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A bombshell FOIA request has revealed how the FBI and Department of Justice trained its investigators to scrub the Epstein files clean. trib.al/dNbUbM3

If the BBC can prove that Trump was aware of the violence he was fomenting, his whole defamation case falls apart. trib.al/UVXUtEG

BBC Demands More Records on Jack Smith’s January 6 Report

The BBC wants President Trump to explain his “executive privilege” response to every request in the ongoing defamation case.

Trump officials misled people who wanted to donate to a bipartisan initiative to mark the U.S.’s 250th anniversary, redirecting them to donate to the administration’s own group instead, according to a congressional investigation released this week. trib.al/fiZBfl1

ICE agents are claiming Lorenzo Salgado Araujo attacked them. That’s not what the latest video footage shows. trib.al/4FnUp3U

New Footage of Fatal ICE Shooting in Texas Sparks Fresh Outrage

ICE agents are claiming Lorenzo Salgado Araujo attacked them. That’s not what the latest video footage shows.

The president cannot accept the reality that he lost. And that he still owes her $83.3 million. trib.al/3dYvNPu

“We should be expecting an all-of-government approach in the coming weeks and months … The panic will lead to more abuses, more corruption, more misuse of resources. And I think it’s something that Americans need to be keeping a close eye on, because this is happening in their name.” trib.al/S6p6uhD

Transcript: Trump Shows New Signs of Midterm Panic as Brutal Polls Hit

As new polling shows Trump in abysmal shape across six key Senate battlegrounds, MS NOW’s Steve Benen explains how he’s scrambling to use government resources to boost GOP candidates.

“We’re told that the aerial image of the crowds from his rally last week enraged him so much that officials ended up deleting them,” CNN’s Kaitlan Collins reported. trib.al/FXoWSlA

White House Deletes State Fair Photos After Trump Threw a Tantrum

The crowd size at the Great American State Fair is really getting to Donald Trump.

“Things are so bad that Republicans will never win an election again if they can’t figure out how to prevent millions and millions of Americans from voting.” trib.al/hxoXZL3

Transcript: Trump Blurts Out Plot to Rig Midterms So Vile It Jolts GOP

As Trump’s demands for voter suppression get so absurd that even Republicans balk, the author of a piece on his narcissism explains how he’s royally screwing them in the midterms—and himself, to boot.

In an internal letter, Lonnie Bunch told Smithsonian employees to press on despite the attack from the White House. trib.al/CfbjHui

Smithsonian’s First Black Chief Pushes Back on Everything Trump Said

In an internal letter, Lonnie Bunch told Smithsonian employees to press on despite the attack from the White House.

The president has been complaining about vandals destroying the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. But now that the pool is being drained, a different story is emerging. trib.al/mfQr9Lf

It Sure Looks Like Trump Was the One Who Damaged Reflecting Pool

The president has been complaining about vandals destroying the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. But now that the pool is being drained, a different story is emerging.

“The mistake here was not driving attendance,” one person close to the White House told CNN. “It was an ‘if you build it, they will come’ mentality that failed.” trib.al/pifTDtO

The primary purpose of Freedom 250, which is not subject to congressional oversight and does not have to disclose its donors, is the elevation of Trump and his political movement. trib.al/TeLuAu5

The FBI had to create training videos instructing agents on how to “use an Excel spreadsheet to log Trump’s name, the page number, and the document.”

Even still, Trump was mentioned more than 38,000 times in the first release of the Epstein files. trib.al/fODNjQo

"Every American should be alarmed about this prosecution." trib.al/Bq7q9mH

DOJ Loses Its First Big Ask in Reflecting Pool “Vandalism” Case

Federal prosecutors are already off to a bad start in their case against U.S. Olympian David Hearn.

“Since the attempt on his life, Trump has show [sic] no interest in investigating what really happened. He never mentions it, it’s as if it never happened, except when he tells us, he took a bullet for us.” trib.al/e5DsM2q

MAGA Increasingly Believes Trump Assassination Attempt Was Fake

President Trump’s base seems to be turning against him like never before.

The astonishing grassroots protests against data centers give us something new: a mass mobilization focused squarely on protecting American hometowns from oligarchic exploitation. trib.al/ZmYJrPA

It Took a While, but Americans May Have Found Something We All Hate

The astonishing grassroots protests against data centers give us something new: a mass mobilization focused squarely on protecting American hometowns from oligarchic exploitation.

Brandon Booth, 42, has been booked on suspicion of murder. trib.al/hBCOBrY

ICE Contractor Arrested After Shooting Protester Who Was Walking Away

Brandon Booth, 42, has been booked on suspicion of murder.

A barrel of “RHINO 405 A Thixotropic High Viscosity Epoxy Resin” was spotted by the pool during the restoration process. The chemical is “toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects” and several dead ducks have also been spotted in and around the pool. trib.al/AgvmXcj

BBC can now subpoena Trump’s closest advisers and investigate the more than 400 companies owned by Trump’s family trust. trib.al/oVqwpnL

This problem won’t be going away on its own.

The current Congress, sworn in in 2025, was the third-oldest in the legislative branch’s history—behind only the Congresses that began in 2017 and 2021. trib.al/jqQ9BQp

We Need a Congressional Injury Report

This new trend of lawmakers going absent for an extended period of time, leaving their constituents in the dark about their health and well-being, is both untenable and intolerable.

Federal officials acknowledged in a recent lawsuit what we all suspected: Trump is targeting Democratic states. trib.al/ppWBxjC

Trump Team Admits He’s Been Defunding States That Didn’t Vote for Him

Federal officials acknowledged in a recent lawsuit what we all suspected: Trump is targeting Democratic states.

More than 1.5 million eggs have been recalled across six states. trib.al/QT9garY

RFK Jr. Now Faces Salmonella Outbreak (on Top of Explosive Diarrhea)

More than 1.5 million eggs have been recalled across six states.

This new trend of lawmakers going absent for an extended period of time, leaving their constituents in the dark about their health and well-being, is both untenable and intolerable. trib.al/UAiigKq

We Need a Congressional Injury Report

This new trend of lawmakers going absent for an extended period of time, leaving their constituents in the dark about their health and well-being, is both untenable and intolerable.

The National Park Service had to pay $2 million for an emergency cleanup. trib.al/8lIPL16

Trump Caused Millions in Damage After Freedom 250 Oil Spill

The National Park Service had to pay $2 million for an emergency cleanup.