Epstein Files Are Missing Records About Woman Who Made Claim Against Trump  —  Documents released by the Justice Department briefly mention a woman's unverified accusation that Donald J. Trump assaulted her in the 1980s, when she was a minor.  But several memos related to her account are not in the files.

Jailed for “Standing Up”: DHS Assault Victim Aliya Rahman Arrested at State of the Union Address  —  We speak with Minneapolis resident Aliya Rahman, who attended Tuesday's State of the Union address as a guest of Congressmember Ilhan Omar.  Rahman was removed from the chamber Tuesday …

Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses  —  Erin In The Morning is a reader-supported publication.  To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a subscriber.  —  Today, transgender people across Kansas are reporting receiving letters …

Summers To Resign From Teaching Appointments, Relinquish University Professorship Over Epstein Ties  —  Former Harvard President Larry Summers will resign from his academic and faculty appointments at Harvard at the end of the academic year, relinquishing his University Professorship …

Blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol is dead  —  Nurul Amin Shah Alam.  Photo via his missing persons poster.  —  This is a developing story.  It was last updated at 7:20 p.m.  —  Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a nearly blind refugee from Burma who Border Patrol agents dropped off …

Vance says administration is pausing some Medicaid funding to Minnesota because of fraud concerns  —  Vice President JD Vance announced Wednesday that the Trump administration would “temporarily halt” some Medicaid funding to the state of Minnesota over fraud concerns, as part of what he described …

The Trump ‘Affordability’ Pivot That Never Came  —  THERE'S AN OLD JOKE ABOUT two elderly ladies kvetching about a meal.  “Oy, the food at this place is really terrible,” one complains.  The other responds, “And such small portions!”  —  The same could be said of President Trump's affordability comments …

FBI serves search warrants at Los Angeles school district headquarters and superintendent's home  —  The FBI was serving search warrants Wednesday at the Los Angeles Unified School District's headquarters and the superintendent's home.  Federal officials in Los Angeles served the warrants …

Surgeon General Nominee Sidesteps Questions on Vaccines at Senate Hearing  —  Dr. Casey Means, a wellness influencer, author and supporter of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., said that “anti-vaccine rhetoric has never been part” of her message.  —  Dr. Casey Means, President Trump's nominee …

Exclusive: FBI obtained Kash Patel and Susie Wiles phone records during Biden administration  —  The FBI subpoenaed records of phone calls made by Kash Patel and Susie Wiles, now the FBI director and White House Chief of Staff, when they were both private citizens in 2022 and 2023 during …

A White House Staffer Appears to Run Massive Pro-Trump X Account  —  A popular right-wing account that called a video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes “a masterpiece” appears to be run by a White House staffer, according to records reviewed by WIRED.

Spy Agency Blocks Congress From Seeing Gabbard Whistleblower Intelligence  —  Tulsi Gabbard's office rejected Democratic efforts to see all the underlying material about a foreign conversation that discussed Jared Kushner  —  WASHINGTON—The Trump administration told Congress it won't share …

Trump DOJ's own goals could stymie its efforts to undermine midterms  —  Among other steps that President Donald Trump will take to undermine a fair election this fall, he'ill likely use the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to bring a flood of litigation aiming to challenge Democratic wins and shape the rules in the GOP's favor.

Trump policy allowing swift deportations to alternate countries rejected by US judge  —  A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that the Trump administration had adopted an unlawful policy that allows for the rapid deportation of migrants to countries other than their own without providing …

DHS official promises election officials that ICE will not be at polling places … Honey's words, and her background as a denier of the 2020 election, did not eliminate fears from Democrats, who have been battling with the Trump administration over election issues, especially the Justice Department's requests for private voter rolls.

Trump Treasury official to exit after objecting to Minneapolis crackdown  —  John Hurley's exit follows internal disputes over the White House-backed push to target alleged fraud in the Somali community.  —  A top Trump Treasury official is leaving his post after privately raising objections …

What the Defense Production Act Can and Can't Do to Anthropic  —  The legal answer depends on what the government is actually demanding—and the statute's ambiguities cut both ways.  —  alanrozenshtein.com  —  Meet The Authors  —  On Tuesday, Feb. 24, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met …

Rubio Says US Will Investigate Deadly Cuba Speedboat Shooting  —  Cuban forces killed four people who opened fire from a speedboat with Florida tags, an incident with the potential to escalate an already tense standoff with the US.  —  The vessel approached within one nautical mile off …

AIs can't stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations  —  Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases  —  Advanced AI models appear willing to deploy nuclear weapons without the same reservations humans …

Hungary's leader orders extra security at energy sites, claiming Ukraine plots disruptions  —  Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Wednesday ordered extra security at critical energy infrastructure sites after claiming Ukraine was attempting to disrupt Hungary's energy system.

Former U.S. Air Force Pilot Arrested for Providing Defense Services to the Chinese Military  —  For Immediate Release  —  Former U.S. Air Force officer and pilot Gerald Eddie Brown, Jr., also known by the call sign “Runner,” 65, a U.S. citizen, was arrested today in Jeffersonville, Indiana.

Trump's ICE Is Quietly Stockpiling Weaponry—and It Should Alarm Us All  —  The “forever wars” abroad and the global war on terror after the September 11 attacks left behind a long trail of failure, disillusionment, and death—but they also funneled huge sums of taxpayer money to companies …

Would Josh Shapiro Make A Good President?  Pennsylvania Voters Are Divided, Quinnipiac University Pennsylvania Poll Finds; Voters Do Agree On This: Ban Cellphones In K-12 Schools  — mail_outline  —  While Josh Shapiro faces re-election this year as Pennsylvania's governor …

Kalshi reveals insider trading case against editor for MrBeast  —  An editor who works for YouTube's biggest creator, MrBeast, has been suspended from the prediction market platform Kalshi and reported to federal regulators for insider trading, Kalshi officials said on Wednesday.

Rep. Nancy Mace to force a vote on releasing Congress members' sexual misconduct reports  —  The South Carolina Republican told NBC News she will move to force a vote next week following news that Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, sent sexually explicit texts to a former aide.