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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 sex charge became public …
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New York Post, The Epstein Files, New York Magazine, Washington Examiner, CNBC, Raw Story, Town & Country, The Daily Signal, RADAR and Democrats
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Politico:
Look who's in the Epstein files — With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco, Irie Sentner and Makayla Gray — Good Tuesday morning. This is Jack Blanchard. Get in touch. — START YOUR DAY WITH THIS: “Samuel Alito Opens Up About Antonin Scalia and the Path from Roe to Dobbs,” by James Rosen in POLITICO Magazine.
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Republicans are pushing to drastically change the way you cast ballots — Explaining the SAVE America Act, which is getting a vote this week. — As President Donald Trump calls for sweeping changes to election law — including saying that Republicans should “take over the voting” …
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RedState, Fox News, The Post Millennial and The Gateway Pundit
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Eric Levitz / Vox:
Trump has a plan to steal the midterms. It will probably fail.
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Christian Science Monitor, Nextgov/FCW, Brendon's Substack and New Republic
Politico:
House vote on Canada tariffs coming as soon as Wednesday
House vote on Canada tariffs coming as soon as Wednesday
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National Review, Roll Call, The Hill, Bloomberg 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, Washington Examiner and Semafor
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Lawmakers don't rule out exposing redacted names of powerful men in Epstein files — Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie are challenging the Justice Department for redacting the names of six men in the publicly released materials related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein …
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Daily Mail, The Independent, CNN, Raw Story and NOTUS
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Julianne McShane / MS NOW:
Even inside DOJ's secure room, some Epstein files still redacted
Even inside DOJ's secure room, some Epstein files still redacted
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CNN, NewsMax.com, The Guardian, Mediaite, Washington Examiner, NewsNation, Axios, New Republic, Bangor Daily News, Fox News and The Hill
Victor Nava / New York Post:
DOJ removes redactions from some Epstein files in response to Massie, Khanna's complaints co-conspirators' names were hidden
DOJ removes redactions from some Epstein files in response to Massie, Khanna's complaints co-conspirators' names were hidden
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NOTUS, Daily Mail, New York Sun, CNN, Associated Press, NewsNation, Bloomberg, Newsweek and Straight Arrow News
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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Salon, The Independent and New Jersey Online
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.
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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Washington Post, The Detroit News, CBS News, Forbes, Detroit Free Press, Politico, MLive.com, UPI, The Independent, Washington Examiner, Raw Story and Mediaite
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New York Times:
Trump Threatens to Block Opening of New Bridge to Canada — The Gordie Howe International Bridge, expected to open early this year, was built by Canada to ease cargo transport between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario. — President Trump threatened on Monday to block the opening of a new bridge between …
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Straight Arrow News, Reuters, Associated Press, New York Post, France 24, Raw Story, Al Jazeera, FOX 10 Phoenix, Newsweek, NewsNation, Washington Times, PoliticusUSA, NOTUS and Bloomberg
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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The UnPopulist and NewsNation
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Politico:
After Greenland, it's the micro-agressions … Amid the row over Greenland last month, Trump casually dismissed the sacrifice of NATO troops who fought beside U.S. forces in Afghanistan, leaving NATO allies “disgusted.” Subsequently, the U.S. embassy in Denmark, removed 44 small Danish flags …
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Leila Abboud / Financial Times:
EU-US tensions over Greenland and tech are far from over, says Macron
EU-US tensions over Greenland and tech are far from over, says Macron
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The Economist, Politico, Reuters, Bloomberg, naked capitalism, Modern Diplomacy and El País, more at Techmeme »
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, Raw Story, dchealth.dc.gov and NPR
Moya Lothian-McLean / New York Times:
The Epstein Files Are Coming for Britain's Prime Minister — The reach of the Epstein files is truly international. Norwegian royals, French luminaries and globe-trotting businessmen have been caught in its net. But one country, America aside, is worst afflicted: Britain.
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France 24, The.Ink, National Review, Blaze Media, Human Events, The Spectator, Bloomberg and The American Conservative
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Dan Rather / Steady:
When Accountability Is a Foreign Concept
When Accountability Is a Foreign Concept
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Straight Arrow News and The Daily Caller
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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Scripps News, KSTP-TV and Newsweek
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
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
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
James Rosen / Politico:
Samuel Alito Opens Up About Antonin Scalia and the Path from Roe to Dobbs … On the unseasonably hot evening of Oct. 2, 1986, a rented bus pulled up to a party on Capitol Hill. Inside, the fare was modest: cheese, crackers, canned Miller High Life. “The style — informal and relaxed …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
In the New Jersey Primary, ‘Abolish ICE’ Looks Like a Winning Message — When Analilia Mejia, the former political director of Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign, held town halls during her recent congressional primary race in New Jersey, she'd invite people to stay afterward for a training on nonviolent resistance to ICE.
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Jewish Insider, NewsMax.com and Haaretz
Michelle Cottle / New York Times:
Trump's Doomed Drive to Rename Penn Station and Dulles Airport — President Trump is not a renowned reader. But it increasingly feels as though someone at the White House should leave a printout of “Ozymandias” next to his TV remote. — In recent discussions, Trump administration officials …
Dan Witters / Gallup:
American Optimism Slumps to Record Low — Democrats, Hispanic adults report greatest drops since 2024 — WASHINGTON, D.C. — The percentage of U.S. adults who anticipate high-quality lives in five years declined to 59.2% in 2025, the lowest level since measurement began nearly two decades ago.
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Associated Press and Semafor
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 …
Bridget Bowman / NBC News:
Members of Congress are fleeing the job at a historically high rate — Fifty-one House members and nine senators have decided not to run for re-election, the most retirements from Congress this century. — Some feel they've hit an appropriate retirement age. Others want to tend to their health or their families.
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 …
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
Matt Tracy / Gay City News:
Trump administration removes Rainbow Flag from Stonewall National Monument — Miss Simone (left) watches Shirley McKinney and Steven Love Menendez lift the Rainbow Flag up into the air at Christopher Park in 2022 — back when the Biden administration allowed the flag to go up …
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 …

