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New York Times:
An Accuser's Story Suggests How Trump Might Appear in the Epstein Files … Maria Farmer in August 2019.  Ms. Farmer said in an interview with The New York Times that she twice told the F.B.I. about a troubling encounter she had with Donald J. Trump, and about how close he was with Jeffrey Epstein.Andrea Morales for The New York Times
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Emell Derra Adolphus / The Daily Beast:
Epstein Victim Twice Named Trump to Law Enforcement  —  THE NAME ON EVERYBODY'S LIPS  —  The disgraced financier's former employee recalled an alleged incident in which the president stared at her bare legs.  —  Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein's first accuser says she warned …
Graeme Massie / The Independent:
Trump once hosted party for ‘young women’ where Epstein was the only guest, says report  —  President under pressure to release all files related to his former friend Epstein  —  Donald Trump once hosted a party with “young women” where the disgraced late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein “was the only other guest,” according to a report.
Discussion: HuffPost and Raw Story
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Epstein Accuser Twice Told FBI About His Ties to Trump  —  Maria Farmer, a former Epstein employee, said she told law enforcement about their relationship in 1996 and 2006 … Farmer, who worked for Epstein and recently spoke to The New York Times, first went to law enforcement in 1996 …
Anthony Salvanto / CBS News:
CBS News poll finds support for Trump's deportation program falls; Americans call for more focus on prices  —  After six months that included a string of achievements on President Trump's legislative goals, views of his second term are increasingly defined by the difference between his political base …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:   Consumed by Epstein, Trump has lost ground on the economy and immigration
Zack Stanton / Politico:   Playbook: Six months in
Natalie Allison / Washington Post:   Trump survived many scandals, but the Epstein story poses a new test
Daniel Trotta / Reuters:
Trump threatens Washington stadium deal unless NFL team readopts Redskins name  —  U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Sunday to interfere with a deal to build a new football stadium in Washington, D.C., unless the local NFL team, now known as the Commanders, changes its name back to Redskins.
Discussion: Fox News
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Joe Walsh / CBS News:
Trump threatens to block Washington Commanders stadium deal unless team changes back to former name
Annabella Rosciglione / Washington Examiner:
Trump calls for Redskins and Cleveland Indians to change names back: ‘Times are different now’
Associated Press:
Volunteers flock to immigration courts to support migrants arrested in the hallways  —  After a Seattle immigration judge dismissed the deportation case against a Colombian man — exposing him to expedited removal — three people sat with him in the back of the courtroom …
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Associated Press:
Officials say 85 Palestinians seeking aid are killed in Gaza as Israel widens evacuation orders  —  At least 85 Palestinians were killed while trying to reach food at locations across Gaza on Sunday, the territory's Health Ministry said, on the deadliest day yet for aid-seekers in over 21 months of war.
Will Neal / The Daily Beast:
GOP Senator Blames ‘Radical’ Leftists for Trump's Cankles  —  CHOLESTEROL?  NO, COMMUNISM!  —  Tommy Tuberville says even at the ripe old age of 79, the president's only ailing because every day's “almost like a fistfight” with pesky liberals.  —  Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville thinks it's not age …
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Miriam Waldvogel / The Hill:
Tuberville says Trump health issues exacerbated by ‘fighting the radicals’
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Alina Habba leaving behind angry staff and portraits of herself on the walls as job ends  —  Former Donald Trump attorney Alina Habba is all but certain to be headed for the door next week leaving behind portraits of herself on the walls and disgruntled staffers after her brief stint as a U.S. attorney comes to an end.
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New York Times:   After a Chaotic Start, a U.S. Attorney's Time May Be Running Out
Caroline Graham / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Bill Clinton sent ‘warm and gushing’ letter for Jeffrey Epstein's 50th birthday - as Trump sues over claim he also wrote a ‘bawdy’ note for paedophile's half-century  —  Bill Clinton wrote a ‘warm and gushing’ letter which was included in Jeffrey Epstein's infamous 50th ‘birthday book’, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
Allison Gill / The Breakdown:
The Epstein Cover-Up at the FBI  —  As many of you know by now, Senator Dick Durbin penned a letter to Pam Bondi two days ago asking questions about information his office received from a protected whistleblower.  The letter read, in part: … This letter was made public right after I had filed …
Discussion: NewsNation
David French / New York Times:
Trump's Perversion of Justice Has Reached a New Phase  —  President Trump's Justice Department is turning civil rights enforcement upside down.  —  Last week, Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for civil rights, asked a federal judge to sentence a former Louisville police officer named Brett Hankison to one day in prison.
Matt Stopera / HuffPost:
This ‘Then And Now’ Picture Of The Oval Office Is Going Viral And Says So, So Much About The Trump Administration  —  “It's like the Dollar Tree version of Versailles.”  —  Matt Stopera— BuzzFeed  —  Donald Trump has completely transformed the Oval Office into his own gaudy, gold fantasy land.
Greg Olear / PREVAIL:
Sunday Pages: “Superman”  —  I first saw the trailer for the new James Gunn Superman a few months ago, during the NBA playoffs.  My first reaction was an eye-roll and a dismissive, “Do we really need another Superman?  Really?  Why?”  —  Seriously: why do we keep recycling the same old tired movie franchises?
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Dershowitz casts doubt that grand jury testimony will yield answers on Epstein … Seeking to quiet the escalating anger, the president on Thursday ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi to ask a judge to unseal the grand jury testimony from Epstein's case.  —  But, “the information …
Tomas Weber / Financial Times:
What happens once we spot the asteroid that will hit Earth? … In January, at a US Space Force Base in the Rocky Mountains near Colorado Springs, an operator received an unusual email.  It was an alert — but not one triggered by the military's network of space-based sensors.
Michael Sainato / The Guardian:
Ice chief says he will continue to allow agents to wear masks during arrest raids  —  Legal advocates and attorneys general argue practice poses accountability issues and contributes to a climate of fear  —  The head of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) said on Sunday …
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
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The Atlantic:
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Discussion: Futurism
Katherine Weaver / Chicago Tribune:
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Discussion: Chicago Sun Times
New York Post:
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