FBI Director Kash Patel speaks to reporters alongside White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt during a briefing at the White House in Washington, on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By MICHAEL GOLD House Democrats on Wednesday released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein wrote that President Donald Trump had “spent hours at my house” with one of Epstein’s victims, among other messages that suggested that the convicted sex offender believed Trump knew

President Donald Trump speaks during an announcement of a drug prices deal in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, last Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. Senate Democrats believe that they held together long enough during the government shutdown for Trump to reveal a new level of callousness in his refusal to fund food stamps for 42 million Americans. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By ANNIE KARNI At first blush, the deal that paved the way to end the government shutdown t

San Juan Mayor Miguel Romero Lugo (Facebook via Miguel Romero in Ciudades Capitales) By THE STAR STAFF San Juan Mayor Miguel Romero Lugo announced on Wednesday the availability of the “Capital Entrepreneurship” program, an initiative designed to support small and midsize businesses facing the challenges of high energy costs. The program aims to strengthen the stability of local businesses, encourage private investment and contribute to the city’s economic development. “Busine

“We are people facing health conditions, physical limitations, and the burden of age,” said Myra Rivera, a spokesperson for the organization Construyamos Otro Acuerdo. “Urging us to return to work is not a policy of support: it is a sign of institutional abandonment.” By THE STAR STAFF The organization Construyamos Otro Acuerdo (COA; in English, Let’s Build Another Agreement), along with representatives from labor and human rights groups, demanded on Wednesday that the island

By THE STAR STAFF Judge Cristina Córdova Ponce has scheduled the preliminary hearing for Dec. 4 in the case of Anthonieska Avilés Cabrera, 17, who is accused of murdering 16-year-old Gabriela Nicole Pratts Rosario in Aibonito this past August. The hearing will be held at the Aibonito Judicial Center at 10 a.m. Córdova Ponce made the decision during a status hearing on Wednesday. Additionally, the judge has set the dates for the presentation of evidence during the preliminary

The Department of Natural and Environmental Resources’ Cessna Caravan 208D aircraft is seen on the unpaved landing strip on Mona Island. The head of the agency called the plane “a unique platform that allows us to be agile at all times.” By THE STAR STAFF Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER) Secretary Waldemar Quiles Pérez said Wednesday that the agency’s Cessna Caravan 208D aircraft has made some 35 flights from March to August, demonstrating the need for a modern and

The Puerto Rico Fishermen and Defenders of the Sea Federation Inc. contends that the Municipality of Ceiba intends to evict the group of fishermen who managed to rehabilitate and reopen the Los Machos Beach fishing village after the devastation of hurricanes Irma and Maria. By THE STAR STAFF The Puerto Rico Fishermen and Defenders of the Sea Federation Inc. (FEPDEMAR by its acronym in Spanish) on Wednesday denounced what they said was a betrayal of fishermen on the part of th

The Puerto Rico trade delegation, led by Gov. Jenniffer González Colón and Economic Development & Commerce Secretary Sebastián Negrón Reichard, center background, held more than 200 business meetings with potential buyers, distributors and investors in Madrid and Barcelona. By THE STAR STAFF The Puerto Rican trade mission to Spain, led by Gov. Jenniffer González Colón and Economic Development and Commerce (DDEC by its acronym in Spanish) Secretary Sebastián Negrón Reichard, c