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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 …
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Marina Dunbar / The Guardian:
Epstein files latest: photos appear to show former prince Andrew crouching over female
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Frank Landymore / Futurism:
Elon Musk Emailed Extensively With Jeffrey Epstein, Asking to Visit His Notorious Island
Elon Musk Emailed Extensively With Jeffrey Epstein, Asking to Visit His Notorious Island
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Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Musk to Epstein: ‘What Day/Night Will Be the Wildest Party on Your Island?’
Musk to Epstein: ‘What Day/Night Will Be the Wildest Party on Your Island?’
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David Ingram / NBC News:
Elon Musk expressed interest in visiting Jeffrey Epstein's island, newly released emails show
Elon Musk expressed interest in visiting Jeffrey Epstein's island, newly released emails show
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Kate Sullivan / Bloomberg:
Lutnick Sought Visit to Epstein's Island, DOJ Files Indicate
Lutnick Sought Visit to Epstein's Island, DOJ Files Indicate
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New York Times:
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Planned Trip to Epstein's Island
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Planned Trip to Epstein's Island
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The Guardian:
Epstein files updates: survivors say new documents expose victims' names ‘while men remain protected’ - as it happened
Epstein files updates: survivors say new documents expose victims' names ‘while men remain protected’ - as it happened
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
New documents reveal the breadth of Jeffrey Epstein's orbit
New documents reveal the breadth of Jeffrey Epstein's orbit
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Wall Street Journal:
What We Know So Far About the Latest Release of Epstein Files
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:
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.
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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.
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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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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Republicans relearn the lesson that shutdowns go poorly for them — After last year's 43-day shutdown, GOP senators sought to eliminate as much risk as possible for federal funding. — Just two-and-a-half months removed from a painful government shutdown, Republicans have learned a lesson …
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Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Senate Passes Government Funding As Talks Over ICE Continue
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Washington Post:
Democrats want to ‘reimagine’ immigration enforcement. Just don't say ‘abolish ICE.’
Democrats want to ‘reimagine’ immigration enforcement. Just don't say ‘abolish ICE.’
Jennifer Scholtes / Politico:
Here's what federal programs are headed for a (possibly brief) shutdown
Here's what federal programs are headed for a (possibly brief) shutdown
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 …
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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 …
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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.
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
‘Melania’ Review: Brett Ratner's Melania Trump Documentary Is an Unabashed, Fly-on-the-Gilded-Wall Fawn Job
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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 …
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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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Pete Gannon / Axios:
Gold and silver prices plunge following Trump's Fed pick announcement
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Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Trump's Pick for Fed Chair Pops Up in Latest Epstein Files
Trump's Pick for Fed Chair Pops Up in Latest Epstein 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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
New York Times:
The Midterm Elections Need You. Here's How to Help. — Election integrity in the United States can be a fraught subject. Merely raising the prospect that a future election might be compromised makes many democracy experts uncomfortable. It can undermine faith in our reliable …
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Wisconsin Examiner
Karla Adam / Washington Post:
New evidence shows Andrew proposed Epstein visit to Buckingham Palace — Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who was stripped of his royal titles over ties to Jeffrey Epstein, suggested dinner at the palace and seems to appear in photos newly released by the Justice Department.
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