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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Senate Confirms Emil Bove, Trump's ‘Enforcer,’ To A Lifetime Federal Judgeship — Bove faced credible allegations of telling DOJ attorneys to defy court orders. Republicans confirmed him to a seat on a U.S. appeals court anyway. — WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Tuesday confirmed Emil Bove …
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Associated Press:
Senate confirms Trump lawyer Emil Bove for appeals court, pushing past whistleblower claims — The Senate confirmed former Trump lawyer Emil Bove 50-49 for a lifetime appointment as a federal appeals court judge Tuesday as Republicans dismissed whistleblower complaints about his conduct at the Justice Department.
NBC News:
Republicans confirm former Trump lawyer Emil Bove to lifetime appeals court perch — Senate Republicans backed Bove despite allegations from three whistleblowers about his conduct as an official at the Justice Department. — WASHINGTON — The Republican-led Senate voted Tuesday …
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Jay Willis / Balls and Strikes:
Emil Bove Confirmed: How Senate Democrats' Cowardice Made It Possible — On Tuesday evening, the Senate voted to confirm Emil Bove, President Donald Trump's criminal defense attorney-turned-Justice Department hatchetman, to a life-tenured judgeship on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Senate floor erupts as Booker accuses Dems of being “complicit” to Trump
Senate floor erupts as Booker accuses Dems of being “complicit” to Trump
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Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Senate confirms Emil Bove to Third Circuit, as Dems fail to thwart Trump pick
Senate confirms Emil Bove to Third Circuit, as Dems fail to thwart Trump pick
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New Jersey Globe
Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
Grassley, a Champion of Whistle-Blowers, Spurns Them in Fight Over Bove
Grassley, a Champion of Whistle-Blowers, Spurns Them in Fight Over Bove
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Sen. Cory Booker in angry outburst says ‘complicit’ Democrats need a ‘wake-up call’
Sen. Cory Booker in angry outburst says ‘complicit’ Democrats need a ‘wake-up call’
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Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Trump says Epstein ‘stole’ underage victim Virginia Giuffre from his Mar-a-Lago spa leading to feud — President tells reporters he cut off contact with Epstein because he was poaching employees from his club … President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he ended his friendship …
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Rex Huppke / USA Today:
Trump says Epstein ‘stole’ Virginia Giuffre, a heartless and revealing admission — Virginia Giuffre died by suicide only three months ago, having lived much of her life as an advocate for survivors of sex trafficking. Now the president is speaking about her like she's property.
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emptywheel:
Did Trump Just Confess He Learned about Virginia Giuffre before Jeffrey Epstein Recruited Someone Else at Mar-a-Lago? — Update: In a Gaggle today, Trump did just confess this is about Giuffre and others. … Video — Yesterday, Donald Trump offered an entirely new explanation for his falling …
Minyvonne Burke / NBC News:
Trump says Jeffrey Epstein ‘stole’ Virginia Giuffre from him when she worked at Mar-a-Lago spa
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Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Trump Says Epstein ‘Stole’ Underage Victim from Mar-a-Lago Spa
Trump Says Epstein ‘Stole’ Underage Victim from Mar-a-Lago Spa
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump jolts Epstein scandal with new comments about Virginia Giuffre and Mar-a-Lago spa
Trump jolts Epstein scandal with new comments about Virginia Giuffre and Mar-a-Lago spa
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Puts New Chokehold on Billions in Health-Research Funding — The National Institutes of Health can't award grants to outside researchers under new White House restriction — The Trump administration is blocking all funding that flows to outside health researchers …
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Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Maxwell offers to testify before Congress but with major conditions, including immunity — Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell has offered to testify before Congress, but with major conditions, including immunity, according to a list of her demands sent to the House Oversight Committee by her attorneys.
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Wall Street Journal:
Ghislaine Maxwell Says She'd Answer Congress's Questions if She Gets Immunity or Clemency
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Richard Cowan / Reuters:
US House panel rejects immunity request by Epstein associate Maxwell
US House panel rejects immunity request by Epstein associate Maxwell
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Politico:
Ghislaine Maxwell plays hardball with lawmakers on giving Epstein testimony
Ghislaine Maxwell plays hardball with lawmakers on giving Epstein testimony
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New York Times:
In Game-Changing Climate Rollback, E.P.A. Aims to Kill a Bedrock Scientific Finding — The proposal is President Trump's most consequential step yet to derail federal climate efforts and appears to represent a shift toward outright denial of the scientific consensus.
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Steve Vladeck / One First:
170. DOJ's (Ridiculous) Misconduct Complaint Against Chief Judge Boasberg — DOJ's complaint that Chief Judge Boasberg engaged in “misconduct” would be laughably stupid if it didn't reflect such a transparently obvious and dangerous attempt to delegitimize the federal courts.
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Dan Ruetenik / CBS News:
CBS News investigation of Jeffrey Epstein jail video reveals new discrepancies — In the weeks after Jeffrey Epstein died at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in lower Manhattan, in August 2019, then-Attorney General William Barr said his “personal review” of surveillance footage clearly showed …
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Dan Ruetenik / CBS News:
There was no “missing minute” in the original Epstein jail video, government source says — The “missing minute” from the surveillance video at the Manhattan Metropolitan Correctional Center where Jeffrey Epstein died in 2019 may not be missing after all, CBS News has learned.
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NBC News:
Pete Hegseth has discussed running for political office in Tennessee, sources say — The defense secretary has talked privately about running a campaign in Tennessee, sources told NBC News. The Pentagon said Hegseth's “focus remains solely on serving under” Trump.
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John McWhorter / New York Times:
Sydney Sweeney, American Eagle and the Evolution of Language — Have you heard the rumor that the clothing company American Eagle is using racist propaganda to sell clothing? That's the allegation that bubbled up on social media in response to the company's new ad campaign featuring the actress Sydney Sweeney and a pun.
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New York Times:
Top Generals Nominated for New Positions Must Now Meet With Trump — The move is a departure from past practice and has raised worries that it could lead to the politicization of the military's top ranks. — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has begun requiring that nominees …
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Washington Post
STAT:
STAT+: Vinay Prasad, a powerful FDA official, departs after controversy over rare disease drug — Vinay Prasad, a top official at the Food and Drug Administration, has suddenly departed after a series of controversial decisions about a treatment for boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
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Gwen Howerton / Chron:
Joe Rogan's friends followed him to Texas. They all seem to hate it. — From the heat to the state's power grid, Joe Rogan's friends are learning that Texas isn't what they were promised. — In 2020, Joe Rogan moved from Los Angeles to Austin after visiting and realizing he didn't have to wear a mask at a restaurant.
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US Department of Justice:
Justice Department Finds the University of California-Los Angeles in Violation of Federal Civil Rights Law — For Immediate Release — Today, the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division announced that the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) violated the Equal Protection Clause …
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Mari Yamaguchi / Associated Press:
8.8-magnitude earthquake in Russia's Far East sets off tsunami warnings in Japan, Alaska and Hawaii — One of the world's strongest earthquakes struck Russia's Far East early Wednesday, an 8.8-magnitude temblor that set off a tsunami in the northern Pacific region and prompted warnings for Alaska, Hawaii and south toward New Zealand.
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Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg:
Trump's Trade Deals Come With Few Details to Flesh Out Big Numbers — President Donald Trump's flurry of trade deal announcements are so far proving light on detail — with key aspects still under negotiation, partners giving mixed signals about what they signed up for, and big numbers shrinking under scrutiny.
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Erin Slowey / Bloomberg Tax:
IRS Chief Says Direct File Is ‘Gone,’ Other Audit Tech Is Coming — The Biden-era IRS free filing tool, Direct File, is “gone,” IRS Commissioner Billy Long said. — “You've heard of Direct File,” Long said Monday at the National Association of Enrolled Agents Tax Summit …
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Burchett kicked by horse, breaks rib — Rep. Tim Burchett is on the mend after suffering a horse-related snafu. — The Tennessee Republican was “accidentally kicked by a horse” while working on his farm over the weekend, according to his office. — While the 60-year-old Congress member's …
New York Times:
Mayoral Candidates Navigate a Mass Shooting That Has Rattled New York — Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor, was in Uganda when the shooting took place, while the incumbent mayor, Eric Adams, sought to project an image of crisis manager. — As New York City grappled …
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