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Missing Epstein files include interviews with alleged Trump accuser

A woman who came forward in July 2019 to accuse Jeffrey Epstein of assaulting and raping her several times in the 1980s, beginning when she was just 13, is also a Trump accuser featured in the Epstein files.

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Supreme Court splits 5-4 to block lawsuits against postal refusals to deliver mail

Justice Thomas authored the ruling, which was joined by all the other GOP appointees except Justice Gorsuch, who joined Justice Sotomayorโ€™s dissent.

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Rubio to brief โ€˜Gang of 8โ€™ as Iran looms over State of the Union

The meeting with the senior GOP and Democratic lawmakers suggests that the administrationโ€™s plans for potential military actions may be substantial.

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Putin has no path to victory. But here’s what Washington can’t forget about the Ukraine war.

Washington policymakers forget at our peril: Chaos abroad never stays abroad, writes Alexander Vindman.

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Joe Scarborough: โ€˜There is no love in taking food away from childrenโ€™

In todayโ€™s newsletter: Four years of the Russia-Ukraine war, State of the Union and more.

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Trump reportedly isnโ€™t sending a hospital ship to Greenland after all

Too often, there is no meaningful connection between what the president says heโ€™s going to do and what he actually does.

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The $1.5 trillion question facing the Pentagon

Figuring out what to do with a proposed $1.5 trillion defense budget is reportedly causing major headaches inside the Pentagon.

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Trump’s State of the Union is already set up for failure

The president will point to markets and growth. But the strength of a republic is measured by whether courts are obeyed, elections are accepted and dissent is protected.

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Ahead of his State of the Union, Trump has a tough case to make on the economy

The more the White House denies economic reality, the more hopelessly out of touch it appears on the one issue the public cares about most.

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Trump’s selfish silence puts a red state Senate seat at risk

The president spent eight years turning GOP primaries into loyalty tests. In Texas, heโ€™s watching from the sidelines.

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