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Marina Dunbar / The Guardian:
Epstein files latest: photos appear to show former prince Andrew crouching over female — Elon Musk and former UK ambassador to US Peter Mandelson among those named in newly released documents — Epstein wanted Ferguson to release a statement saying he was ‘not a pedo’, documents show
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Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, IJR, The Gateway Pundit and Pharyngula
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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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CBS News, Associated Press, CNBC, The Good in Us, NewsMax.com, The Hill, Politico, National Politics, Al Jazeera, MS NOW, Global News, France 24, KING-TV and WCSH
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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ABC News, IJR, The Guardian, The Parnas Perspective, Associated Press, Washington Examiner, NewsNation, Roll Call, Washington Post, CBS News, Bloomberg, Blaze Media, Forbes, Axios, NOTUS and Straight Arrow News
Kate Sullivan / Bloomberg:
Lutnick Sought Visit to Epstein's Island, DOJ Files Indicate
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Metro.co.uk, Politico, BBC, The Independent, France 24, Meidas+, Associated Press, The Guardian, CNBC, New Republic, Agence France-Presse, The Parnas Perspective, El País, New York Post, Democrats, New York Times and NOTUS
Associated Press:
In the latest Epstein files are famous names and new details about an earlier investigation
In the latest Epstein files are famous names and new details about an earlier investigation
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New York Post, Mercury News, Associated Press, Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, Hackwhackers, Out Magazine and Newsweek
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
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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Gizmodo, Wall Street Journal, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, Forbes, Metro.co.uk, Fortune, Electrek, Daily Mail, TMZ.com, New Republic, New York Post, Lawyers, Guns & Money, 77 WABC and Mediaite
New York Times:
Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor's Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers — Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol field leader, made disparaging remarks in reference to the U.S. attorney in Minnesota, an Orthodox Jew, people with knowledge of the phone call said.
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The Guardian, The Times of Israel and Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Politico:
Don Lemon vows to fight charges in First Amendment showdown with Trump … In an indictment unsealed Friday, a grand jury in Minneapolis approved charges accusing Lemon and eight others of conspiring to deprive congregants at a church of their civil rights and violating the Freedom of Access …
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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.
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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The Hill, HuffPost, Associated Press, The Forward and The American Conservative
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.
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The Guardian, RedState, The Independent and No More Mister Nice Blog
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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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 …
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The Japan Times
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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Bloomberg, Associated Press, Fox News and Business Insider
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NBC News:
Senate passes bill to resolve shutdown clash, punting on DHS for two weeks
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New York Times, Politico, Fox News, Washington Post, The Verge, The Hill, UPI, The Maine Wire, New York Post, Raw Story, Scripps News, NewsMax.com, Florida Politics, Bloomberg, Bangor Daily News, NewsNation and 77 WABC
Washington Post:
Judge denies Minnesota's request for immediate end to immigration crackdown — Minnesota officials had said the immigration crackdown was endangering public safety in their state. — A judge on Saturday declined to order the Trump administration to immediately scale back its immigration enforcement surge …
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New York Times, CBS News and Mother Jones
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Mariah Timms / Wall Street Journal:
Judge Won't Stop Federal Immigration Enforcement Surge in Minnesota
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The Hill, Scripps News, Washington Times, Fox News and masslive.com
MPR News:
St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident — {"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"parag raph", “content”:[{"text":"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon …
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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The Atlantic
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John Burn-Murdoch / Financial Times:
How steep is Trump's democratic backsliding?
Austin Campbell / The Intercept:
He Witnessed an Earlier Shooting. Feds Arrested Him at the Scene of Alex Pretti's Killing — A man who contradicted the government narrative about a prior shooting found himself pinned to the ground and detained after Pretti's death. — LESS THAN 40 MINUTES after federal immigration agents shot …
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Associated Press:
ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital — Intensive care nurses immediately doubted the word of federal immigration officers when they arrived at a Minneapolis hospital with a Mexican immigrant who had broken bones in his face and skull.
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Metro.co.uk and Twin Cities
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Colleen Barry / Associated Press:
Demonstrators in Milan protest ICE unit at Winter Olympics
Demonstrators in Milan protest ICE unit at Winter Olympics
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NewsMax.com and Reason
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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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:
Minneapolis Residents Wear Their Passports, Desperate to Ward Off ICE — ICE agents can stop anyone they suspect of being undocumented. Now, residents are weighing their rights and their pride against their own safety. — María Pabón Gautier has a new routine when she sends …
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

