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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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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 …
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
Trump once hosted party for ‘young women’ where Epstein was the only guest, says report
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HuffPost, New York Times and Raw Story
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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Rolling Stone, The Hill, USA Today and New York Post
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Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Desperate Trump Tries to Get MAGA Not to Care About Epstein
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New York Sun, Raw Story, Mediaite, New York Post, Newsweek and The Independent
Zack Stanton / Politico:
Playbook: Six months in
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Consumed by Epstein, Trump has lost ground on the economy and immigration
Rachel Scully / The Hill:
Trump touts six-month mark: US is now ‘hottest’ and ‘most respected country anywhere’
Trump touts six-month mark: US is now ‘hottest’ and ‘most respected country anywhere’
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Alyce McFadden / New York Times:
Should ICE Agents Be Allowed to Wear Masks? It Depends Whom You Ask. — Los Angeles's mayor said Sunday that masked immigration agents helped create a “reign of terror.” ICE's director said agents could wear masks to “keep them and their families safe.”
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The Hill, RedState, Fox News, NewsMax.com, The Post Millennial, Washington Examiner, Washington Times, Breitbart, Axios and Fingerlakes1.com
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Michael Sainato / The Guardian:
Ice chief says he will continue to allow agents to wear masks during arrest raids
Associated Press:
Volunteers flock to immigration courts to support migrants arrested in the hallways
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
ICE head says agents will arrest anyone found in the U.S. illegally, crack down on employers of unauthorized workers
ICE head says agents will arrest anyone found in the U.S. illegally, crack down on employers of unauthorized workers
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Washington Times, Vanity Fair, Fox News and The Gateway Pundit
Ariel Edwards-Levy / CNN:
Americans largely oppose Trump's ramp-up of deportations, CNN poll finds
Americans largely oppose Trump's ramp-up of deportations, CNN poll finds
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Strength In Numbers and Newsweek
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.
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Joe Walsh / CBS News:
Trump threatens to block Washington Commanders stadium deal unless team changes back to former name
Trump threatens to block Washington Commanders stadium deal unless team changes back to former name
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New York Times, Washington Examiner, Washington Post, Mediaite, Forbes, Fox News, One America News Network, WTOP News, Raw Story, TMZ.com, Breitbart, The Hill and The Post Millennial
Kevin Collier / NBC News:
A MAGA bot network on X is divided over the Trump-Epstein backlash — Researchers have found hundreds of fake X accounts that support the Trump administration. — A previously unreported network of hundreds of accounts on X is using artificial intelligence to automatically reply …
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.
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.
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New York Times, Reuters, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, Chicago Tribune, Washington Times, Los Angeles Times, CBS News, PBS NewsHour, israelhayom.com, The Hill, RTÉ and Semafor
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 …
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Raw Story
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 …
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Washington Examiner, Fox News, USA Today, The Independent, Washington Times and Breitbart
Jenny Goldsberry / Washington Examiner:
Amy Klobuchar ‘feeling better and better’ about Democratic prospects in future elections — Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) expressed her optimism for the Democratic Party as the midterm elections draw nearer. — Klobuchar is fresh from a campaign trip to New Hampshire, where she sought to help …
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The Gateway Pundit and Breitbart
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Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Klobuchar rebuffs Trump's efforts to fault Dems in Epstein case
Klobuchar rebuffs Trump's efforts to fault Dems in Epstein case
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The Hill, twitchy.com, Townhall and USA Today
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.
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Raw Story
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Trump denies another Journal report, this time on Powell, Bessent — President Trump responded angrily on Sunday to a Wall Street Journal story that Treasury Department Secretary Scott Bessent had personally sought to talk him out of trying to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
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Washington Examiner, Mediaite, Raw Story and CNBC
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.
Katherine Weaver / Chicago Tribune:
Little Village buildings spray-painted with swastikas, pro-ICE statement — Swastikas were spray-painted on several buildings in Little Village over the weekend, and one building was tagged a second time with a pro-immigration enforcement statement, community members said.
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Block Club Chicago and Chicago Sun Times
New York Post:
Off-duty CBP officer shot in face during robbery at NYC park by suspect ID'd as illegal migrant, career criminal - who got freed after every bust — An off-duty US Customs and Border Protection officer was shot in the face after being robbed by a moped-riding illegal immigrant in a New York City park …
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The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart, Associated Press, Fox News, RedState, IJR and 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
Andrew Freedman / CNN:
This is the summer of flooding across the US, and scientists know why — Once synonymous with leisure and reprieve, summer has increasingly become a season marked by anxiety and disruption. Fossil fuel pollution — alongside other compounding factors — has transformed these months …
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Washington Post
