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Julie K. Brown / Miami Herald:
Trump told Palm Beach police chief ‘everyone’ knew about Epstein, Maxwell was ‘evil’ — President Donald Trump has repeatedly maintained that he had no knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes. — But in July 2006, just as Jeffrey Epstein's criminal case became public …
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The Guardian:
Trump once endorsed the US-Canada bridge he's now railing against - as it happened
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Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
Jasmine Crockett's vulgar 6-word message for Trump in Epstein probe
Jasmine Crockett's vulgar 6-word message for Trump in Epstein probe
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twitchy.com, Louder With Crowder, IJR and National Politics
Kate Santaliz / Axios:
Epstein file review yields 6 new “likely incriminated” men, lawmakers say — The Justice Department redacted the names of at least six men who are “likely incriminated” by their inclusion in the Epstein files, Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said after reviewing unredacted versions …
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Julianne McShane / MS NOW:
Even inside DOJ's secure room, some Epstein files still redacted
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Rachel Foster / The Contrarian:
The Epstein Files Release is a Failure. Survivors Deserve Better.
The Epstein Files Release is a Failure. Survivors Deserve Better.
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The Independent, New Jersey Online and Mediaite
Politico:
House vote on Canada tariffs coming as soon as Wednesday — House Democrats are aiming to force a vote on President Donald Trump's Canada tariffs as early as Wednesday. House Democrats still need to meet and decide when to offer the resolution, but it is likely to come Wednesday …
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Johnson moves to again block House from voting on Trump tariffs
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Regina Medina / MPR News:
'He's not the same': Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer — {"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"parag raph", “content”:[{"text":"The Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday featured a little boy accepting a Grammy award from Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny.
Karlin Lillington / The Irish Times:
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September — Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record — An Irishman living in the United States for more than 20 years has been held by US Immigration …
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Rory Carroll / The Guardian:
Irish man with valid US work permit held in ICE detention for five months
Irish man with valid US work permit held in ICE detention for five months
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
March for Life Attendees Are Getting Measles … Anti-abortion demonstrators at the March for Life may have helped spread a potentially fatal disease. — The march and concert, held on January 23 in Washington, D.C., draw thousands to the National Mall each year.
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Grant Schwab / The Detroit News:
UAW: Ford worker who heckled Trump kept job, ‘no discipline’ on record … “TJ, we got your back,” United Auto Workers Vice President Laura Dickerson said during a Washington, D.C., speech Monday morning. She was referencing TJ Sabula, a 40-year-old UAW Local 600 line worker at the factory who called Trump a “pedophile protector.”
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Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Ford Defies Trump After Worker Heckled President
Ford Defies Trump After Worker Heckled President
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Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE in Trump's 1st year back in office had violent criminal records, document shows — Add CBS News on Google — Less than 14% of nearly 400,000 immigrants arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in President Trump's first year back in the White House …
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
Howard Lutnick faces bipartisan calls to resign over latest Epstein revelations — Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is facing bipartisan calls to resign after he appeared in a recent batch of files linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) …
emptywheel:
Confirmed: Todd Blanche Locked Ghislaine Maxwell into a False Story, Then Rewarded Her — Back in August, I argued that Todd Blanche's interview of Ghislaine Maxwell was not intended to elicit useful information. — Rather, it was an effort to lock in transparently false testimony …
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Katherine Mangu-Ward / New York Times:
Libertarians Tried to Warn You About Trump — Libertarians can be annoying, with our constant bellyaching about privacy and taxes, our obsession with the First Amendment and our fearmongering about jackbooted thugs. — But in light of how the past year has unfolded, consider cutting your friendly neighborhood libertarian some slack.
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Eric Levitz / Vox:
Trump has a plan to steal the midterms. It will probably fail. — The nightmare scenario for American democracy is no longer unthinkable. … Ever since the United States entrusted its presidency to a would-be insurrectionist in January 2025, many Americans have feared for the integrity of their nation's future elections.
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ProPublica:
“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE's Dilley Facility — A rainbow, a family portrait, a heart. These are the drawings found in handwritten letters from children detained at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in South Texas.
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Mica Rosenberg / ProPublica:
The Children of Dilley — Fourteen-year-old Ariana Velasquez had been held …
The Children of Dilley — Fourteen-year-old Ariana Velasquez had been held …
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GV Wire and The Moderate Voice
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Trump Administration to Cut $600 Million in Health Funding From Four States — The states, all led by Democrats, used the grants to support a wide variety of functions, including H.I.V. prevention and surveillance. — The Trump administration plans to rescind $600 million in public health funds …
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Raw Story
The Athletic:
Chloe Kim, Eileen Gu speak out after President Trump calls Olympian ‘a loser’ — Share full article — LIVIGNO, Italy — A day after President Donald Trump called the Olympian Hunter Hess “a real loser” over the freestyle skier's comments about representing the United States …
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Jorge Bonilla / Fox News:
Why Bad Bunny's polarizing Super Bowl halftime show felt like a slap at America — Bad Bunny delivered a highly divisive Super Bowl halftime show that put identity politics front and center — Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show is officially behind us. Mercifully.
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Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Trump Watched Bad Bunny Halftime Show at His Own Super Bowl Party
Trump Watched Bad Bunny Halftime Show at His Own Super Bowl Party
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Mike Crawley / CBC News:
Trump threatens to block opening of new bridge between Windsor and Detroit — Says he wants U.S. ‘fully compensated for everything we have given’ Canada — U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to block the opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge, poised to become the newest border crossing between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit.
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Lautaro Grinspan / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April — Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Utah GOP push to repeal anti-gerrymander law falters amid fraud allegations tied to firm backed by Trump Jr. — A Trump-backed, GOP effort to repeal a Utah law that could give Democrats one extra U.S. House seat appears to be unraveling after county officials flagged thousands of potentially invalid and fraudulent petition signatures.
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Raw Story and Utah Political Watch
Elizabeth Schulze / Associated Press:
Trump's tariffs cost American households $1,000 last year: Research group — The Tax Foundation said the cost may be even higher in 2026. — President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn upon his arrival to the White House, Feb. 9, 2026, in Washington. — President Donald Trump's tariffs cost …
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Zach Everson / Forbes:
Binance—Whose Founder Was Pardoned—Now Holds 87% Of Trump's Stablecoin — Topline — Binance holds about 87% of USD1, the stablecoin issued by a Trump family crypto venture—a greater concentration than any other major stablecoin has at a single exchange—underscoring the depth …
John Sakellariadis / Politico:
Trump's ‘Stop the Steal’ lawyer probing 2020 election fraud has access to sensitive US intel … “Every time he hits a roadblock, he just calls POTUS,” said the first person familiar with Olsen's work. — The decision to provide some of the government's most sensitive spy material to Olsen is unusual …
Kate Plummer / Newsweek:
Video of Democrat Calling for Non-Whites To Take Over US Sparks Anger — Texas House Democrat Gene Wu has sparked backlash over comments he made about minority groups taking over America. — Speaking on the Define American podcast with journalist Jose Antonio Vargas in December 2024, Wu …
Jessica Valenti / Abortion, Every Day:
They're Coming for Our Daughters — The conservative plan to shrink girls' futures — My daughter has had a difficult few months in school. By some administrative fluke, she ended up in a class where she was the only girl—it was just Layla, surrounded by a dozen or so 15-year-old boys.
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New York Post
Ryan Devereaux / The Intercept:
“Uptick in Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers — MINNEAPOLIS — On Friday, legal observers on an encrypted group call in Minneapolis received a desperate plea. A fellow observer was following federal agents who'd just loaded her friend into an unmarked vehicle.
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HotAir and The Independent
Gwynne Hogan / The City:
ICE Moved Detainees to Previously Undisclosed Floor of 26 Federal Plaza — A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reduce overcrowding and squalid conditions at a Manhattan holding room. Months later, he finds ICE merely shifted floors. — Support local news today!
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Courthouse News Service and Raw Story
Vic Verbalaitis / The Daily Beast:
ICE Arrests Transplant Patient and Cuts Off Life-Saving Meds — DIABOLICAL — The 38-year-old hasn't had his kidney transplant medication since he was detained on Thursday. — A kidney transplant recipient in Minnesota who was arrested by ICE has been denied access to life-saving medication …
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MPR News
Doug Bock Clark / ProPublica:
The Conservative Researcher Being Linked to the FBI's Seizure of Election Records in Georgia — A conservative researcher whose theories have often been rejected by Georgia election overseers and who once pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of voyeurism is emerging as a central figure …
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IJR and Democracy Docket
