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Wall Street Journal:
Epstein Birthday Letter With Trump's Signature Revealed — Lawyers for Epstein's estate have given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book — Lawyers for Jeffrey Epstein's estate have given Congress a copy of the birthday book put together for the financier's 50th birthday …
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Wall Street Journal:
A Visual Breakdown of the Trump Birthday Letter to Epstein — An analysis of the text and drawing long hidden in a 2003 birthday book — Here's an analysis of the letter bearing Donald Trump's name that was included in a 50th birthday book for Jeffrey Epstein.
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Axios, Politico, New York Times and New Republic
Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Democrats release suggestive letter to Epstein purportedly signed by Trump, which he denies — Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released on Monday a sexually suggestive letter to Jeffrey Epstein purportedly signed by President Donald Trump, which he has denied.
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Axios, MeidasTouch News, CNN, CBS News, The Gateway Pundit, Al Jazeera, Raw Story, Associated Press, New York Sun and Jamaica Observer
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump Epstein letter and drawing from ‘birthday book’ released … House Democrats on Monday released a screenshot of what appears to be a letter signed by President Donald Trump, which was included in a collection of notes sent to notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday in 2003.
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NOTUS, Bloomberg, The Hill, Salon, Scripps News, Axios, CBS News, Meidas+, UPI, Blaze Media, NewsMax.com, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, New Republic, Washington Times, New York Daily News, Mediaite and The Independent
Michael Gold / New York Times:
House Democrats Release Epstein's Birthday Letter Apparently Signed by Trump
House Democrats Release Epstein's Birthday Letter Apparently Signed by Trump
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CBS News
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Congress Reveals Epstein Birthday Note Trump Said Doesn't Exist
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The Atlantic and Deadline
NBC News:
House Democrats release lewd birthday message Trump allegedly sent to Jeffrey Epstein
House Democrats release lewd birthday message Trump allegedly sent to Jeffrey Epstein
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Washington Post, NPR, CBS News, The Guardian, The Hill, PBS NewsHour, Newsweek, Raw Story and ABC News
Elizabeth Crisp / The Hill:
Johnson office clarifies claim that Trump was an ‘FBI informant’ in Epstein case
Johnson office clarifies claim that Trump was an ‘FBI informant’ in Epstein case
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Andrew Chung / Reuters:
US Supreme Court backs Trump on aggressive immigration raids — The U.S. Supreme Court again backed President Donald Trump's hardline approach toward immigration on Monday, letting federal agents proceed with raids in Southern California targeting people for deportation based on their race or language.
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Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court upholds ‘roving patrols’ for immigration stops in Los Angeles — The decision is a significant victory for Trump, clearing the way for his oft-promised ‘largest Mass Deportation Operation’ in American history. — L.A. and 20 other Southern California municipalities argued …
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Washington Examiner, CNN, Talking Points Memo, Adventus, HotAir, Tampa Free Press, UPI and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
Trump Administration Says It Has Begun Immigration Crackdown in Chicago — In Chicago, advocates for immigrants said they saw several arrests on Sunday, but were uncertain of the scale of federal action. — The Trump administration said on Monday that it had begun a crackdown …
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Jaclyn Diaz / NPR:
DHS launches immigration crackdowns in Chicago, Boston — The Department of Homeland Security announced it's launching an immigration enforcement operation in Illinois in the latest escalation of federal action on U.S. cities and states led by Democrats. — The agency said in a post on X …
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Washington Post, CNN, NOTUS, NewsMax.com, WBUR, New Republic, The Hill, The Independent and The Guardian
Department of Homeland Security:
ICE Launches Operation Midway Blitz in Honor of Katie Abraham to Target Criminal Illegal Aliens Terrorizing Americans in Sanctuary Illinois
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Bloomberg, Breitbart, New York Post, UPI, RedState, Washington Examiner, NewsMax.com, Block Club Chicago, Townhall and IJR
Tara Molina / CBS News:
Chicago mayor says city “received no notice” ahead of Homeland Security's “Operation Midway Blitz” announcement
Chicago mayor says city “received no notice” ahead of Homeland Security's “Operation Midway Blitz” announcement
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Reuters, Chicago Tribune, The Intercept, WBUR, RedState, Breitbart, Chicago Sun Times, ABC7, The Post Millennial and twitchy.com
Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Supreme Court lifts restrictions on LA immigration stops set after agents swept up US citizens
Supreme Court lifts restrictions on LA immigration stops set after agents swept up US citizens
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Elie Mystal / The Nation:
The Supreme Court Just Gave the OK to Racial Profiling
The Supreme Court Just Gave the OK to Racial Profiling
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Reason, The Hill, Salon, Mother Jones, All Rise News, Daily Kos, Raw Story, The Boston Globe, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Michigan Advance
Cameron Peters / Vox:
SCOTUS tells ICE it can target people based on race
SCOTUS tells ICE it can target people based on race
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Townhall, twitchy.com and The Independent
New York Times:
Lachlan Murdoch Secures Control of Fox and News Corp, Ending Succession Fight — Lachlan Murdoch will take control of a new family trust in a deal worth $3.3 billion, ensuring that his father's media empire will retain its conservative slant. — The Murdoch family's epic …
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Financial Times:
Murdoch seals $3.3bn succession deal to hand empire to eldest son — Lachlan takes control as three siblings receive $1.1bn each to settle long-running family feud — Rupert Murdoch has resolved a bitter succession battle and ensured that his media empire will retain its conservative …
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KSTP-TV and The Hollywood Reporter
Rachael Bade / Politico:
'I'm Gonna Punch You in Your F—king Face': Scott Bessent Threatens an Administration Rival … A private dinner attended by dozens of administration officials and close advisers to President Donald Trump was temporarily marred by a dramatic clash between two of Trump's top economic officials …
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
CBS News Hires Ombudsman From Conservative-Leaning Hudson Institute — Kenneth Weinstein, former president and CEO of the Hudson Institute, will monitor the newsroom for bias. — Paramount has found its ombudsman for CBS News, Kenneth Weinstein, the former president and CEO of the conservative-leaning Hudson Institute.
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Deadline and Newsbusters, more at Mediagazer »
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
On Shutdowns, Get the Wording Right and Other Thoughts — I was very pleased to see that Ezra Klein has joined the ranks of those who think that Democrats need to gird themselves for a fight in the budget showdown coming at the end of this month. I have various disagreements with Klein …
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National Review, HotAir and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Brian Beutler / Off Message:
There Is No Third Door — Let's set the stage briefly. — Six months ago …
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American Prospect, The Hill, Steady and Public Notice
New York Times:
How JPMorgan Enabled the Crimes of Jeffrey Epstein — My colleagues and I have spent much of the past six years digging into Jeffrey Epstein's finances and pieced together what we think is the definitive account of how and why JPMorgan spent years enabling the notorious sexual predator.
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Mediaite, New York Post, NextDraft and Fortune
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court allows Trump to fire FTC commissioner — Trump's actions are in direct tension with a 1935 ruling that upheld restrictions on the president's ability to remove FTC commissioners without cause. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday allowed President Donald Trump to fire …
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Justin Jouvenal / Washington Post:
Chief justice allows Trump to fire a Democratic FTC commissioner for now
Chief justice allows Trump to fire a Democratic FTC commissioner for now
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Associated Press, Politico, Balls and Strikes, Washington Times, The Guardian, Bloomberg, Democracy Docket and CBS News
NBC News:
Poll: Gen Z's gender divide reaches beyond politics and into its views on marriage, children and success — Gen Z men who backed Trump in 2024 rated having children at the top of a list of choices of how to define personal success. Gen Z women who backed Harris rated it second to last.
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HotAir, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, The Post Millennial, twitchy.com and NewsMax.com
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Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Appeals Court Upholds Carroll's $83 Million Judgment Against Trump — The judges rejected President Trump's argument that the Supreme Court's decision extending presidential immunity should shield him from liability for defaming the writer E. Jean Carroll. — A federal appeals court …
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Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
Project 2026: Trump's Plan to Rig the Next Election — On an April episode of the popular Politics War Room podcast, the veteran journalist Al Hunt posed an increasingly common question from listeners to Democratic strategist James Carville. “Is Trump looking to spark enough protest …
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Washington Times and The Federalist
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump Is a Weak and Failing President, and It's Time to Say So — President Donald Trump understands better than anyone else alive that his hold on his supporters—and on plenty of swing voters too—depends on the mere perception that he's strong, wins everywhere, always acts boldly …
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Erin In The Morning and Raw Story
Financial Times:
French government collapses as PM François Bayrou loses confidence vote — President Emmanuel Macron will look for a replacement who can break the budget impasse — French Prime Minister François Bayrou lost a confidence vote on Monday, bringing his government to an end …
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Politico, Wall Street Journal, Townhall, National Review, Associated Press, Bloomberg, UPI, Newsweek, New York Sun, One America News Network and NewsMax.com
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Roger Cohen / New York Times:
French Prime Minister Bayrou Loses Confidence Vote, Putting Pressure on Macron
French Prime Minister Bayrou Loses Confidence Vote, Putting Pressure on Macron
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France 24, BBC, CNN, Washington Post, Politico, Bloomberg, Deseret News, Newsweek, Daily Mail, Human Events, Breitbart and RNZ
David Strom / HotAir:
Michael Brown's Friend Who Invented 'Hands Up, Don't Shoot' Hoax Is Murdered — Dorian Johnson, the man who invented the “Hands Up Don't Shoot” hoax that sparked riots across America, has been murdered. — A suspect is in custody, but no details have been released yet.
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CNN, STLPR, twitchy.com, Blaze Media, Ace of Spades HQ, The Daily Caller and RedState
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Stabbing video fuels MAGA's crime message — MAGA influencers are drawing repeated attention to violent attacks to elevate the issue of urban crime — and accuse mainstream media of under-covering shocking cases. — Shocking video of the fatal Aug. 22 knife attack on 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska …
Eli Hager / ProPublica:
The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security — DOGE has ignored urgently needed reforms and upgrades at the Social Security Administration, according to dozens of insiders and 15 hours of candid interviews with the former acting chief of the agency, who admits he sometimes made things worse.
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
‘No Kings’ Unveils a Big New Trump Protest, and the Stakes Couldn't Be Higher — A movement leader tells Rolling Stone about the No Kings 2 demonstrations on October 18, and how they can curb Trump's overreach — America's pro-democracy movement is gearing up for what may be its biggest …
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Salon
The Economist:
The sinister brilliance of Donald Trump's security theatre — How the president presents himself as America's protector — atlanta, los angeles and washington, dc — Alligator alcatraz may or may not survive legal challenge. In August a court ruled that Donald Trump's giant migrant cage …
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Image of Capitalism Slips to 54% in U.S. — Perceptions of socialism remain steady at 39% positive — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans are more positive toward capitalism than socialism, but the 54% viewing capitalism favorably is down from 60% in 2021 and near that level in most prior years.
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New Republic, Axios, Washington Examiner, UPI, Associated Press, Tampa Free Press, IJR, Business Insider, New York Post, American Thinker and New York Sun
Bellingcat:
Trump's Takeover of DC: Traffic Stops Turn Into Immigration Arrests for Delivery Riders and Workers — Four masked men in police tactical vests surround a young scooter rider, cuffing his hands behind his back. One person, whose face is fully obscured with a cap, sunglasses and a balaclava …
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Breitbart
Megan Messerly / Politico:
Trump shares video highlighting discredited theory linking vaccines to autism … It also comes ahead of an Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices meeting later this month, during which the committee is expected to vote to update recommendations for Covid-19 vaccines, as well as other immunizations.
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New York Times and New York Post
Leigh Kimmins / The Daily Beast:
White House Lashes Out at Celebs After Trump's U.S. Open Security Chaos — PICKING FIGHTS — The heightened security for the president's visit saw long queues for entry into Arthur Ashe Stadium. — The White House lashed out at a slew of Trump-critical celebrities after slow security delayed …

