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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.
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.
Michael Gold / New York Times:   House Democrats Release Epstein's Birthday Letter Apparently Signed by Trump
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Congress Reveals Epstein Birthday Note Trump Said Doesn't Exist
Discussion: The Atlantic, Breitbart and Raw Story
Elizabeth Crisp / The Hill:
Johnson office clarifies claim that Trump was an ‘FBI informant’ in Epstein case
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 …
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 …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Tara Molina / CBS News:
Chicago mayor says city “received no notice” ahead of Homeland Security's “Operation Midway Blitz” announcement  —  The Department of Homeland Security said it was moving forward with ramped-up immigration enforcement in Chicago this week in an effort dubbed Operation Midway Blitz …
Department of Homeland Security:
ICE Launches Operation Midway Blitz in Honor of Katie Abraham to Target Criminal Illegal Aliens Terrorizing Americans in Sanctuary Illinois
Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Supreme Court lifts restrictions on LA immigration stops set after agents swept up US citizens
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
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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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 …
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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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.
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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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 …
Elie Mystal / The Nation:
The Supreme Court Just Gave the OK to Racial Profiling  —  The court's ruling allowing ICE to resume its indiscriminate roundups of LA's Latino residents can only be described as one thing.  —  Pocket  —  On Monday morning, the Supreme Court allowed ICE to resume racially profiling …
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Trump Says Having ‘a Little Fight With the Wife’ Should Not Count as a Crime  —  President Trump said that offenses that happen at home should not undermine his record of crime reduction in Washington.  —  President Trump suggested on Monday that offenses that “take place in the home” …
Discussion: Fox News
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Wall Street Journal:
White House Prepares Report Critical of Statistics Agency  —  Findings would follow Trump's firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics chief  —  Five weeks after President Trump fired the chief of the agency that gathers the country's labor and price data, his advisers are preparing a report laying …
Discussion: CBS News
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 …
Discussion: 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 …
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Salon
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 …
Discussion: Breitbart
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.
Politico:
Video footage sheds more light on Burchett's tussle with protester  —  New video footage shows there was more to the skirmish last week between a protester and Rep. Tim Burchett, which ended with the Tennessee Republican forcefully shoving the man.  Burchett characterized the encounter …
 
 
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New York Times:
Mamdani, Facing Mistrust Within the N.Y.P.D., Reaches Out to Officers
Discussion: New York Daily News and The Hill
David Remnick / New Yorker:
“It was a kidnapping.”  David Remnick introduces Jonathan Blitzer's reporting on how the Trump Administration declared war on Venezuelan migrants in the U.S. Plus:
Megan Messerly / Politico:
Trump shares video highlighting discredited theory linking vaccines to autism
Discussion: New York Post and New York Times
Nicholas Nehamas / New York Times:
Meet the New ICE Recruits
Discussion: GovExec.com and Townhall
New Republic:
Transcript: Trump Suddenly Facing Worsening Losses on Many Key Fronts
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
America Prays  —  PRAYER & REDEDICATION  —  ONE NATION UNDER GOD  —  250TH BIRTHDAY OF OUR COUNTRY
Discussion: Washington Post
Lauren Hodges / NPR:
Pentagon told trans troops to get diagnosed. It's using the paper trail to kick them out
Discussion: The Independent
 Earlier Items: 
Marina Dunbar / The Guardian:
As Covid surges in the US, Americans can't get vaccinated: ‘terrified I might kill somebody’
Discussion: The Hill
CNN:
Video shows fatal stabbing of Ukrainian refugee on Charlotte light rail - stirring debate on crime in major US cities
Emily Crane / New York Post:
GoFundMe pulls horrific fundraisers for ex-con Decarlos Brown Jr. accused of murdering Ukrainian refugee on train
The Guardian:
Revealed: how Boris Johnson traded PM contacts for global business deals
Gwynne Hogan / The City:
These Immigrants Became Immigration Court Judges. Trump Just Laid Them Off.
Leigh Kimmins / The Daily Beast:
White House Lashes Out at Celebs After Trump's U.S. Open Security Chaos
The Harvard Crimson:
Harvard Was Cleared To Get Some Federal Funds. Then DOGE Stepped In.
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Image of Capitalism Slips to 54% in U.S.
 

 
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
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David Pierce / The Verge:
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