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New York Times:
Washington Post Begins Cutting More Than 300 Jobs — Washington Post Begins Laying Off More Than 300 Journalists — The layoffs will cut into The Post's local, international and sports coverage and reduce the number of its employees by about 30 percent. — 4 MIN READ — ANALYSIS
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments is being laid off — The Washington Post is laying off one-third of its staff in the newsroom and other departments, a brutal blow at one of journalism's most legendary brands. — The troubled Post began implementing large-scale cutbacks …
Rachel Siegel / gofundme.com:
Washington Post 2026 layoff fund — The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We are devastated and raising funds to help them. In the days ahead, we will need help in different ways — financial aid, job search, and other forms of assistance.
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Matt Cohen / Democracy Docket:
Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections — Steve Bannon said Tuesday that the federal government is planning to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to patrol polling stations during this year's midterm elections.
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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Trump's Call to ‘Nationalize’ Elections Adds to State Officials' Alarm
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Max Rego / The Hill:
Trump doubles down on suggesting federal government ‘get involved’ in state elections
Trump doubles down on suggesting federal government ‘get involved’ in state elections
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Trump call for nationalizing elections sparks backlash, warnings
Trump call for nationalizing elections sparks backlash, warnings
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
The Clintons knew Team Trump was coming — and waved the white flag over Epstein — At first glance, the decision by Bill and Hillary Clinton to drop their long resistance and agree to testify before a GOP-controlled House panel about Jeffrey Epstein looks like a huge defeat for them.
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Julianna Bragg / Axios:
Trump and Vance differ in their responses to latest Epstein files
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Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Rethinking Trump 2024 As An Epstein Coverup Campaign
Associated Press:
Trump lashes out at reporter over Epstein, declares it's time for the country to move on
Trump lashes out at reporter over Epstein, declares it's time for the country to move on
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Trump Scolds CNN's Kaitlan Collins for ‘Not Smiling’
Trump Scolds CNN's Kaitlan Collins for ‘Not Smiling’
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ProPublica:
The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building — For months, the Trump administration has justified its dramatic midnight raid on a Chicago apartment complex by saying that it had intelligence that the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building.
Isabel Van Brugen / The Daily Beast:
Trump Plotting to Bring Resurrected Statue to the White House — MONUMENTAL — A statue of Christopher Columbus is set to be installed on the south side of the White House lawn. — Donald Trump's endless White House makeover will now see a statue of Christopher Columbus installed …
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Trump plans to install Christopher Columbus statue outside White House
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Trump Releases Latest Rendering of White House Ballroom Project
Trump Releases Latest Rendering of White House Ballroom Project
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Ashley Parker / The Atlantic:
The Murder of The Washington Post — We're witnessing a murder. — Jeff Bezos, the billionaire owner of The Washington Post, and Will Lewis, the publisher he appointed at the end of 2023, are embarking on the latest step of their plan to kill everything that makes the paper special.
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Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
FBI Couldn't Get into WaPo Reporter's iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled — The FBI has been unable to access a Washington Post reporter's seized iPhone because it was in Lockdown Mode, a sometimes overlooked feature that makes iPhones broadly more secure, according to recently filed court records.
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's New “Prison Camp” Threat Unleashes Fury Even in MAGA Country — When Stephen Miller offered his first big rollout of Donald Trump's immigration agenda during the 2024 campaign, he demonstrated great enthusiasm for the idea of giant migrant camps. He gushed about creating …
CNN:
Justice Department review found Trump ally Ed Martin improperly leaked grand jury material in probe of president's foes — Federal agencies Donald Trump Trump legal cases — A Justice Department review found that Ed Martin improperly handled grand jury materials that were part …
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Paul Krugman:
Profiles in Cowardice, Tariff Edition — Donald Trump loves tariffs. Mainly, I believe, he loves them because they offer so much opportunity for dominance displays, allowing him to threaten other countries with economic ruin — usually via middle-of-the-night Truth Social posts — unless they bend to his whims.
NBC News:
Attorney for government tells judge in ICE case: ‘This job sucks’ — Julie Le made the remark while she was representing the U.S. attorney's office in Minnesota, where federal officers are conducting a massive immigration crackdown. — Listen to this article with a free account
Jon Collins / MPR News:
Pursued by federal agents, suburban ICE observers remain resolved — {"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"parag raph", “content”:[{"text":"It was last Tuesday that Drae Solberg found themself pursued by federal agents driving erratically through the northern suburbs of Minneapolis.
Vittoria Elliott / Wired:
Inside the ICE Forum Where Agents Complain About Their Jobs — “I'm all for removing illegals, but snatching dudes off lawn mowers in Cali and leaving the truck and equipment just sitting there? Definitely not working smarter,” writes one forum user. — On a forum with over 5,000 members claiming …
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Yesterday, the day before Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's termination of Haiti's Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation, U.S. District Court Judge Ana C. Reyes stopped that termination until a pending court case worked its way through the courts.
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
In Ohio, I Caught a Glimpse of the New Resistance
In Ohio, I Caught a Glimpse of the New Resistance
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Adrian Carrasquillo / The Bulwark:
ICE Was Terrorizing Worshipers Long Before Don Lemon Entered a Church — Let's take a stroll through the last year. — WHEN DON LEMON WAS ARRESTED after reporting on the aggressive protest of a church whose pastor allegedly works for ICE, the Trump administration claimed that Lemon …
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CBS News:
Border czar Homan says feds will “draw down” 700 law enforcement personnel — Add CBS News on Google — Border czar Tom Homan said Wednesday federal authorities will “draw down” 700 law enforcement personnel in Minnesota immediately. — The news comes a day after the state's top …
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Brian Faler / Politico:
Those new tax breaks Trump is touting come with a catch … Republicans are counting on those benefits from their new tax law to drive up refunds this year, hoping they'll be rewarded at the ballot box in November. But unlike familiar and relatively easy-to-understand breaks like the Child Tax Credit …
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George Chidi / The Guardian:
Fulton county commission chair says he was warned of arrest before FBI election office raid — Robb Pitts said call came days before federal agents seized 2020 election documents in Georgia — The Fulton county commission chair, Robb Pitts, said at a press conference this morning …
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Zoey Lyttle / People:
Hannah Neeleman's Ballerina Farm Halts Sale of Raw Milk Due to Bacteria Concerns: Report — Screenings from summer 2025 showed high levels of coliform, the family of bacteria that includes E. coli, in Ballerina Farm's bottled raw dairy — Hannah and Daniel Neeleman of Ballerina Farm …
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Violet Jira / NOTUS:
White House Posts, Then Deletes, Image Falsely Accusing Man of Sex Crimes — The White House falsely labeled a man as having committed child sex crimes in one of several erroneous graphics posted Jan. 26 on its X account about immigrants detained in Minnesota.
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Plans for Iran nuclear talks are collapsing, U.S. officials say — The U.S. told Iran on Wednesday that it will not agree to Tehran's demands to change the location and format of talks planned for Friday, two U.S. officials told Axios. … - But the Iranians said on Tuesday …
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Andy Lusk / KERA News:
Irving Green Advisory Board member resigns after links to white nationalist group revealed — A member of Irving's environmental Green Advisory Board resigned in the days after being identified by the Texas Observer as linked with the white nationalist group Patriot Front, according to internal emails obtained by KERA News.
Nick Reisman / Politico:
New York's Kathy Hochul forms first women-led ticket, selecting Adrienne Adams as her running mate … “Adrienne and I are no strangers to rolling up our sleeves and getting results for working New Yorkers,” Hochul said in a statement. “Together, we're going to continue investing in public safety …
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Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
Who is Hurting Kids? — The irony should not be lost on Americans that the MAGA movement and its QAnon cousins made the hunt for pedophiles their obsession. It turns out that those concerned about child sexual predators should have staked out Jeffrey Epstein's island...not a D.C. pizza restaurant.
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Exclusive: 300+ ex-DOJ lawyers demand transparent Minnesota shooting probes — More than 300 former federal prosecutors and civil rights attorneys are urging the Justice Department to allow state and local investigations into the killings of two Minnesota residents by federal officers …
Holly Ellyatt / CNBC:
Trump says India won't buy Russian oil anymore. Moscow insists India hasn't said that … A day after President Donald Trump said India agreed to halt purchases of Russian oil as part of a new U.S.-India trade deal, the Kremlin said it has heard nothing from New Delhi to suggest those flows are stopping.
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Victoria Guida / Politico:
Tim Scott on DOJ probe into Powell: ‘I do not believe that he committed a crime’ in Fed HQ testimony — Senate Banking Chair Tim Scott on Wednesday said he did not believe Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell committed a crime during his congressional testimony last year about the central bank's headquarter renovations.
Bangor Daily News:
ICE demanded Maine sheriff's employment records following his criticism of arrest — The Bangor Daily News was the first to report this story. What you're reading here would likely not be made public without the efforts of professional journalists asking questions, interviewing sources and obtaining documents.
Wall Street Journal:
How Stephen Miller Stokes Trump's Boundary-Pushing Impulses — The White House aide has been an architect of aggressive immigration sweeps in U.S. cities and deadly boat strikes in the Caribbean — Moments after federal officers fatally shot Alex Pretti, his body still lying facedown …
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Phillip Nieto / Daily Mail:
JD Vance refuses to apologize to Alex Pretti's family after spreading ICE ‘assassin’ claim — JD Vance has refused to apologize to the family of Alex Pretti after he amplified claims that the slain Minneapolis nurse was an ‘assassin.’ — The Vice President sat down for a wide-ranging exclusive interview …
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