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8:40 PM ET, December 20, 2025

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Associated Press:
Epstein files offer scant new insight into his crimes or how he avoided serious prosecution  —  The Justice Department's much-anticipated release of records tied to Jeffrey Epstein arrived in a flood of documents that did little to quell the long-simmering intrigue, largely …
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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 …
New York Times:
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.
Annie Linskey / Wall Street Journal:
For Trump, the Epstein Files Won't Go Away  —  The political staying power of the Jeffrey Epstein story continues to frustrate the White House  —  WASHINGTON—Donald Trump is finding the Epstein files are hard to shake.  —  The Trump White House hoped to put the Jeffrey Epstein saga behind …
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
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Epstein survivor lauds even partial release of files: ‘I feel redeemed’  —  Maria Farmer, among the accusers of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, rejoiced Friday after the Department of Justice (DOJ) released swaths of files tied to its probe of the disgraced financier.
Erica Orden / Politico:
What's missing from the Epstein files release
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
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 …
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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.
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 …
The Breakdown:
BREAKING: Proof Blanche was involved in the decision to prosecute Abrego  —  A recording from Allison Gill's live video  —  Get more from Allison Gill in the Substack app  —  Discussion about this video  —  The GOP Can't Escape Its Lies and Cruelty: Kilmar Abrego Garcia, “Antifa headquarters,” and Trump's Failed Policies
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 …
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.
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
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
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.
Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump appointee inspired by conservative media outlet to push for probe of Democratic congressman  —  A mortgage fraud probe of a Democratic congressman began last month after William Pulte, the Republican head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, referred allegations …
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
 
 
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Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
UFC fighter bucks Trump White House event over Epstein controversy: 'I'm good, dude'
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Marie-Rose Sheinerman / The Atlantic:
There's a 92 Percent Chance Trump Is Making It Up
Marcia Brown / Politico:
RFK Jr. wants states to ban junk food. No one knows what counts.
Wall Street Journal:
The Fight Over the Next Fed Chair Is Spilling Out Across D.C. and Wall Street
Associated Press:
US tech enabled China's surveillance empire. Now Tibetan refugees in Nepal are paying the price
Marc Rod / Jewish Insider:
State Dept. nominee espoused antisemitic views, downplayed the Holocaust
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Adam Downer / The Daily Beast:
White House Made Bizarre Demands for Trump's Bogus Peace Prize
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
This past week feels like the final, chaotic days of a political era. …
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