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An NPR investigation finds the Justice Department has removed or withheld Epstein files related to President Trump. Department of Justice and Getty Images/Collage by Danielle A. Scruggs/NPR hide caption toggle caption Department of Justice and Getty Images/Collage by Danielle A. Scruggs/NPR The Justice Department has withheld some Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor, an NPR investigation finds. It also removed some documents from the public database where accusations against Jeffrey Epstein also mention Trump. Some files have not been made public despite a law mandating their release. These include what appears to be more…

The coauthor of an AI research paper is speaking out after his work triggered a global stock sell-off.Citrini, a firm focused on thematic equity investing, alongside Alap Shah, CEO of Littlebird.ai, theorized a future where, instead of transforming the economy in a positive way, the AI boom erases white-collar jobs and severely reduces the spending power of those workers, and eventually stunts economic growth.On Monday, Shah told “TBPN” podcast hosts John Coogan and Jordi Hays that despite how well it seems to be going for blue-collar jobs at the moment in terms of growth and the lack of mass layoffs,…

A sad baby monkey has turned an Ikea plushie into a viral must-have.Punch, also known as Panchi-kun, is a seven-month-old Japanese macaque born in July. His mother abandoned him shortly after birth, and he was later rejected by other monkeys at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan. To soothe him, zookeepers gave him a brown orangutan plush from Ikea.Videos of Punch clinging tightly to the orangutan toy — hugging it after being brushed off by an older monkey, carrying it everywhere, even fending off curious monkeys who try to grab it — have racked up millions of views on TikTok. The…

Jamie Dimon has a warning for Wall Street: The scramble to juice profits is starting to look uncomfortably familiar.The longtime JPMorgan Chase CEO said he’s seeing echoes of the years leading up to the 2008 financial crisis, when an aggressive push to make loans ended in disaster.”Unfortunately, we did see this in ’05, ’06 and ’07, almost the same thing — the rising tide was lifting all boats, everyone was making a lot of money,” Dimon said at the firm’s 2026 company update on Monday.Today’s buoyant market environment is fueling a similar sense of confidence, he suggested.”My own view is…

Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., during the 2025 IIF annual membership meeting in Washington, Oct. 16, 2025.Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesJPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Monday that he was anxious over the U.S. economy, citing elevated asset prices and a competitive environment in banking that reminded him of the pre-2008 crisis years.Even as economists tout the Trump administration’s tax and deregulatory policies as boosting economic growth this year, Dimon said during an annual investor update that his own tendencies were to consider what could go wrong when expectations are riding high. “My…

JPMorgan plans to boost its technology budget by almost $2 billion this year, to $19.8 billion — a roughly 10% increase compared to 2025.Speaking at the firm’s 2026 company update on Monday, CFO Jeremy Barnum said “technology remains a major driver of our expense growth,” which is up around $9 billion for the year. The bulk of the tech expenses comes from $1.2 billion in investments, including some AI-related projects. Later in the presentation, CEO Jamie Dimon said that returns on AI are difficult to quantify initiative by initiative. Answering a question from Wells Fargo analyst Mike Mayo, who pressed…

Lou Cohen, EY’s chief digital officer, said many marketers are not yet taking advantage of the benefits of artificial intelligence.Cohen, who is also a professor at New York University, Yeshiva University, and Baruch College, said marketing is at an “inflection point,” with investment shifting from general digital innovation to AI transformation.Cohen said that marketers who understand how to use AI in an assistive way, by focusing on what outcomes it delivers best, will access a deeper level of audience segmenting, targeting, and testing. He was interviewed for CMO Insider at Business Insider’s studio in New York City.Ultimately, Cohen said, the…

A satellite image shows cars on fire along a coastal road in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico, Feb. 22, 2026, following the killing of drug lord Nemesio Oseguera, known as “El Mencho,” in a military operation.Vantor | Via ReutersAmerican travel companies are scrambling to reroute cruise ships and take care of tourists to Mexico after violence and chaos erupted in several coastal regions in the country following the killing of a cartel leader. The U.S. State Department broadened its warning to travelers to shelter in place across multiple regions of Mexico, including the popular tourist hot spots of Cancun, Playa del…

A corporate board seat can bring status and stock awards — and also political heat.The criticism that Netflix board member Susan Rice leveled at President Donald Trump last week is dividing governance watchers over how political a corporate director can afford to be.Rice, who served in top roles in the Obama and Biden administrations, made several critical remarks about the commander in chief during an appearance on the podcast “Stay Tuned with Preet Bharara.” Trump responded by demanding that Netflix remove her from her seat “or pay the consequences.”The spat has come at a precarious time for the video-streaming company.…

2026-02-23T20:38:03.852Z Share Copy link Email Facebook WhatsApp X LinkedIn Bluesky Threads lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Longevity influencer Peter Attia has stepped down from his role as a CBS News contributor. Attia’s name appears in the Epstein files over 1,700 times. Attia also stepped down from his role at David Protein and is no longer listed as an Eight Sleep advisor. Peter Attia, a popular…