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11:30 AM ET, January 31, 2026

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New York Times:
Release of Three Million Epstein Pages Falls Short, Survivors Say  —  Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, told reporters on Friday that “there's a hunger or a thirst for information that I do not think will be satisfied by the review of these documents.”
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Ashley Ahn / New York Times:
Here's What to Know About the Millions of Pages of Epstein Documents  —  Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche signaled that this would be the last major release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein.  —  The Department of Justice on Friday released the largest batch of Jeffrey Epstein files to date …
Frank Landymore / Futurism:
Elon Musk Emailed Extensively With Jeffrey Epstein, Asking to Visit His Notorious Island  —  Somehow, Elon Musk's infamous outburst accusing Donald Trump of being in the Epstein files has managed to age both incredibly well and incredibly poorly.  —  Trump, as you're probably well aware by now …
The Guardian:
Epstein files updates: survivors say new documents expose victims' names ‘while men remain protected’ - as it happened
Wall Street Journal:
What We Know So Far About the Latest Release of Epstein Files
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‘This Is a New Dimension’ … On Friday morning, hours after Don Lemon was apprehended in a Beverly Hills hotel lobby by a team of federal officers, two dozen agents arrived at the Minnesota home of independent journalist Georgia Fort, with a warrant for her arrest.
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
January 30, 2026  —  As the American people continue to express their fury over the violence of federal agents in Minneapolis and elsewhere, officials from the Trump administration today tried to shift the public narrative to shore up their softening base and silence their opponents.
Associated Press:
Journalist Don Lemon is charged with federal civil rights crimes in anti-ICE church protest  —  Journalist Don Lemon has been charged with federal civil rights crimes in connection with an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Friday.
Quinta Jurecic / The Atlantic:
The Case Against Don Lemon Is Junk, and Dangerous  —  One year in, the Trump administration has amassed a startling record of hostility toward open public discourse—including barring journalists from the White House press pool, evicting any less-than-sycophantic reporters from the Pentagon …
Washington Post:
Trump wants to build a 250-foot-tall arch, dwarfing the Lincoln Memorial  —  The president is eying a plot of land near Memorial Bridge.  The art critic who proposed the idea called for a smaller arch or for Trump to pick a new site.  —  The White House stands about 70 feet tall.
NBC News:
Senate passes bill to resolve shutdown clash, punting on DHS for two weeks  —  The House is not in Washington and plans to vote when it returns Monday.  That means a government shutdown this weekend, which will have little impact if it remains brief.  —  WASHINGTON — With time running …
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
ICE Is Circling Minnesota Schools, Looking For Children to Take  —  Liam Ramos, 5, isn't the only Minneapolis child sitting in a Texas detention center.  Teachers and parents describe kids being hunted by federal agents.  —  COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, Minn. - The hallways at Valley View Elementary School used …
Discussion: MPR News
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New York Times:
ICE Took Liam Conejo Ramos.  His Classmates Have Something to Say.  —  “You are scaring schools, people and the world,” one student at Valley View Elementary, just outside Minneapolis, wrote to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.  Exactly a year after President Trump's second inauguration …
Discussion: The Japan Times
Owen Gleiberman / Variety:
‘Melania’ Review: Brett Ratner's First Lady Documentary Is a Cheeseball Infomercial of Staggering Inertia  —  There's no drama to a film that should have been called “Day of the Living Tradwife.”  —  “Melania” is a documentary that never comes to life.  It's a “portrait” …
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Frank Scheck / The Hollywood Reporter:
‘Melania’ Review: Brett Ratner's Melania Trump Documentary Is an Unabashed, Fly-on-the-Gilded-Wall Fawn Job
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
Autocracy in America  —  A year in, the pattern of democratic backsliding under Trump is undeniable.  The rise of authoritarianism feels more like a sprint than a creep.  Whereas other authoritarians eroded institutions and asserted control over the course of years, trying to maintain a sense of normalcy …
Discussion: Financial Times and The Atlantic
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Trump's Fed chair pick named in Epstein files just hours after his nomination  —  Barely a few hours after President Donald Trump named him as the next nominee to chair the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh was revealed to be in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case files.
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New York Times:
ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants  —  An internal memo changed the standard from whether people are unlikely to show up for hearings to whether they could leave the scene.  —  Amid tensions over President Trump's immigration crackdown in Minnesota and beyond …
Laura Barrón-López / MS NOW:
ICE eyeing Ohio next, where it is expected to target Haitian immigrants  —  The Trump administration is eyeing Ohio for immigration enforcement operations that could begin as early as next week, according to four people familiar with the discussions.  —  The operation is expected …
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Trump Officials Bypass Congress to Push Billions in Weapons Aid to Israel  —  The move was the third time the Trump administration has tried to expedite arms shipments to Israel by going around the review process for weapons sales.  —  The State Department announced on Friday that it was planning …
Discussion: The Guardian
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New Yorker:
Trump's Profiteering Hits $4 Billion  —  In August, I reported that the President and his family had made $3.4 billion by leveraging his position.  After his first year back in office, the number has ballooned.  —  At the start of Donald Trump's first term, he promised that he and his family …
Jane Clark Scharl / Plough:
My Childhood Friend, Renee Good  —  Long before a federal agent shot her and she became a headline and a symbol, Renee was the best singer - and listener - in my church youth group.  —  I grew up with Renee Good - Renee Ganger, as I knew her.  We lived in Colorado Springs; she was two years older than me.
Joe Rennison / New York Times:
Sell America Is the New Trade on Wall Street  —  Investors are increasingly souring on the United States, as illustrated by the declining dollar, the stalled stock market and rising government borrowing costs.  —  A new investment thesis has spread through global markets at the start of 2026 …
 
 
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ProPublica:
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Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
Draft Epstein Indictment Accused Him of Crimes Against More Than a Dozen Girls
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Discussion: New Republic
New York Times:
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Discussion: Reuters
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From Mediagazer:

April Rubin / Axios:
Journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort were arrested by federal agents on Jan. 29 and Jan. 30, respectively, for their coverage of a Minnesota church protest

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Bob Iger has told associates that he plans to step down as Disney CEO before December 31; the board plans to vote on his replacement next week

Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
Former GM of Sacramento public radio service CapRadio, Jun Reina, was arrested and charged with allegedly embezzling ~$1.33M from station funds for personal use

 
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