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Jason Lange / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump approval falls to lowest of his term over prices and Epstein files, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds  — Trump's approval rating falls to 38%, weighed down by cost of living concerns, Epstein  — Only 26% approve of Trump's handling of everyday expenses
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Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Senate sends bill to release Epstein files to Trump  —  The Senate on Tuesday unanimously passed a bill to compel the Justice Department to release all files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, sending it to President Trump's desk. … - The Senate passed the bill …
The Hill:
House overwhelmingly votes to release Epstein files  —  The House on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to pass a bill directing the Department of Justice to release the files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a move that came after months of intense opposition from President Trump and GOP leaders.
Bloomberg:
Senate Agrees to Pass Epstein Files Bill Approved by House  —  Donald Trump's firm control of Washington showed signs of weakening Tuesday as Congress voted to compel the Justice Department to release its files on sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, whose earlier ties to the president have been the subject of intense scrutiny.
Stephen Groves / Associated Press:
Who is Clay Higgins, the only House member to vote against releasing the Epstein files?
Politico:
Senate approves Epstein files bill, sending it to Trump's desk
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
House rejects resolution to censure House Democrat over texting Epstein during hearing
Reuters:
House to vote on full Epstein files' release — the move Speaker Mike Johnson fought for months
Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Republicans fear a midterm slump without Trump on the trail
Discussion: Raw Story
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Trump's Justice Department may have accidentally handed Democrats five House seats  —  In a decision that could potentially reshape the 2026 midterm elections and cement the Democratic Party's future control of the US House, a federal court just struck down the gerrymandered Texas maps …
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Eleanor Klibanoff / The Texas Tribune:
Federal court blocks Texas from using new congressional gerrymander in 2026 midterms  —  The decision is a major blow for Republicans, in Texas and nationally, who pushed through this unusual mid-decade redistricting at the behest of President Donald Trump.  —  TAKE OUR CONTENT — PLEASE!
Slate:
Republicans Are Suing to Kill California's Pro-Democratic Gerrymander.  They Have a Huge Problem.  —  California Republicans, now joined by the Trump administration's Department of Justice, have sued California in federal court to stop implementation of Proposition 50, a voter-passed ballot measure …
Discussion: Law Dork
John Hanna / Associated Press:
Federal judges block Texas from using its new US House map in the 2026 midterms  —  Texas cannot use a new congressional map drawn by Republicans in hopes of securing the party additional U.S. House seats, a panel of three federal judges ruled Tuesday.  —  The ruling was a blow …
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Trump's Scheme to Give the GOP Extra House Seats Just Blew Up in His Face … A federal court struck down Texas' new gerrymander on Tuesday, in an extraordinary rebuke to Republicans who sought to hand the GOP five additional seats in the House of Representatives.
Politico:
In blow to Trump, federal judges block new Texas congressional map … The decision is a massive blow in the White House's push to redistrict across the country.  Texas' five-seat map represented the biggest gains for the GOP through redrawing.  Republicans are expected to immediately appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court.
New York Times:
Who Is Attending Trump's Dinner for the Saudi Crown Prince?  —  The New York Times identified some of the guests invited to President Trump's dinner for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia.  —  The world's richest man.  One of the world's most famous soccer players.
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Washington Post:
Trump defends Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi killing  —  The de facto Saudi ruler was branded an outcast after the 2018 killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.  Now, U.S.-Saudi relations are approaching a high point.  —  just now  —  President Donald Trump …
April Rubin / Axios:
Trump with MBS on Khashoggi: “A lot of people didn't like” him
National Press Club:
National Press Club Statement on President Trump's Remarks on the Murder of Jamal Khashoggi
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Zeteo
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Trump attacks ABC reporter after question about killing of Saudi journalist Khashoggi
Russ Choma / Mother Jones:   Trump Meets Business Partner In the Oval Office
Washington Post:
‘Things happen’  —  Setting the record straight about our murdered colleague.  —  Just now
Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field  —  The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press. … The news of journalist Olivia Nuzzi's affair with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. …
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Jonah Kaplan / CBS News:
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say  —  More than a dozen men have been arrested after trying to solicit a minor for sex in Bloomington, Minnesota, police say.  —  According to Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges, officers started the three-day sting on Nov. 5.
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Trump administration to announce dismantling of much of Education Dept.  —  President Donald Trump signed an executive order in March seeking to close the department, but only Congress has the power to do that.  —  The Education Department plans to announce Tuesday that it will move multiple parts …
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U.S. Department of Education:
U.S. Department of Education Announces Six New Agency Partnerships to Break Up Federal Bureaucracy
Jason Lalljee / Axios:
Exclusive: Coinbase explains donation to Trump's ballroom  —  Coinbase donated to President Trump's $300 million White House ballroom project as an appeal to the administration, Emilie Choi, the cryptocurrency exchange's president and COO, said at Axios' BFD event on Tuesday.
Discussion: CBS News and The Independent
NBC News:
Obamacare tax credits look likely to expire as Trump rules out an extension  —  Trump told Republicans not to “waste” their time on extending the enhanced ACA subsidies set to expire, saying he'd only support “sending the money directly back to the people.”  —  WASHINGTON — Inside …
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NBC News:
Pardoned Capitol rioter tried to bribe child sex victim with promise of Jan. 6 payout, officials say  —  Andrew Paul Johnson, 44, faces multiple charges in Florida, including lewd/lascivious molestation, according to the Hernando County Sheriff's Office.  —  A man pardoned by President Donald Trump …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Caller
GovExec.com:
Final Schedule F regulations to describe civil service protections as ‘unconstitutional overcorrections’  —  OPM officials told agency HR leaders Tuesday that President Trump has Article II constitutional authority to remove tens of thousands of career federal workers in jobs over potential “resistance to policy.”
ProPublica:
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation  —  Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show.  Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
Tobias Peter / American Enterprise Institute:
Legalizing Single-Family Home Conversions to Duplexes, Triplexes, or Townhomes in Washington, DC's, New Comprehensive Plan  —  We propose that the District of Columbia adopt what we call light-touch density policies in the next version of its Comprehensive Plan.
Jay Willis / Balls and Strikes:
Report: Trump Judge Emil Bove Pushed For Airstrikes On Boats  —  Yet another reason for Senate Democrats to impeach Emil Bove the moment they take back the upper chamber.  —  Over the past several months, the Trump administration has launched some two dozen airstrikes in the Caribbean Sea …
Discussion: Techdirt
Katie Hawkinson / The Independent:
Good work if you can get it: Elon Musk is set to make more than every elementary school teacher COMBINED  —  Tesla shareholders approved a $1 trillion pay package for the world's richest person  —  in Washington, D.C.  —  Your support helps us to tell the story
Discussion: Washington Post and Breitbart
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Pope Leo denounces “extremely disrespectful” treatment of immigrants in U.S.  —  Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday backed the U.S. Roman Catholic bishops' rare statement criticizing the Trump administration's immigration and mass deportation policies and called on immigrants to be treated with “dignity.”
New York Times:
Trump Said to Authorize C.I.A. Plans for Covert Action in Venezuela  —  The president has signed off on possible operations inside Venezuela but has also reopened back-channel communications with the government of President Nicolás Maduro.  —  With the largest U.S. aircraft carrier …
Anjali Huynh / The Boston Globe:
Long a coveted voice, Larry Summers withdraws from a half-dozen groups amid Epstein ties.  Harvard's not among them.  —  For decades, former Harvard University president Larry Summers has been recognized as a leading voice on the American economy, regularly consulting for think tanks …
 
 
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Washington Post:
Russia, Europe fight for custody of operative linked to DHL bomb plot
Kelsey Piper / The Argument:
When grades stop meaning anything
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Drop Site News:
Jeffrey Epstein Pursued Swiss Rothschild Bank to Finance Israeli Cyberweapons Empire
Department of Homeland Security:
ICE and CBP Officers Face Unprecedented Surge in Vehicle Ramming Attacks
Discussion: Breitbart, IJR and NewsMax.com
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Texas Governor Declares Muslim Civil Rights Group a ‘Terrorist Organization’
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Two Weeks of Surveillance Footage From ICE Detention Center ‘Irretrievably Destroyed’
 

 
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Financial Times:
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