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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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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.) …
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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.
Julianne McShane / MS NOW:
Lawmakers say some Epstein files remain redacted despite DOJ's pledge — Reps. Jamie Raskin and Jared Moskowitz said parts of key documents were blacked out despite the DOJ's pledge that members of Congress could view the full files. — Some of the Epstein documents that the Justice …
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Rachel Foster / The Contrarian:
The Epstein Files Release is a Failure. Survivors Deserve Better.
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Raskin said unredacted Epstein files indicate DOJ improperly shielded names
Raskin said unredacted Epstein files indicate DOJ improperly shielded names
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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 — YOU'RE... NOT FIRED! — The president told the factory worker he would be fired, but he did not even receive a negative mark on his record. — Ford has refused to fire the factory worker who heckled President Donald Trump last month.
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Mica Rosenberg / ProPublica:
The Children of Dilley — Fourteen-year-old Ariana Velasquez had been held at the immigrant detention center in Dilley, Texas, with her mother for some 45 days when I managed to get inside to meet her. The staff brought everyone in the visiting room a boxed lunch from the cafeteria …
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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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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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Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Trump Watched Bad Bunny Halftime Show at His Own Super Bowl Party — It appears that President Trump didn't even bother to tune into Turning Point USA's alternative, anti-immigrant “All-American Halftime Show.” — Footage taken from inside Trump's Super Bowl party at his Mar-a-Lago golf club showed …
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Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
They've Always Known He is A Racist... Why did it take Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) until Friday, after Trump had posted a video portraying former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes, to acknowledge that Donald Trump is a hard-bitten racist?
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
The blowback to Trump's racist video reveals his weakness
The blowback to Trump's racist video reveals his weakness
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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 …
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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Julia Harte / Reuters:
As Trump presidency enters second year, his voters share hopes - and concerns — Trump voters urge him to tone down the rhetoric and focus more on domestic issues, especially clearer pathways to legal status for law-abiding immigrants, healthcare reform, curbing waste and fraud, and lowering US debt.
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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 …
New York Times:
A Raid in a Small Town Brings Trump's Deportations to Deep-Red Idaho — Wilder, Idaho, prided itself on comity. Then federal agents stormed a racetrack outside of town in October, and the reverberations are still shaking the community. — People in Wilder, Idaho, didn't give much thought …
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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 …
Washington Post:
Legality of Trump's $400M in private funding for White House ballroom at issue — A federal judge weighing whether the project may proceed has focused on whether the administration can use private donations to bypass congressional approval. — A federal judge is expected to soon rule …
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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.
Ximena Bustillo / NPR:
Immigration courts fast-track hearings for Somali asylum claims — Dozens of asylum cases filed by Somali migrants in immigration courts were suddenly rescheduled and recategorized over the weekend, according to four lawyers interviewed by NPR. — NPR has learned that lawyers across …
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Associated Press:
Live updates: Ghislaine Maxwell avoids answering questions in House deposition — Lawmakers tried Monday to interview Ghislaine Maxwell, but the former girlfriend and confidante of Jeffrey Epstein invoked her Fifth Amendment rights to avoid answering questions that would be incriminating.
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
More say economy, stock market will improve in next six months than decline: Gallup — More Americans believe the economy and stock market will get better within six months instead of decline, according to a new survey. — In the Gallup poll, 50 percent of respondents said the stock market is set to …
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Moira Donegan / The Guardian:
Epstein was not ostracised for his crimes. To some powerful men, he became even more appealing — The latest tranche of files expose how he was viewed as a sexual svengali - and an expert on dodging the #MeToo movement — A new tranche of Epstein files has blasted its way through the worlds of media …
John Ripton / Common Dreams:
Trump, Extreme Wealth Concentration, and Our Societal Crisis — The decline of Keynesian economic theory in the 1970s marked a tipping point in the evolution of capitalism in the United States. Beginning with the Great Depression, Keynesian economic policy facilitated the expansion …
Michelle R Smith / The Guardian:
RFK Jr misled Senate during confirmation, Congress members and Hawaii governor say — Newly revealed emails undermine Kennedy's testimony about 2019 Samoa trip ahead of deadly measles outbreak — Three members of Congress say US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr lied during …
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Reuters:
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts — Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient injuries.
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Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
Jasmine Crockett's vulgar 6-word message for Trump in Epstein probe — Crockett was one of several Democrats at Ghislaine Maxwell's deposition Monday — Progressive Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, shared a vulgar six-word warning for President Donald Trump as Democrats continue to hunt …
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Debra Kamin / New York Times:
Andrew Farkas Called Jeffrey Epstein ‘Blessing’ as the Two Did Deals — Andrew Farkas has repeatedly played down ties to Jeffrey Epstein. But they swapped business favors in the Virgin Islands, and in nearly 2,000 emails, the two expressed admiration for each other.
