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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

White House officials believe ‘the politics are a lot better’ if Israel strikes Iran first … “There's thinking in and around the administration that the politics are a lot better if the Israelis go first and alone and the Iranians retaliate against us, and give us more reason to take action …

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.

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.

Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos to visit White House Thursday to discuss Warner Bros. bid … The Warner Bros. board of directors said on Tuesday that no final decision has been made.  If Paramount gets the nod, Netflix will have four business days to come back with a higher bid.  —  The timing adds to Netflix's exposure.

Bill Gates Apologizes to Foundation Staff Over Epstein Ties  —  Billionaire admits he had two affairs and opens up about his mistake in associating with the sex offender  —  Bill Gates apologized to staff of the Gates Foundation over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, admitting he made mistakes …

Trump Officials Seek to Break Editorial ‘Firewall’ at U.S.-Funded News Agencies  —  Two federally funded newsrooms received a draft funding agreement that could give President Trump's appointees the power to veto their new hires for editors in chief and chief executives.

Fact check: Trump makes false claims about the economy, elections and crime in State of the Union  —  Donald Trump Fighting disinformation Inflation Economy  —  President Donald Trump made numerous false or misleading claims in his State of the Union address on Tuesday night.

What's the Point of School When AI Can Do Your Homework?  —  There's a new agentic AI called Einstein that will, according to its developers, live the life of a student for them.  Einstein's website claims that the AI will attend lectures for you, write your papers, and even log into EdTech platforms …