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Jeffrey Epstein Victims Reveal They're Compiling Own Client List

(Daily Beast) A victim of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein has revealed how a group of survivors is compiling a client list of their own. Six Epstein’s victims spoke to NBC News on Tuesday about their quest for justice amid growing concerns about the failure of the Justice Department to publicly release the infamous “Epstein files."

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Massie: Trump 'may be covering for some rich and powerful people' in Epstein files

(The Hill) Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) late Tuesday said President Trump “may be covering for some rich and powerful people,” as the lawmaker pushes for more transparency in the case of convicted sex offender and late financier Jeffrey Epstein. “I think the best way to clear President Trump’s name is to release all the files,” Massie told MSNBC’s “All In” host Chris Hayes. “I actually don’t think he’s done anything criminal; I think he may be covering for some rich and powerful people that are friends of his. And in fact, some of those billionaires are running ads against me in Kentucky right now.”

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Jeffries warns Republicans: Democrats will oppose GOP spending bill

(The Hill) House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday warned GOP leaders that House Democrats will oppose any government spending bill negotiated by only Republicans. Behind Jeffries, House Democrats had voted almost unanimously in March against the Republicans’ 2025 spending extension, which had been crafted without input from Democratic appropriators. As Congress inches closer to a Sept. 30 deadline for 2026 spending, Jeffries said his caucus is ready to hold the line again if they’re cut out of the talks.

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Appeals court blocks Trump from deporting Venezuelan migrants under Alien Enemies Act

(CBS News) A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled against President Trump's use of an 18th century wartime law to rapidly deport Venezuelan migrants, finding "no invasion or predatory incursion." The ruling — which was issued by a three-judge panel, with one dissenter — found the situation with Tren de Aragua does not meet the definition of either an "invasion" or a "predatory incursion."

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Trump pushes India closer to China and Russia, adding to his diplomatic failures

(MNSBC) Over the course of the year, as Donald Trump took steps to alienate and offend the United States’ longtime allies, many of those countries have forged stronger partnerships with each other. But the White House isn’t just pushing away our traditional friends, the Republican administration is also alienating our would-be allies — leading them into the arms of some of the United States’ most important rivals and adversaries.

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A historic change in how Americans buy groceries is underway as SNAP benefit cuts begin

(NBC News) On Monday, under new policy included in President Trump’s tax law, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits that have provided low-income Americans with more purchasing power in the grocery store begin to go into effect. According to one estimate, it is “the largest cut to SNAP in history,” a federal program which in one form or another dates back to the New Deal era and currently provides basic food assistance to more than 40 million people.

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The numbers are in: National Guard deployed to DC to fight crime has picked up 500 bags of trash along 3.2 miles

(The Independent) National Guard troops were deployed to Washington, D.C. to fight crime, but they have also participated in President Donald Trump’s beautification efforts, collecting 500 bags of trash along a 3.2-mile stretch. When Trump announced last month he had placed D.C. police under direct federal control and deployed the National Guard to the city, he said he did it to “rescue our nation’s capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam, and squalor, and worse.” Now, soldiers are rescuing D.C. from litter.

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The patrol that haunts me wasn't in Baghdad; it was in Dupont Circle

(Eric Chastain) I know the look of an armed patrol. I’ve seen it in Baghdad, in Syria — in streets where fear ruled and peace was fragile. I never expected to see that same look on the subway in our own capital. Traveling from my home in Northeast D.C. to Dupont Circle, I passed several pairs of National Guard soldiers in full gear — at stations, on trains and patrolling sidewalks. Some carried sidearms. One caught me looking and waved with an antagonistic grin. I stopped, showed him my military ID and spoke with him.

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Lauren Boebert joins outcry over Trump's big snub of Colorado

(Raw Story) The entire congressional delegation of Colorado, with all Republicans included, issued a statement on Tuesday condemning President Donald Trump's decision to relocate the U.S. Space Command from Colorado Springs to Huntsville, Alabama, reported Axios' Andrew Solender. Even infamous MAGA firebrand Lauren Boebert signed on to the protest.

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Conspiracy theories come back to bite Trump and haunt the White House

(Salon) Maybe you do, indeed, have to hand it to Fox News reporter Peter Doocy. The White House correspondent, who former President Joe Biden famously described on a hot mic as a “stupid son of a b***h,” did not shy away from a topic that much of the media — mainstream and right-wing, alike — had previously avoided: Donald Trump’s apparently declining health. “How did you find out over the weekend that you were dead?” Doocy asked the president during a press availability on Tuesday.

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