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Wall Street Journal:
Classified Whistleblower Complaint About Tulsi Gabbard Stalls Within Her Agency — Congress hasn't seen the complaint, which was filed eight months ago with the U.S. intelligence community's watchdog office — WASHINGTON—A U.S. intelligence official has alleged wrongdoing by Director …
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Samantha Cole / 404 Media:
DOJ Released Unredacted Nude Images in Epstein Files — The Department of Justice left multiple unredacted photos of fully nude women or girls exposed as part of Friday's dump of more than 3.5 million pages of files related to the investigations and prosecutions of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislane Maxwell.
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New York Times:
The Government Published Dozens of Nude Photos in the Epstein Files — The photos, which showed young women or possibly teenagers with their faces visible, were largely removed after The New York Times began notifying the Justice Department. — The Justice Department published dozens …
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Raw Story
Martha McHardy / The Daily Beast:
DOJ Makes Bizarre Attempt to Redact Trump's Face in Epstein Files Photo
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James Hill / Associated Press:
Epstein victims' lawyers ask court to order DOJ to take down Epstein files website
Epstein victims' lawyers ask court to order DOJ to take down Epstein files website
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The Parnas Perspective and Straight Arrow News
New York Times:
How Trump Appears in the Epstein Files
How Trump Appears in the Epstein Files
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Consequence, Mediaite, The Guardian and NOTUS
Jodi Kantor / New York Times:
How the Supreme Court Secretly Made Itself Even More Secretive — Amid calls to increase transparency and revelations about the court's inner workings, the chief justice imposed nondisclosure agreements on clerks and employees. — In November of 2024, two weeks after voters returned President Donald Trump …
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Steve Vladeck / One First:
207. The Justice Department Beclowns Itself (Again) — The denouement of DOJ's misconduct complaint against Chief Judge Boasberg provides useful lessons relating to both the Department's continuing misbehavior and the emptiness of calls for impeachment. — Welcome back to “One First,” …
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Jake Lahut / New York Magazine:
Nancy Mace Is Not Okay — “Something's broken. The motherboard's fried. We're short-circuiting somewhere.” — Right up until she lit the fire, some of Representative Nancy Mace's own staff and advisers didn't know what she was going to say on the House floor in February 2025 …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Dem divisions over DHS funding spill out in private call — House Democrats splintered on a private call Sunday over whether to vote for legislation that would keep the Department of Homeland Security funded for two more weeks, a half dozen sources on the call told Axios.
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Calen Razor / Politico:
Capitol agenda: Mike Johnson's shutdown gamble
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Thor Benson / madness:
How ICE turned into what it is today — ICE has been a malignant force in American society since it was created in 2003, but it's quite obvious that the agency is worse today than it's ever been. Donald Trump ran on mass deportations as a candidate in 2024, and now the country is seeing what that looks like.
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New Republic:
Trump Tirade Over Protests Goes Off Rails as Crushing Fox Poll Hits
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Eric Levitz / Vox:
Trump has turned his biggest political asset into a liability
Trump has turned his biggest political asset into a liability
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The Independent, New Republic and The Philadelphia Inquirer
J. David McSwane / ProPublica:
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting — The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
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Ben Blanchet / HuffPost:
‘Loser Behavior’: Trump Roasted Over His Post-Grammys Freak-Out — The president launched an ominous threat at “talentless” Trevor Noah after the comedian clowned him while hosting the Grammy Awards. — President Donald Trump became a social media punch line after he took aim at Trevor Noah …
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Sebastian Starcevic / Politico:
Trump vows to sue comic Trevor Noah after Epstein island jibe at Grammys
Trump vows to sue comic Trevor Noah after Epstein island jibe at Grammys
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Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
Elite Law Firm Boss Who Bent the Knee to Trump Sucked Up to ‘Amazing’ Epstein — FANBOY — The embattled chairman of Paul Weiss has now had his embarrassing emails to Jeffrey Epstein exposed. — The chairman of a major law firm that sparked backlash by caving to President Donald Trump …
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Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
ICE halts “all movement” at Texas detention facility due to measles infections — Add CBS News on Google — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement halted “all movement” at a detention center in Texas for families and quarantined some migrants there after medical staff confirmed two detainees had …
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Stephanie Koithan / San Antonio Current:
Source: Measles outbreak reported at ICE's Dilley family detention facility
Source: Measles outbreak reported at ICE's Dilley family detention facility
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The Moderate Voice and CBS News
Aidan Sadovi / The Daily Illini:
‘Fell the enemies:’ Illini Republicans support ICE amid Minnesota killings — In a post that included a stylized graphic of a presumed federal officer holding a gun to someone's head, Illini Republicans stated that they “stand with ICE” amid the killings of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti in Minnesota.
Washington Post:
Inside Musk's bet to hook users that turned Grok into a porn generator — Under pressure to boost its popularity, Elon Musk's xAI loosened its guardrails and relaxed controls on sexual content, setting off internal concern. — Weeks before Elon Musk officially left his perch in government last spring …
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Jason Morris / CNN:
Fulton County expected to sue over FBI's seizure of 2020 election records — An official in Fulton County, Georgia, announced the county will file a lawsuit Monday over the FBI's search and seizure of 2020 election records. — Commissioner Marvin Arrington Jr. said the lawsuit will …
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The Bulwark:
This Isn't What De-escalation Looks Like — Trump can't tame the monster he made. — Think you've lost your capacity to be shocked by stories of Donald Trump's open corruption? Try this one on for size: The Wall Street Journal reported this weekend that a UAE sheikh bought a 49 percent stake …
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Mary Carolan / The Irish Times:
George Mitchell's name removed from US-Ireland scholarship after Epstein files release — Scholarship was set up in name of former US senator who brokered Belfast Agreement — The release of documents related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has prompted the removal …
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Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Kennedy Center will close for 2 years for renovations in July, Trump says, after performers backlash — President Donald Trump says he will move to close Washington's Kennedy Center performing arts venue for two years starting in July for construction. Trump's announcement …
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Naomi LaChance / Zeteo:
I Watched ‘Melania,’ a Film That Tries to Whitewash Trump's Fascism — The propaganda film is eager to present the First Lady as a benevolent political force, and pretend she isn't part of her husband's racist, authoritarian project. It fails at both. — ∙ Paid
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Associated Press:
Son of Norway's crown princess arrested before his trial on rape and other charges — The eldest son of Norway's crown princess has been arrested, just before his trial opens on charges including rape in a case that has been an embarrassment to the royal family, police said Monday.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
A 1987 Proposal Could Help Hold ICE to Account for Constitutional Violations — A proposal in a 1987 law review article could address a gap that makes it all but impossible to sue federal officials for violating the Constitution. — The key to holding Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents accountable …
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Financial Times:
Jeffrey Epstein asked for Snow White costume weeks before Jes Staley email — Former Barclays chief has insisted he had no recollection of what Disney character reference was about — Jeffrey Epstein asked an unidentified woman to buy a Snow White costume just weeks before he and former …
