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Epstein Victims Upset About Lack of Transparency in Newly Released Files  —  Several victims said they were frustrated by the heavy redactions of photos and documents that the Justice Department released on Friday.  —  Disappointed.  Frustrated.  Suspicious.
Casey Morell / NPR:
Available to download Friday, some Epstein files no longer there Saturday afternoon  —  The Department of Justice started releasing files related to the life, death and criminal investigations of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein Friday.  Files continued to be posted on its “Epstein Library” website on Saturday.
Politico:
DOJ releases new Epstein docs as lawmakers steam about first tranche … The new documents released Saturday included grand jury materials from the investigations into Epstein in Florida and New York.  The Justice Department had renewed its requests to federal judges to publicly release …
Politico:
Trump administration turns Epstein files into WikiLeaks 2.0 … The daily drip is a remarkable result for President Donald Trump, who has urged his allies to move past the Epstein files — prompting jeers from Democrats who say he's trying to conceal details about his own longtime relationship with Epstein.
Erica Orden / Politico:
What's missing from the Epstein files release … Want to read emails from federal prosecutors deciding who to charge — and, equally importantly, who not to charge — during their 2019 investigation?  You're out of luck. … Nothing from her to see here.
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
DOJ Likely Pulled Photo of Trump from Released Epstein Files
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
Bill Clinton, a Main Character in the Epstein Drop, Just Can't Escape Scandal
Discussion: Associated Press and Breitbart
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
The Epstein files release did nothing to clear up the scandal's biggest question
Marc Caputo / Axios:
U.S. boards un-sanctioned tanker with Venezuelan oil to tighten blockade  —  The U.S. military early Saturday boarded a tanker that is not under U.S. sanctions as it shipped Venezuelan oil in hopes of escaping a blockade imposed by President Trump, according to two sources familiar with the action.
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Reuters:
Exclusive: US seizes vessel off Venezuelan coast, officials say  —  The United States is interdicting and seizing a vessel off the coast of Venezuela in international waters, three U.S. officials told Reuters on Saturday, a move that comes just days after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a …
Maegan Vazquez / Washington Post:
Epstein files include child porn complaint a decade before federal investigation  —  Maria Farmer has long claimed she warned the FBI about Epstein in the 1990s, but they ignored her complaint.  —  Just now … Justice Department files related to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein …
Discussion: RedState and The Independent
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Ben Johansen / Politico:
Trump endorses in New York governor race the day after Stefanik drops out … President Donald Trump endorsed Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman in the New York gubernatorial race, a day after Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) ended her bid.  —  “Bruce is MAGA all the way …
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Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Cynthia Lummis, a One-Term G.O.P. Senator, Will Not Seek Re-election
Wall Street Journal:
Witkoff's Other Backer in His Unlikely Diplomatic Ascent: Putin  —  The Kremlin release of an American prisoner and a Saudi backchannel bolstered the rise of Trump's longtime friend. … Steve Witkoff, a billionaire real-estate developer and longtime golfing partner of Donald Trump …
Haley Miller / NOLA.com:
LSU nursing grad, detained by ICE for 6 months, may self-deport: ‘I feel hopeless all the time’  —  Vilma Palacios had just graduated from the LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing and accepted a job with Touro Infirmary when she was arrested by ICE agents and sent to the processing center in Basile …
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Jack Revell / The Daily Beast:
Trump, 79, Complains the FBI Made a Mess of Melania's ‘Panties’
Discussion: The Independent
Pooja Salhotra / New York Times:
Ramaswamy Challenges Conservatives on Surging Bigotry on the Right  —  The leading Republican candidate for Ohio governor is calling out his party for rising intolerance, including against Indian American immigrants and their children, like him.  —  Vivek Ramaswamy, the front-running Republican candidate …
Discussion: Fox News, Breitbart, Townhall and MS NOW
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Candace Owens Is the Conservative Movement's Frankenstein Monster  —  This week, Charlie Kirk's widow, Erika Kirk, traveled to Nashville to meet with Candace Owens, a podcaster who has become the premier purveyor of conspiracy theories about her husband's murder.
Tim Röhn / Politico:
RFK Jr. wanted to endorse the Danish vaccine schedule.  He was forced to pull back. … Billed as an “announcement regarding children's health,” Kennedy was to appear alongside his top agency heads and Tracy Beth Høeg, the Food and Drug Administration's top drug regulator.
Brian Faler / Politico:
Do it for Trump: Treasury pushes businesses, wealthy people to contribute to ‘Trump Accounts’ … “The president is calling on our nation's business leaders and philanthropic organizations to help us make America great again by securing the financial future of America's children,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday.
Kelly Rissman / The Independent:
Trump again boasts he ‘aced’ cognitive tests - and reveals which animals he was required to identify  —  President provides insight into the mental fitness test: ‘The first question is like, ‘What is this?’  And they show a lion, a giraffe, a fish, and a hippopotamus’  —  Go to comments
Discussion: New Republic
 
 
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