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Sean Coughlan / BBC:
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested and in custody on suspicion of misconduct in public office — Summary — Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office — Police say King Charles's brother is in custody and officers are carrying …
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Megan Specia / New York Times:
Live Updates: U.K. Police Arrest Former Prince Andrew Over Epstein Ties — The British police on Thursday arrested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on suspicion of criminal activity linked to the Epstein files. — Here's the latest. — The police in Britain on Thursday arrested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor …
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Julie K. Brown / The Epstein Files:
Prince Andrew's Arrest — “Today our broken hearts have lifted at the news that no one is above the law, not even royalty,” — Virginia Giuffre's family — Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, brother to Britain's King Charles, has been arrested on charges of suspicion of misconduct in public office …
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Bloomberg:
Former Prince Andrew Arrested on Suspicion of Misconduct — Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the brother of the UK's King Charles, has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office after further details emerged of his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Danica Kirka / Associated Press:
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office over ties to Epstein — Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former British prince who was stripped of his royal titles because of his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
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Reuters:
Live updates: British police arrest Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor over Epstein links — Thames Valley police said they had arrested a man in his sixties in connection with an investigation into misconduct in a public office.
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Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
After former Prince Andrew's arrest due to Epstein connections, members of Congress call for more
After former Prince Andrew's arrest due to Epstein connections, members of Congress call for more
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Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
‘No expense has been spared’: Inside a luxury jet DHS wants to buy for deportations — DHS leadership says the department needs the jet for immigrant deportations and Kristi Noem's travel. A brochure given to passengers who recently flew on it with Noem highlights its …
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Washington Post:
Trump appears ready to attack Iran as U.S. strike force takes shape — Although the United States and ally Israel have a decisive military advantage over Iranian forces, there are ways for Tehran to make any attack painful, officials said. — The Trump administration appears ready to launch …
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Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Sean Hannity is demanding regime change in Iran to stop the country's nuclear program ... which Hannity previously claimed Trump had “obliterated”
Sean Hannity is demanding regime change in Iran to stop the country's nuclear program ... which Hannity previously claimed Trump had “obliterated”
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New York Times:
Trump Order Aims to Boost Weedkiller Targeted in Health Lawsuits — An executive order aimed at ramping up production of glyphosate set off alarms among supporters of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — President Trump issued an executive order late Wednesday aimed at spurring …
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Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
South Korean Ex-Leader Is Sentenced to Life in Prison — Former President Yoon Suk Yeol was found guilty of masterminding an insurrection when he imposed martial law in 2024. It was the country's biggest criminal trial in decades. — South Korea's Yoon Sentenced to Life in Prison
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Media Matters for America:
Fox News correspondent: “It's a bit surreal seeing the juxtaposition of President Trump presiding over the Board of Peace while preparing for war” — Jillian Michaels accuses Trump of a “flip-flop” on the Epstein files: “It's the same flip-flop times a million because imagine the phone calls.
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Laura Kelly / The Hill:
Trump says US committing $10 billion to Board of Peace
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Reuters:
Trump says US will give UN money to make it stronger, more viable
Trump says US will give UN money to make it stronger, more viable
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Nate Raymond / Reuters:
US judge throws out immigration board's ruling endorsing Trump mass detention policy
US judge throws out immigration board's ruling endorsing Trump mass detention policy
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The Guardian:
Trump officials plan to build 5,000-person military base in Gaza, files show — Exclusive: approximately 350-acre compound planned as base for multinational force, according to records reviewed by the Guardian — The Trump administration is planning to build a 5,000-person military base in Gaza …
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Exclusive: Senior DHS officials double down on arresting and detaining refugees in new memo — Hours after DOJ filed the new memo in court in Minnesota, a magistrate judge denied Law Dork's request for greater public access in the case — including remote electronic docket access.
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Washington Post:
New DHS memo outlines plan to detain refugees for further vetting
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Ximena Bustillo / NPR:
Refugees in the U.S. could be arrested under a new immigration memo
Refugees in the U.S. could be arrested under a new immigration memo
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Ben Penn / Bloomberg Law:
In-Your-Face DOJ Aide Rides Prosecutors for ‘Chief Client’ Trump — When leaders of all 93 US attorneys' offices met for their weekly video chat last month, the 33-year-old Justice Department aide who presided had a blunt message. — President Donald Trump is their “chief client” …
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Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
FCC chairman says the agency is investigating ABC's ‘The View’ over equal time rule — The Federal Communications Commission is investigating ABC's “The View” over possible violations of the requirement that broadcast stations give equal time to political candidates when they appear on-air …
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Washington Post:
U.S. trade deficit remains high in 2025, despite Trump's tariff policy — Deficit in trade of goods hits a record. Trade shifts away from China to other Asian exporters. — The U.S. merchandise trade deficit hit a record $1.2 trillion last year, despite President Donald Trump's promise …
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Matt Grossman / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Trade Deficit Surged in December
U.S. Trade Deficit Surged in December
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The Philadelphia Inquirer:
The slavery exhibits at the President's House are beginning to be restored by the National Park Service — Almost a month after abruptly dismantling exhibits about slavery from the President's House, National Park Service employees began reinstalling the panels late morning on Thursday ahead of a court-imposed deadline.
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Washington Post:
After leaving WHO, Trump officials propose more expensive replacement to duplicate it — HHS proposes spending $2 billion a year to re-create systems the U.S. accessed through the WHO at a fraction of the cost, according to officials briefed on the matter. — After pulling out of the World …
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The Times:
UK blocking Trump from using RAF bases for strikes on Iran — The disagreement over the use of British sites is behind the US president's withdrawal of support for the Chagos Islands deal, The Times understands — President Trump has withdrawn his support for Sir Keir Starmer's deal to hand …
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Jason Leopold / Bloomberg:
Goldman Lawyer, Epstein Conferred on Secret Service Prostitution Scandal — In a series of 2014 emails, the wealthy financier gave advice to the former White House counsel as the Colombian incident blew up. — Kathryn Ruemmler, who resigned last week as the top lawyer at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. …
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
An arts panel made up of Trump appointees approves his White House ballroom proposal — The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, a panel made up of President Donald Trump's appointees, on Thursday approved his proposal to build a ballroom larger than the White House itself where the East Wing once stood.
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Marc Elias / Democracy Docket:
Susan Collins hands Trump the 50th vote against free and fair elections — Maine Sen. Susan Collins made news by adding her name as the 50th Senate supporter of the SAVE America Act — a massive voter suppression bill being pushed by Donald Trump. — MAGA conservatives cheered her addition for two reasons.
Greg Olear / PREVAIL:
Donald Trump is mentioned in the Epstein Files over a million times. This is an illustration of what that looks like. — A short video. — Replace every word in Anna Karenina, The Decameron, Ulysses, and Moby-Dick with the words “Donald Trump,” and you have some idea of what being mentioned over a million times looks like.
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Europe answers Trump's call on Ukraine … - In 2025, European governments and institutions answered that call — surging military aid by 67% and financial and humanitarian support by 59%, according to the Kiel Institute's Ukraine Support Tracker. — Over the same period …
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Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Trump Is Still Deporting People Wherever He Wants — How the Administration is overwhelming federal courts and getting away with third-country removals. — In March of 2025, the Trump Administration was widely criticized for sending more than two hundred Venezuelans to cecot, a notoriously brutal mega-prison in El Salvador.
Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
We Have Learned Nothing About Amplifying Morons — Almost a decade ago Jason and I sat in the roof garden in VICE's Brooklyn office to talk to Whitney Phillips, a professor and expert on digital communications and ethics. The media, academics, and political pundits were still trying to wrap …



