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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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New York Times:
Epstein Files Photos Disappear From Government Website, Including One of Trump  —  A total of 16 photos were taken down at some point on Saturday from the website that the Justice Department created.  One featured an open drawer containing other photos, including at least one of President Trump.
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 …
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
Bill Clinton, a Main Character in the Epstein Drop, Just Can't Escape Scandal  —  The Republican-led Justice Department's release of photos of the former president with Jeffrey Epstein will introduce yet another generation to his flaws and controversies.  —  One photo shows him sitting …
Casey Morell / NPR:
Available to download Friday, some Epstein files no longer there Saturday afternoon
Politico:
DOJ releases new Epstein docs as lawmakers steam about first tranche
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
DOJ Likely Pulled Photo of Trump from Released Epstein Files
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Trump faces narrowing options on Venezuela action  —  The administration's death toll from strikes on alleged drug boats crests 100 as it ratchets up a unilateral blockade of sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers.  —  Just now  —  The day after President Donald Trump declared he had ended 94 percent …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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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 …
Marc Caputo / Axios:
U.S. boards un-sanctioned tanker with Venezuelan oil to tighten blockade
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Republican women shrinking their ranks in Congress  —  Retirements, resignations and tough races could cut into their growing numbers from recent elections.  —  Just now … Twenty minutes apart Friday afternoon, Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyoming) and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-New York) …
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Ben Johansen / Politico:
Trump endorses in New York governor race the day after Stefanik drops out
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Cynthia Lummis, a One-Term G.O.P. Senator, Will Not Seek Re-election
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Takes America's ‘Imperial Presidency’ to a New Level  —  In his first year back in the White House, President Trump has greatly expanded executive power while embracing the trappings of royalty in ways not seen in the modern era.  —  When President Trump hosted the crown prince …
Washington Post:
The year Trump broke the federal government  —  How DOGE and the White House carried out a once-unthinkable transformation of the nation's sprawling bureaucracy.  —  Government reporters Hannah Natanson and Meryl Kornfield can be reached securely on Signal at (202) 580-5477 and (301) 821-2013, respectively.
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
Discussion: All Rise News
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: Fox News, The Independent and Mediaite
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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
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.
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
 
 
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Audrey Fahlberg / National Review:
Exclusive: Former Virginia Dem Finance Director Charged with Distributing Child Porn, Court Docs Show
Discussion: RedState and WTVR-TV
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
UFC fighter bucks Trump White House event over Epstein controversy: 'I'm good, dude'
Discussion: 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.
Associated Press:
US tech enabled China's surveillance empire. Now Tibetan refugees in Nepal are paying the price
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Brian Faler / Politico:
Do it for Trump: Treasury pushes businesses, wealthy people to contribute to ‘Trump Accounts’
Marc Rod / Jewish Insider:
State Dept. nominee espoused antisemitic views, downplayed the Holocaust
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Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
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