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Victims object to ‘public legitimization’ of Maxwell as judge weighs fate of Epstein grand jury transcripts

Victims object to ‘public legitimization’ of Maxwell as judge weighs fate of Epstein grand jury transcripts

CNN reports: Numerous victims of Jeffrey Epstein took aim at the “public legitimization” of his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell as they urged a federal judge considering unsealing grand jury transcripts to take their privacy into account when making his decision. Lawyers Brad Edwards and Paul Cassell, who represent numerous victims, including a woman who testified at Maxwell’s criminal trial, also questioned the motives of the Justice Department as the Trump administration tries to tamp down criticism from some of his most…

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Trump regime making plans to destroy NASA satellites designed for monitoring greenhouse gases

Trump regime making plans to destroy NASA satellites designed for monitoring greenhouse gases

NPR reports: The Trump administration has asked NASA employees to draw up plans to end at least two major satellite missions, according to current and former NASA staffers. If the plans are carried out, one of the missions would be permanently terminated, because the satellite would burn up in the atmosphere. The data the two missions collect is widely used, including by scientists, oil and gas companies and farmers who need detailed information about carbon dioxide and crop health. They…

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Netanyahu willing to sacrifice hostages in pursuit of complete conquest of Gaza

Netanyahu willing to sacrifice hostages in pursuit of complete conquest of Gaza

The Times of Israel reports: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with senior security officials on Tuesday to hammer out Gaza war plans, and reportedly came out in favor of the military taking control of the entire enclave, even if it meant that the remaining hostages could be harmed or executed by Hamas. The meeting came amid multiple reports of rising tensions between the prime minister and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir over the prospect of Israeli forces…

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For Trump’s own deep state, ‘his usefulness has expired’

For Trump’s own deep state, ‘his usefulness has expired’

Wajahat Ali talks to Allison Gill of Mueller, She Wrote, who broke the news that someone waived Ghislaine Maxwell’s status as a sex offender so she could move to a minimum security prison camp in Texas. Gill also earlier broke news that Bloomberg confirmed today that the FBI’s FOIA team was asked to redact the names of Trump and other prominent individuals from thousands of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein.   The Associated Press reports: The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed…

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EPA moves to terminate $7 billion in grants for solar energy

EPA moves to terminate $7 billion in grants for solar energy

The New York Times reports: The Trump administration is preparing to terminate $7 billion in federal grants intended to help low- and moderate-income families install solar panels on their homes, according to two people briefed on the matter. The Environmental Protection Agency is drafting termination letters to the 60 state agencies, nonprofit groups and Native American tribes that received the grants under the “Solar for All” program, with the goal of sending the letters by the end of this week,…

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White House prepares order to punish banks that supposedly discriminate against conservatives

White House prepares order to punish banks that supposedly discriminate against conservatives

The Wall Street Journal reports: The White House is preparing to step up pressure against big banks over perceived discrimination against conservatives and crypto companies with an executive order that threatens to fine lenders that drop customers for political reasons. A draft of the executive order, which was viewed by The Wall Street Journal, directs bank regulators to investigate whether any financial institutions might have violated the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, antitrust laws or consumer financial-protection laws. Violators could be…

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U.S. defence firms scramble for rare earth minerals after China blocks exports

U.S. defence firms scramble for rare earth minerals after China blocks exports

The Telegraph reports: The US is scrambling to get hold of the rare earth metals needed to make weapons after China slashed its supply to American defence firms. Prices of some rare earths have increased more than 60-fold after Beijing restricted the export of the materials for defence purposes earlier this year, amid a trade war with the US. Beijing controls around 90 per cent of the world’s rare metal supply and dominates the production of many other critical minerals,…

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Trump is turning America into a banana republic

Trump is turning America into a banana republic

Tom Friedman writes: Of all the terrible things Donald Trump has said and done as president, the most dangerous one just happened on Friday. Trump, in effect, ordered our trusted and independent government office of economic statistics to become as big a liar as he is. He fired Erika McEntarfer, the Senate-confirmed head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, for bringing him economic news he did not like, and in the hours immediately following, the second most dangerous thing happened:…

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Judges no longer trust the government after DOJ lawyers have repeatedly misled courts

Judges no longer trust the government after DOJ lawyers have repeatedly misled courts

The New York Times reports: Justice Department lawyers have long enjoyed a professional benefit when they appear in court. As a general rule, judges tend to take them at their word and assume they are telling the truth. But in the past several months, as members of President Trump’s Justice Department have repeatedly misled the courts, violated their orders and demonized judges who have ruled against them, some jurists have started to show an angry loss of faith in the…

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Trump regime turns domestic disaster relief into a tool for shielding Israel from boycotts

Trump regime turns domestic disaster relief into a tool for shielding Israel from boycotts

Reuters reports: U.S. states and cities that boycott Israeli companies will be denied federal aid for natural disaster preparedness, the Trump administration has announced, tying routine federal funding to its political stance. The Federal Emergency Management Agency stated in grant notices posted on Friday that states must follow its “terms and conditions.” Those conditions require they certify they will not sever “commercial relations specifically with Israeli companies” to qualify for funding. The requirement applies to at least $1.9 billion that…

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Many Jewish voters support Mamdani and agree with him on Gaza

Many Jewish voters support Mamdani and agree with him on Gaza

The New York Times reports: Ben Sadoff knocked on roughly 1,000 doors as a canvasser for Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral primary campaign in New York City, and the voters he met brought up the same issues again and again: the cost of rent, the cost of child care and the sense that things in the city were going in the wrong direction. One thing they did not frequently mention was Israel, he said. And when voters — including Jewish ones…

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Hundreds of British Jews condemn ban on Palestine Action as ‘unethical’

Hundreds of British Jews condemn ban on Palestine Action as ‘unethical’

Middle East Eye reports: Hundreds of British Jews have written to Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper describing the proscription of direct action group Palestine Action as “illegitimate and unethical”. A delegation is expected to deliver the letter, which has been signed by over two hundred British Jews, to Downing Street on Tuesday afternoon. Lead signatories include authors Michael Rosen and Gillian Slovo, comedian Alexei Sayle and lawyer Geoffrey Bindman, who instructed Starmer when the prime minister…

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For America’s thirty-five million small businesses, tariff uncertainty hits especially hard

For America’s thirty-five million small businesses, tariff uncertainty hits especially hard

By Peter Boumgarden, Washington University in St. Louis and Dilawar Syed, The University of Texas at Austin Imagine it’s April 2025 and you’re the owner of a small but fast-growing e-commerce business. Historically, you’ve sourced products from China, but the president just announced tariffs of 145% on these goods. Do you set up operations in Thailand – requiring new investment and a lot of work – or wait until there’s more clarity on trade? What if waiting too long means…

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Epstein exposes Trump’s relationship with elites

Epstein exposes Trump’s relationship with elites

Peter Rothpletz writes: Democrats must not let Jeffrey Epstein die. They must highlight how this saga exposes the president for who he has always been. In the decade Teflon Don has spent on the national stage, no scandal has stuck to and haunted him quite so viscerally as the Epstein affair. He’s never before appeared so flustered, forced to answer question after question about the women and girls whose lives were destroyed by his former “best friend”. The world may…

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Israeli authorities are trying to silence humanitarian aid workers in Gaza

Israeli authorities are trying to silence humanitarian aid workers in Gaza

Jonathan Whittall writes: Gaza has been held under water for 22 months, allowed to gasp for air only when Israeli authorities have succumbed to political pressure from those with more leverage than international law itself. After months of relentless bombardment, forced displacement and deprivation, the impact of Israel’s collective punishment of Gaza’s people has never been more devastating. I have been part of coordinating humanitarian efforts in Gaza since October 2023. Whatever lifesaving aid has entered since then has been…

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Why Trump’s meddling in the Bureau of Labor Statistics matters

Why Trump’s meddling in the Bureau of Labor Statistics matters

George A. Akerlof writes: Imagine a group of 5-year-olds playing a board game. The rules are clear, the goal is fair, and one child edges ahead — until, suddenly, another child starts losing. That’s when the trouble begins. “He cheated!” the losing child yells. “I’m the winner anyway!” he declares. And then, like clockwork, he flips the board. In the world of kindergarten conflict resolution, we expect this kind of behavior. We chalk it up to development. We teach better…

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