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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
FBI agents were told to ‘flag’ any Epstein records that mentioned Trump, Sen. Durbin says  — FBI agents assigned to review files in the criminal case against Jeffrey Epstein were instructed to “flag” any documents that mentioned President Donald Trump, Sen. Richard Durbin said
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Donald Trump sues Dow Jones, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch, WSJ reporters for libel, court records show  —  U.S. President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit on Friday against Dow Jones, News Corp (NWSA.O), Rupert Murdoch and two Wall Street Journal reporters, raising claims under federal libel law, court records show.
Ben Curtis / Scripps News:
Justice Department asks court to unseal grand jury records in Jeffrey Epstein case  —  The Justice Department has not announced any plans to release its own files related to the high profile case.  —  The Department of Justice requested a federal court on Friday to unseal grand jury transcripts …
Tyler Pager / New York Times:
Trump Says He Doesn't ‘Draw Pictures.’ But Many of His Sketches Sold at Auction.  —  The president disputes reporting from The Wall Street Journal that he drew a picture for Jeffrey Epstein, but as a real estate mogul, he often sketched for charity.  —  President Trump mounted a vigorous rebuttal …
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Trump's approval hits new low as Epstein pressure mounts  —  This is one of those classic weeks in a Trump presidency where too many stories are moving too fast for an individual writer to keep up.  There are new tariffs, expansion of deportation operations, a will-he-or-won't-he dance …
Washington Post:
Trump sues Wall Street Journal, Rupert Murdoch over Epstein letter story
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:   Trump Threatens, Then Sues Murdoch Over Epstein Story Using Tactics His Supporters Used To Call A ‘Massive Attack on Free Speech’
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump sues Murdoch for $10 billion over WSJ story on Epstein birthday letter
NBC News:
Trump frustrated at having to take the heat for Pam Bondi's handling of the Epstein files
Discussion: Alternet.org and TalkLeft
The United States Senate Committee on Finance:
As Trump Downplays Epstein, Wyden Unveils Details of Treasury's Undisclosed Epstein File
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Associated Press:
Trump sues Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch over reporting on Epstein ties
Justin Baragona / The Independent:
CBS staff in turmoil over ‘Trump shakedown’ after Stephen Colbert and The Late Show are canceled  —  Exclusive: Multiple CBS staffers who spoke with The Independent said they aren't buying the company's claim that Colbert's cancellation was a ‘financial decision,’ adding that the demise of the show has left ‘everyone stunned.’
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Alan Sepinwall / Rolling Stone:
Politics, Not Performance, Killed ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’
Elizabeth Crisp / The Hill:
Trump: ‘I absolutely love’ that Colbert ‘got fired’
Writers Guild America West:
WGA Statement on Paramount's Decision to Cancel The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Discussion: LateNighter and Mediaite
Inae Oh / Mother Jones:
Colbert's Cancellation Is a Dark Warning
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New York Times:
Prisoner Swap Frees Americans in Venezuela for Migrants in El Salvador  —  A deal freed 10 Americans and permanent U.S. residents detained in Venezuela, for more than 200 Venezuelan migrants who were imprisoned in El Salvador after being expelled from the United States.
Mother Jones:
“We Were Kidnapped”  —  On Friday, more than 200 Venezuelans disappeared to a megaprison in El Salvador returned home.  The horror stories are already emerging.  —  On Friday, María Daniela learned that her younger brother, Neri Alvarado Borges, and more than 200 other Venezuelans sent …
New York Times:
E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm  —  The decision comes after a Supreme Court ruling allowing the Trump administration to slash the federal work force and dismantle agencies.  —  The Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday that it would eliminate …
Discussion: Washington Post and Reuters
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Matthew Daly / Associated Press:
EPA eliminates research and development office, begins layoffs
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Comedians Pull Off Brazen Epstein Prank Inside Trump Tower Gift Shop  —  The Good Liars' stunt comes as MAGA backlash to President Donald Trump over the Epstein files grows.  —  Pranksters this week trolled President Donald Trump by placing Jeffrey Epstein-themed postcards in the gift shop at Trump Tower in New York City.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Jack Silvers / The Daily Beast:
Pranksters Fill Trump Tower Gift Shop With Epstein Postcards
Discussion: Pharyngula
Berkeley Lovelace Jr / NBC News:
Cost of Obamacare expected to soar as subsidies expire and insurers hike premiums  —  People who get their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act could see increases of more than 75% each month, one expert said.  —  People who get health insurance through the Affordable Care Act …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Israel seeks U.S. help on deals to move Palestinians out of Gaza … - The spy chief, David Barnea, told White House envoy Steve Witkoff that Israel has been speaking in particular with Ethiopia, Indonesia and Libya. … - Barnea suggested that the U.S. offer incentives to those countries and help Israel convince them.
Carter Sherman / The Guardian:
Trump administration to destroy nearly $10m of contraceptives for women overseas  —  As part of president's end to foreign aid, destruction of the long-acting contraceptives will cost US taxpayers $167,000  —  The Trump administration has decided to destroy $9.7m worth of contraceptives rather than send them abroad to women in need.
Discussion: Straight Arrow News
Génesis Miranda Miramontes / NBC Los Angeles:
3 deputies killed after explosion reported at East LA sheriff's training facility  —  At least three deputies were killed after an explosion was reported early Friday at an LA County Sheriff's Department training facility in East Los Angeles.  —  The explosion is believed to have occurred …
Edward Wu / CNN:
Just 23% of Americans say Israeli military actions in Gaza are fully justified, CNN poll finds  —  Americans are increasingly skeptical of Israeli actions in Gaza, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS that also finds rising sentiment that the US should pull back on military aid to Israel.
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Texan Moved Fam to Russia to Flee Woke—Now He's Headed to Ukraine Front Line  —  FAFO  —  Derek Huffman, 46, joined the military with hopes of becoming a Russian citizen.  His wife said he was duped into a combat role.  —  An American father who moved to Russia to avoid LGBTQ+ …
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
Trump appointees pushed more marble in Fed building renovation White House now attacks  —  President Donald Trump has looked to the marble finishes and hefty price tag of the Federal Reserve headquarters to claim grounds to fire Chair Jerome Powell, with whom he has tussled for years over interest rates.
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Senators Say Trump Nominated Judge To Their State They've Never Even Met  —  When a president is nominating someone to be a federal judge, they typically work with the two U.S. senators from that state to vet nominees and ultimately agree on someone together.  These are lifetime appointments, after all.
Amalia Huot-Marchand / The Hill:
Indiana's Camp Atterbury to be used to house detained migrants  —  Indiana's Camp Atterbury and New Jersey's Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst will be temporarily used to detain immigrants lacking permanent legal status, according to a directive from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Jason Sattler / THE FARCE:
We must stop the camps while public opinion still matters  —  We are losing our freedom.  And we may never have more power to hold on to it.  —  OK, we haven't lost our freedom so much that we cannot, like dissidents of Putin's Russia, write freely about how we're losing our freedom or stand …
David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe:
Habba tells staff she loves her job, hopes to stay as she awaits judicial meeting (Updated)  —  U.S. Attorney Alina Habba told her staff on Thursday that her tenure as a federal prosecutor could come to an end on Tuesday when she hits the 120-day limit for appointments made by the U.S. Attorney General …
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
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Discussion: Reuters and The Kyiv Independent
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Discussion: Axios and Associated Press
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Linda Chavez / The UnPopulist:
The Conservative Supreme Court's Decision Allowing Deportations to Third Countries Should Shock the Conscience of Americans
Axios:
Inside the GOP-led plot to defy Trump on the Epstein files
Discussion: Truthout and The Hill
Sam Sabin / Axios:
Scoop: Top Secret Service official targeted in “swatting” attack
Discussion: NewsMax.com
BBC:
Israel levelling thousands of Gaza civilian buildings in controlled demolitions
New York Times:
Trump Administration's N.I.H. and F.D.A. Cuts Could Curtail New Drug Development, Budget Office Says
Discussion: Roll Call
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