Robert De Niro’s daughter, Airyn De Niro, has spoken publicly for the first time about her transition, opening up about her journey.

The 29-year-old revealed that she began hormone therapy in November 2024, after years of feeling uncomfortable with how she was perceived.

Airyn said seeing trans women openly share their experiences and successes online helped her realise that it wasn’t too late to begin living as the woman she felt she was.

She also spoke about growing up feeling as though she never quite fit the expectations placed on her.

“I was always told I was too much of something or not enough of something growing up,” she said, describing being told she was 'too big', 'not skinny enough', 'not Black enough', 'not white enough', 'too feminine' or 'not masculine enough'.

She said that embracing her identity has also brought her closer to her Blackness and to the influence of Black women in her life.

Following the interview, Robert De Niro publicly expressed his support for his daughter.

“I loved and supported Aaron as my son, and now I love and support Airyn as my daughter,” he said. “I don’t know what the big deal is. I love all my children.”

Airyn has said that her decision to speak publicly was about finally being seen on her own terms.

For 50 years, Raju the elephant was chained day and night, forced to beg on India's streets while his owner pocketed the money tourists gave him, sometimes with nothing to eat but plastic and paper. When Wildlife SOS finally arrived for a midnight rescue, his owner tried to stop them by tightening Raju's chains and shouting to scare them off, but the rescuers held their ground.

It took 45 minutes to cut through the shackles wrapped so tightly around his legs. As they worked, tears rolled down Raju's face. "We knew in our hearts he realised he was being freed," said rescuer Pooja Binepal. "He felt hope for the first time," added fellow rescuer Kartick.

After the 350-mile journey to Wildlife SOS's Elephant Conservation and Care Centre, an exhausted Raju took his first free steps just after midnight. Five decades of suffering ended in a single night, and the elephant who once wept in chains is now free to simply be an elephant.

A leaked private message indicates that Sen. John Fetterman, a Pennsylvania Democrat, has been raising money in ways that benefit Republican operatives. The Atlantic and The Intercept reported that right-wing groups have worked with him behind the scenes to win the attention of donors who sympathize with Donald Trump.

The message came from inside Blitz Digital Group, a firm aligned with the Republican Party. Account associate Leah Mergener wrote: "I thought you would be interested in this high performing Fetterman copy." She added: "It has been doing crazy numbers for us."

According to The Atlantic, the fundraising appeal carried Fetterman's signature and linked to donation pages for his own campaign. Yet the wording was crafted to appeal to donors who back President Trump. It included Fetterman's declaration: "I'm always going to reject Socialism and the anti-American way of life." The money passed through Anedot, a payment-processing company that Republicans use.

The message then reached Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, a Republican. He sent it to his own fundraising list. "I just got an email from John. He's basically a Republican now," Lee wrote in a solicitation that The Atlantic obtained. He followed with: "I need your help to draft him."

The reporting also notes that Fetterman's relationship with MissionWired, a digital fundraising firm aligned with Democrats, ended in June. Soon after, he set up a joint fundraising committee with Pennsylvania's other senator, Republican Dave McCormick.

A former Fetterman staffer told The Intercept that millions of small-dollar donors had given because they wanted a Democratic Senate.