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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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DOJ Released Unredacted Nude Images in Epstein Files — A note from investigators in the files said some images Epstein had were “POSSIBLE CSAM.” — 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 …
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Wall Street Journal:
Epstein Files Release Exposes Names of at Least 43 Victims, WSJ Review Finds — Justice Department failed to redact dozens of Epstein victims' names, including more than two dozen who were minors — The Justice Department exposed the names of dozens of Jeffrey Epstein's victims …
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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 — CENSORED — The newly released materials contain frequent references to Donald Trump. — The Justice Department is drawing fresh scrutiny after releasing Epstein-related records that appear to black out Donald Trump's face in a photograph.
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New York Times:
How Trump Appears in the Epstein Files
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Consequence, The Guardian, Mediaite 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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CBS News, MS NOW, New York Times and Washington Post
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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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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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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Media Matters for America and CBS News
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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New Republic and The Philadelphia Inquirer
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 …
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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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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Sebastian Starcevic / Politico:
Trump vows to sue comic Trevor Noah after Epstein island jibe at Grammys — Donald Trump said he will launch legal action against comedian Trevor Noah after the comedian joked about the U.S. president visiting convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's island.
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Ben Blanchet / HuffPost:
‘Loser Behavior’: Trump Roasted Over His Post-Grammys Freak-Out
‘Loser Behavior’: Trump Roasted Over His Post-Grammys Freak-Out
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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.
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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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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Raw Story
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
The regime moves to make journalism a crime — Public Notice is supported by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — 🌅 Subscribe to PN 🌅 — Early in his first term, President Trump said that because he thought CNN and MSNBC were too critical of him, that meant “they're illegal, what they do is illegal.”
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat / Lucid:
Arrests of Independent Journalists Reveal New Media Challenges to Autocrats
Arrests of Independent Journalists Reveal New Media Challenges to Autocrats
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How Things Work and NPR, more at Mediagazer »
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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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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Thomas Pepinsky / Vox:
Donald Trump's ego might just save democracy — President Donald Trump is frequently accused of authoritarian ambitions. It's an image he often seems to relish, either sincerely or as trolling. “Usually they say, 'He's a horrible dictator-type person,' I'm a dictator,” he said in Davos.
