Nick Confessore

After Trump Split, Epstein Said He Could ‘Take Him Down’

Our deep dive into the recesses of Epstein's inbox found repeated instances of him seeking to exploit his Trump relationship. "I am the one able to take him down," Epstein wrote in December 2018. 🎁🔗 @jsgatnyt.bsky.social @nickconfessore.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...

From @nytimes.com’ @ericlipton.nytimes.com & Yaffe-Bellamy: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/u...

A really thought-provoking package from the Monthly, examining new approaches to racial justice in higher ed in a post-affirmative action world -- >

Meta to End Fact-Checking Program on Facebook Ahead of Trump Term: Live Updates The social networking giant will stop using third-party fact checkers on Facebook, Threads and Instagram and instead rely on users to add notes to posts. It is likely to please President-elect Trump a...

“The reversal of the years-old policy is a stark sign of how the company is repositioning itself for the Trump presidency in the weeks before it begins.”
@nytimes reports on Facebook dropping fact checking as Trump prepares to enter office. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...

The Search for van Gogh’s Lost Masterpiece Cast off by the Nazis, but heralded by curators, the artist’s painting of his doctor, made just before van Gogh’s suicide, has not been seen in 34 years.

Three decades ago, Van Gogh's "Portrait of Dr. Gachet” disappeared from public view.
@pekingmikenyt.bsky.social & co. follow the lost masterpiece from Manhattan to a lakeside villa in Switzerland -- and ponder whether great art deserves to be seen. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/a...