t bet on it. During a podcast interview this past fall, Lutnick talked about an unsettling encounter he and his wife had with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who used to be his next-door neighbor, in 2005. After Epstein offered them a house tour and showed them his infamous massage table, Lutnick recalled, he was creeped out and left. “My wife and I decided that I will never be in the room with that disgusting person ever again,” he said. “So I was never in the room with him socially, for business, or even philanthropy.” Only that wasn’t true at all. Documents in the Epstein files released by the Justice Department show repeated, if more …

Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Howard Lutnick face new scrutiny over Epstein ties | Donald Trump News

Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Howard Lutnick face new scrutiny over Epstein ties | Donald Trump News

Published by Sam Flores

New files suggest the men had more extensive contact with Epstein than previously known. Published On 31 Jan 202631 Jan 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Newly released investigative files concerning the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have cast more scrutiny on his connections with some of the US’s wealthiest and most powerful men, including moguls Bill Gates and Elon Musk. The tranche of documents released by the US Department of Justice on Friday comes more than a month after the December 19 deadline set in legislation for all the Epstein-related documents to be published. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list The release spanning 3 million pages has cast a spotlight on two of the world’s richest men – Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Tesla founder Elon Musk – both of whom previously downplayed their connections to Epstein. In a draft email included among the documents, Epstein alleged Gates had engaged in extramarital affairs and sought his help procuring drugs “to deal with consequences of sex with …

Trump, Howard Lutnick, Steve Tisch in latest DOJ release

Trump, Howard Lutnick, Steve Tisch in latest DOJ release

Published by Sam Flores

Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein during a party at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, Feb. 12, 2000. Davidoff Studios Photography | Archive Photos | Getty Images The Justice Department on Friday released many more records from its investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein, resuming disclosures under a law intended to reveal what the government knew about the millionaire financier’s sexual abuse of young girls and his interactions with the rich and powerful. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the department was releasing more than 3 million pages of documents in the latest Epstein disclosure, as well as more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images. The files, posted to the department’s website, include some of the several million pages of records that officials said were withheld from an initial release of documents in December. Congressional Democrats, who have been key to pushing for the release of case files on Epstein, are arguing that Friday’s release is only about half of the files that have been collected. The Epstein Files Transparency Act, a law enacted after months of …