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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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Washington Examiner, New York Magazine, Raw Story, Town & Country, The Epstein Files, CNBC, The Daily Signal, RADAR and CBS News
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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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MS NOW, Agence France-Presse, The Daily Wire, Raw Story, All Rise News, Associated Press and Al Jazeera
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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CBS News, 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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CNN, New York Post, Raw Story, The Guardian, Mediaite, NewsMax.com, NewsNation, Washington Examiner, Axios, New Republic, Bangor Daily News, Newsweek, Fox News, The Hill and Straight Arrow News
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Lawmakers don't rule out exposing redacted names of powerful men in Epstein files
Lawmakers don't rule out exposing redacted names of powerful men in Epstein files
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
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.
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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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NBC News:
White House keeps pressure on House Republicans ahead of crucial vote on mail-in-voting
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Democracy Docket and Raw Story
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Johnson moves to again block House from voting on Trump tariffs
Johnson moves to again block House from voting on Trump tariffs
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The Hill and Washington Examiner
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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UPI, Detroit Free Press, The Detroit News, Al Jazeera, MLive.com, FOX 10 Phoenix, Raw Story, The Independent, Washington Examiner and Mediaite
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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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The Hill, dchealth.dc.gov, Raw Story and NPR
Politico:
‘Complete nonstarter’: Administration allies say judicial warrants a red line for White House in DHS funding talks as shutdown looms … One of the people close to the administration described the judicial warrants proposal as a “complete nonstarter for the White House,” as well as for many congressional Republicans.
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Berny Belvedere / The UnPopulist:
Trump's Vile Obama Video Follows the White House's Official White Nationalist Line
Trump's Vile Obama Video Follows the White House's Official White Nationalist Line
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The Hill
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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Grant Schwab / The Detroit News:
UAW: Ford worker who heckled Trump kept job, ‘no discipline’ on record
UAW: Ford worker who heckled Trump kept job, ‘no discipline’ on record
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The Independent, TMZ.com, MLive.com and Raw Story
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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The Daily Caller
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
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.) …
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
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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Newsweek, Scripps News and KSTP-TV
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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Nextgov/FCW, Brendon's Substack and New Republic
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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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.
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
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
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 …
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 …
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 …
Leila Abboud / Financial Times:
EU-US tensions over Greenland and tech are far from over, says Macron — French president calls on bloc to take the necessary steps to become a true global economic power — The EU should not be lulled into a false sense of security that tensions with the US over Greenland …
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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New York Times:
A Campaign to Revoke the Endangerment Finding Appears Near ‘Total Victory’ — A small group of conservative activists has worked for 16 years to stop all government efforts to fight climate change. Their efforts seem poised to pay off. — In the summer of 2022, Democrats in Congress …
Tina Sfondeles / Chicago Sun Times:
Illinois appeal for summer storm disaster relief denied by Trump administration — In two letters sent to President Donald Trump last year, Gov. JB Pritzker said the intense rainfall overwhelmed Chicago's sewer system on the Southwest Side as well as in Cicero and other suburbs, hurting many “economically vulnerable” residents.
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Chicago Tribune
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
