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Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
Russ Vought: Appropriations process ‘has to be less bipartisan’  —  Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought isn't interested in giving assurances to lawmakers on Capitol Hill that the White House will abide by any bipartisan spending agreements made this year.
Washington Post:
White House defends handling of Epstein files, chides press for coverage  —  White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the Trump administration's handling of the case of deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, saying “some of the most trusted voices in the Republican Party movement” …
Discussion: TotalProSports and USA Today
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
A Crisis of MAGA Faith  —  How's this for a vibe check: A Quinnipiac University poll yesterday found that a whopping 63 percent of voters disapprove of how the Trump administration is handling the Epstein-files controversy, with a scant 17 percent approving.  Happy Thursday.  —  What Would William of Ockham Say?
Discussion: The Editorial Board
Politico:
Looming Epstein vote has Republicans eager to leave Washington … Questions about the late convicted sex predator have exploded inside the GOP since the Justice Department announced earlier this month it had concluded there was no foul play involved in his 2019 death while in federal custody and there is no …
NPR:
House nears vote on cuts to NPR, PBS and foreign aid programs
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Senate Approves Trump's Bid to Cancel Foreign Aid and Public Broadcast Funds
Sarah Beth Hensley / Associated Press:
Trump underwent vascular testing because of leg swelling: White House
Sara Boboltz / HuffPost:
Democratic Senators Walk Out Of Trump Judicial Nominee Emil Bove's Hearing
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Republicans to tee up House vote on Epstein resolution
Wall Street Journal:
Jeffrey Epstein's Friends Sent Him Bawdy Letters for a 50th Birthday Album.  One Was From Donald Trump.  —  The leather-bound book was compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell.  The president says the letter ‘is a fake thing.’  —  It was Jeffrey Epstein's 50th birthday, and Ghislaine Maxwell was preparing a special gift to mark the occasion.
Politico:
Maurene Comey warns her former colleagues: ‘Fear is the tool of the tyrant’ … NEW YORK — One day after being fired by the Justice Department, Maurene Comey told her former colleagues that “fear is the tool of a tyrant,” appearing to take aim at the upper ranks of DOJ and perhaps the president …
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New York Times:
Prosecutor Fired by Trump Calls Fear the ‘Tool of a Tyrant’  —  Maurene Comey, who helped prosecute Jeffrey Epstein and Sean Combs, was dismissed without a detailed explanation.  She is the daughter of James B. Comey, a longtime adversary of President Trump.
emptywheel:   Pam Bondi Fired the Avenger of Sex Trafficking Victims on Donald Trump's Personal Authority
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Trump's WSJ Epstein Fury … On Thursday, anticipation rippled through political and media circles as insiders awaited a potentially explosive Wall Street Journal story examining Donald Trump's ties to the late Jeffrey Epstein.  The article, said to be in the works for days …
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Asks for 1-Day Sentence for Ex-Officer Convicted in Breonna Taylor Raid  —  The move was a stunning reversal of Biden-era efforts to address racial disparities in local law enforcement.  —  The Justice Department's civil rights chief has asked a federal judge to sentence …
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Perry Stein / Washington Post:
DOJ seeks one-day sentence for officer in raid that killed Breonna Taylor
Discussion: Daily Kos
Associated Press:
Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients' personal data, including addresses, to ICE  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will be given access to the personal data of the nation's 79 million Medicaid enrollees, including home addresses and ethnicities …
Betsy Klein / CNN:
Trump diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency following leg swelling  —  President Donald Trump was examined for swelling in his legs and has been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, the White House announced Thursday.  —  Trump, 79, underwent a “comprehensive examination …
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Addy Bink / The Hill:
What is chronic venous insufficiency?
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CBS to Cancel ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Citing ‘Financial Decision’  —  TV's ongoing problems with late night have come for Stephen Colbert, with CBS announcing Thursday that it plans to end his “Late Show” after the next TV season, citing a “financial decision.”
Matthew Goldstein / New York Times:
This Democrat Won't Let Go of the Jeffrey Epstein Case, Either  —  Senator Ron Wyden has found that four banks waited until Mr. Epstein's arrest on federal charges to flag $1.5 billion in suspicious transactions.  Mr. Wyden wants the documents made public.  —  President Trump and his administration …
Miami Herald:
Alligator Alcatraz isn't meant for minors.  A 15 year old ended up there anyway  —  In the rush to open a detention camp in the Florida Everglades for “some of the most vicious” migrants illegally in the country, state and federal officers detained a 15-year-old boy with no criminal record …
Discussion: Raw Story
NBC News:
Trump administration shuts down LGBTQ youth suicide hotline  —  The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline's LGBTQ youth service, which has provided queer youths with specialized services since 2022, was officially terminated Thursday.  —  The Trump administration on Thursday afternoon officially terminated …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: House Dems shrug off delay tactics to stall DOGE vote  —  House Democrats are largely shooing away the idea of trying to make Republicans miss their deadline to codify around $9 billion in DOGE cuts to public broadcasting and foreign aid, Axios has learned.
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Makena Kelly / Wired:
DOGE Put Free Tax Filing Tool on Chopping Block After One Meeting With Lobbyists  —  A key operative from DOGE initiated plans to potentially kill Direct File, the free tax filing tool developed by the IRS, after offering assurances it would be spared from cuts.
Discussion: Sludge
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
When institutions crumble, strongmen step in  —  Trump wants to be the sole authority.  With trust in institutions cratering, he sees his opportunity.  —  What would it take to put the swirling conspiracy theories about Jeffrey Epstein to bed?  Nothing complicated; just an authoritative …
Discussion: Gallup, The Hill and KFTC-TV
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Flight Manifests Reveal Dozens of Previously Unknown People on Three Deportation Flights to El Salvador  —  The flight manifests for three legally contested deportation flights from Texas to El Salvador contain dozens of additional, unaccounted for passengers than a previously published Department …
Discussion: New Republic and Just Security
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Fascism For First Time Founders  —  from the democracy-is-actually-important-for- innovation dept  —  Over the last year or so I've seen a disturbing tendency in tech/startup/VC worlds to buy into the neoreactionary view that for startups to be successful they need to get on board the Trump train.
Associated Press:
Trump's approval rating on immigration and government spending has slipped, new AP-NORC poll finds  —  Only about one-quarter of U.S. adults say that President Donald Trump's policies have helped them since he took office, according to a new poll that finds underwhelming marks for him on key issues …
Jason Lange / Reuters:
Trump faces backlash as 69% believe Epstein details concealed, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds  —  Most Americans think President Donald Trump's administration is hiding information about accused sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and give it poor marks on the issue after pledging to make public documents in the case, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
Becky Morton / BBC:
Voting age to be lowered to 16 by next general election  —  Sixteen and 17-year-olds would be able to vote at the next general election, under government plans to lower the voting age.  —  The pledge is part of a raft of measures being introduced through a new Elections Bill.
CNN:
Top oversight Democrat sends letter to Fox News demanding answers on edits to Trump's 2024 Epstein comments  —  A top oversight Democrat sent a letter on Thursday to Fox Corp chairman Lachlan Murdoch and Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott demanding answers about Fox's editing of a Donald Trump interview …
US Department of Justice:
Former Voice of America Employee Indicted for Threatening Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia  —  WASHINGTON - An indictment unsealed today in the District of Columbia charges a Maryland resident with influencing …
Wall Street Journal:
White House Prepares Executive Order Targeting ‘Woke AI’  —  Order would be one of several expected to outline Trump's vision for winning AI race with China  —  White House officials are preparing an executive order targeting tech companies with what they see as “woke” artificial-intelligence models …
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Terrence McCoy / Washington Post:
Spurred by Bolsonaro's son, Trump mulls sanctions on Brazilian judge  —  If implemented, the sanctions against supreme court justice Alexandre de Moraes would dramatically escalate a widening feud between the United States and Brazil.  —  Summary  —  RIO DE JANEIRO — A son …
Discussion: Foreign Policy and Bloomberg
Naomi Feinstein / Miami New Times:
Is Florida Quietly Removing Alligator Alcatraz Contracts from Public Database?  —  On Tuesday, Orlando lawmaker Anna Eskamani accessed the contract documents on the website.  The next day, they were gone.  —  Audio By Carbonatix … State contracts related to Alligator Alcatraz …
Discussion: Raw Story
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump's Coke push will cost thousands of farm jobs, corn group warns  —  President Trump's push to switch the sweetener in Coke to cane sugar could cost thousands of U.S. jobs, an influential corn industry group said. … - The company later issued a statement that did not confirm …
Farrah Tomazin / The Daily Beast:
Trump Ex-Chief of Staff Makes Bombshell Claim About Epstein Files  —  DIG DEEPER  —  The comments came as the White House searches for an off-ramp to the political mess.  —  President Donald Trump's former chief of staff claims the president is in the Epstein files—and on a list of the child sex offender's associates.
US Department of Justice:
Mexican National Charged in Federal Criminal Complaint with Staging Fake Immigration ‘Kidnapping’  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California  —  LOS ANGELES - An illegal alien from Mexico has been charged in a federal criminal complaint …
Chris Marquette / Politico:
7 percent of DOT staff taking early-buyout offers … The figures were shared with POLITICO by a person who was granted anonymity because they are not authorized to speak with the media.  —  A DOT spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
 
 
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Ex-Trump Casino President Tells CNN He Reprimanded Trump for Showing Up With ‘Best Friend’ Epstein and 19-Year-Old Girl
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