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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 Epstein Files, New York Magazine, Washington Examiner, Raw Story, CNBC, Town & Country, The Daily Signal, RADAR and CBS News
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Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
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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New York Post, New York Sun, CNN, Raw Story, The Guardian, NewsMax.com, Mediaite, Washington Examiner, NewsNation, 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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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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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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The Detroit News, France 24, New York Post, Associated Press, Newsweek, PoliticusUSA, Bloomberg, Raw Story, FOX 10 Phoenix, Reuters, NewsNation, Washington Times and NOTUS
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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The Hill and Washington Examiner
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
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
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, 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, The Daily Caller and Fox News
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
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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Scripps News, Newsweek and KSTP-TV
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 …
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 …
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
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
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 …
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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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
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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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Nextgov/FCW, Brendon's Substack and New Republic
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.
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Talking Points Memo
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 …
