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Axios

Epstein file review yields 6 new "likely incriminated" men, lawmakers say [9d]
Say goodbye to free ChatGPT with no ads [9d]
Europe is confronting its Epstein shame. Trump wants to move on. [9d]
Ghislaine Maxwell pleads Fifth Amendment at congressional deposition [9d]

Salon

“Trump-hating degenerate”: Steve Bannon faces conservative wrath over Epstein ties [9d]
Dr. Oz begs Americans to take the measles vaccine as infections soar [9d]
Bad Bunny gave us a Super Bowl halftime show for all Americans [9d]
Kid Rock’s alternative Super Bowl halftime show was just boring [9d]

The Drudge Report

China tells banks to scale back holdings of US govt debt... [9d]
Scientists on red alert as 'doom volcano' stirs after 40 years of silence... [9d]
Will Texas elect a Dem senator? [9d]
Trump told Palm Beach police chief 'everyone' knew about Epstein, Maxwell 'evil... [9d]
ZUCKERBERG MOVING TO FLORIDA... [9d]
Olympic athletes' medals breaking during celebrations... [9d]
Republican lawmaker embarks on his biggest showdown yet with Trump... [9d]
Iran threatens 'massacre'... [9d]
BIBI TO DC... [9d]
MAGA wars laid bare: 'Trashy' fights exploding in secret... [9d]
The $180 burger! [9d]
Kid Rock mocked for 'miming' protest performance... [9d]
'Jews killed Jesus' charge at Trump's religious liberty panel's antisemitism hearing... [9d]
First granddaughter taps into family business... [9d]
BONGINO BACK TO FOX... [9d]
SUPER DOMINGO... [9d]
'HOUR OF DESPERATION' [9d]
King ready to work with police over Andrew... [9d]
Vonn's dad: Crash marks 'end of her career'... [9d]
Texas, Ohio Consider Abolishing Property Taxes... [9d]
Even billionaires worried kids won't keep jobs in this market... [9d]
DOJ moves to dismiss Steve Bannon's criminal case... [9d]
Candace Owens tears into Erika Kirk for 'scamming' viewers... [9d]
Bond market calm could be ending... [9d]
In famous CA park, people using feces to fight new parking rules... [9d]
DISCORD requiring face scan or ID for full access... [9d]
Legality of $400M private funding for White House ballroom at issue... [9d]
$6M bitcoin ransom demand still unpaid with deadline hours away... [9d]
Border czar warned immigration ops should be targeted or risk losing public support... [9d]
CIA MOVES TO FAST-TRACK TECH ACCESS AGAINST BEIJING... [9d]
How Special Forces Training in Arctic Warfare Bootcamp... [9d]
Ghislaine would 'clear president's name' in exchange for clemency, attorney says... [9d]
Growing frustration of MAGA crypto bros... [9d]
Germany's painful estrangement from USA... [9d]
Newsroom devastated and exhausted... [9d]
Chatbots Give Bad Health Advice, Research Finds... [9d]
Severe doctor shortage coming... [9d]
Cuba warns airlines it will run out of jet fuel... [9d]
ANDREW LEAKED CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS? [9d]
MOMENT DEAD BODY DISCOVERED... [9d]
Musk warns USA '1,000% going to go bankrupt'... [9d]
KURTZ: BEZOS SHOULD SELL WASH POST... [9d]
Rising measles cases spark panic as even Dr Oz begs 'take the vaccine!' [9d]
Trump brands skier a 'loser'... [9d]
At Least 112 USAF C-17 Aircraft Headed To Middle East: 'Desert Storm Levels'... [9d]
Iran threatens 'massacre'... [9d]
Can Mountain Lions Survive as Humans Close In? California Trying to Find a Way... [9d]
College Students Can't Put Phones Down -- Not Even During Sex... [9d]
EPSTEIN FALLOUT: Starmer on Brink as Key Aides Quit... [9d]
Ghislaine pleads the 5th in congressional deposition... [9d]
Republicans Secretly Fuming With President as Midterm Disaster Looms... [9d]
Arguments to begin in landmark social media addiction trial set in Los Angeles... [9d]
Under the Mormon Influence... [9d]
Aloe could be secret weapon in fighting Alzheimer's... [9d]
The Babies Kept in Mysterious Los Angeles Mansion... [9d]
HALL: Meltdown Reveals How Dumb We've Become... [9d]
Andrew Leaked Trade Reports While He Was UK Envoy? [9d]
Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE had violent criminal records... [9d]
As AI enters operating room, botched surgeries and misidentified body parts... [9d]
Olympic athletes' medals break during celebrations... [9d]
Republican lawmaker embarks on his biggest showdown yet with Trump... [9d]
Will Texas elect a Dem senator? [9d]
Trump's granddaughter taps into the family business... [9d]
EPSTEIN FALLOUT: Starmer's UK Premiership Teeters on Brink as Key Aides Quit... [9d]
Jeffrey's Death Statement Drafted Day Before He Died? [9d]
Kid Rock mocked for 'miming' protest performance... [9d]
Good Times for Goodwill as Shoppers Hunt for Bargains... [9d]
SECOND DEADLINE LOOMS... [9d]
Raids in Texas Starting to Hit Economy... [9d]
Chinese Factory Opens in USA and Clobbers Its Rivals... [9d]

The New Republic

Exxon Abruptly Drops Lawyers Who Were Named in Epstein Files [9d]
Trump Begs People to Keep Liking Him as His Global Popularity Tanks [9d]
Raskin Says Unredacted Epstein Files Reveal DOJ in “Cover-Up Mode” [9d]
MAGA Snaps at CBS for Publishing Story About How Horrible ICE Is [9d]
Pam Bondi’s DOJ Tries to Help Steve Bannon Erase His Jan. 6 Conviction [9d]
How Trump Is Trying to Influence the Midterm Elections [9d]
MAGA Goes to War With U.S. Olympians [9d]
Trump’s Commerce Secretary Faces Calls to Resign Over Epstein Files [9d]
RFK Jr. Reveals Dystopian Reason for Ending Childhood Obesity [9d]
Bombshell Report Reveals Minnesota Officials Were Right About FBI [9d]
Turns Out the March for Life Was a Measles Superspreader Event [9d]
Ghislaine Maxwell Refuses to Answer a Single Question About Epstein [9d]
MAGA Influencer Jake Paul Forced to Eat His Words on Bad Bunny [9d]
“Absolute Hell”: Irish Man With a Valid Work Permit in ICE Detention [9d]
Kid Rock’s TPUSA Halftime Show Went Exactly as You’d Expect [9d]
Is Pam Bondi in Trouble After That Epstein Survivors Super Bowl Ad? [9d]
Epstein Email Reveals Trump’s Decline Started Earlier Than We Thought [9d]
Trump Exposed Watching Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show [9d]
MAGA Devolves Into Civil War Over Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show [9d]

Talking Points Memo

Violent Criminals Make Up Tiny Fraction of Immigrants Targeted By Trump Admin [9d]
A Brutal 5th Circuit Ruling Promises More ICE Chaos [9d]
Behind the Misguided Bipartisan Push to Muzzle Free Speech Online [9d]

Politico

Trump threatens to block opening of new Michigan-Canada bridge [9d]
Judge blocks enforcement of California’s law banning masks for ICE agents [9d]
RFK Jr.’s followers plan to back Trump-endorsed candidates [9d]
‘A complete non-starter’: White House draws red lines in DHS funding talks as shutdown looms [9d]
White House eyes data center agreements amid energy price spikes [9d]
Trump’s ‘Stop the Steal’ lawyer probing 2020 election fraud has access to sensitive US intel [9d]
‘The worst, ever’: MAGA rages about Bad Bunny’s halftime set [9d]

The Hill

Kash Patel’s girlfriend says Republicans need ‘better messaging’ as Democrats embrace Bad Bunny [9d]
DHS demanded list of ongoing investigations from agency’s watchdog [9d]
Dan Bongino returning to Fox News as contributor after FBI stint [9d]
Conservatives battle over Trump’s criticism of Bad Bunny [9d]
Bad Bunny wipes social media after Super Bowl halftime show [9d]
Trump opens up commercial fishing in Atlantic marine national monument [9d]
Trump administration seeks to block independent review when federal workers are laid off [9d]
More say economy, stock market will improve in next six months than decline: Gallup [9d]
Two men charged in $120M adult day care fraud scheme in Queens [9d]
House Democrats to force vote on blocking Trump’s Canada tariffs this week [9d]
Democrats call on McMahon to explain civil rights complaints backlog [9d]
Pentagon holds off on naming and shaming defense contractors [9d]
Savannah Guthrie makes new video plea as missing mother’s ransom deadline nears [9d]
DOJ moves to erase Bannon conviction for evading Jan. 6 committee [9d]
Rove on GOP maintaining Senate control in midterms: ‘It could be close’ [9d]
Nadler endorses former aide as successor in Congress [9d]
Gallego to headline Montana Democrats event [9d]
Raskin said unredacted Epstein files indicate DOJ improperly shielded names [9d]
Khanna says Maxwell should be sent back to maximum security prison [9d]
Trump refuses to apologize for video depicting Obamas as apes [9d]
5 Super Bowl ads that packed a political punch [9d]
Epstein survivors release new PSA, demand Pam Bondi prosecute … someone [9d]
Ford worker who heckled Trump not disciplined: UAW [9d]
Discord requiring face scan or ID for full access [9d]
$100 million won’t fix addiction if HHS keeps undermining what works [9d]
Homan once warned against sweeping immigration enforcement raids [9d]
Musk offers to pay legal fees for any Epstein victim sued for speaking ‘the truth’ [9d]
Chinese and Russian decline could become global problems [9d]
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show: Why did he perform on a utility pole? [9d]
More Democrats call for Lutnick to resign over Epstein dealings [9d]
Rubio denounces ‘unjust’ Jimmy Lai sentence [9d]
So few good lawyers want to work for Trump that DOJ is recruiting on Fox [9d]
Operation Metro Surge is eroding global trust in the US [9d]
March for Life attendees may have been exposed to measles, DC health officials say [9d]
US military intercepts vessel ‘hunted’ from Caribbean to Indian Ocean [9d]
Hegseth records message for Turning Point USA halftime show [9d]
Apprenticeships can help save the Democratic Party [9d]
Ocasio-Cortez spars with Jake Paul over Bad Bunny: ‘He makes you look small’ [9d]
Bannon warns of ‘massive lack of enthusiasm’ among Trump MAGA base [9d]
Star snowboarder Chloe Kim defends fellow Olympian Hunter Hess from Trump attack [9d]
Prince William, Princess Catherine express concern for Epstein victims amid scrutiny on Andrew [9d]
Maxwell pleads the Fifth in House deposition on Epstein files [9d]
Crockett, Paxton lead their Texas Senate primaries: Poll [9d]
ICE’s actions are an affront to our Constitution and the founders’ God [9d]
Markey to introduce resolution denouncing Trump’s call to ‘nationalize’ elections [9d]
Super PAC backing Andy Barr launches $2.5M ad buy in Kentucky Senate race [9d]
Trump attacks the media to hide the truth [9d]
Search for Nancy Guthrie enters second week [9d]
Olympic town warms up amid climate change threat to Winter Games [9d]
New body-worn camera video shows police response to Brown University shooting [9d]
Virginia Democrats will fail if they try to copy-paste a California agenda [9d]
Trump says he’s ‘proud’ of US economy [9d]
Schiff: Trump planning to ‘subvert’ midterms [9d]
Christie rips Mamdani over garbage removal in New York City [9d]
MAGA-friendly Logan Paul knocks brother for criticizing Bad Bunny [9d]
Epstein scandal: Unlocking secrets of power abuse [9d]
Graham, others post pictures from Trump’s Super Bowl watch party [9d]
Live updates: Bad Bunny Super Bowl fallout; DHS funding battle; Maxwell won’t answer questions in Epstein probe [9d]
No one wants to admit the real reason corporations are laying off thousands [9d]
Bad Bunny Super Bowl show makes waves on both sides of political aisle [9d]
How weak are Republicans for the midterms? Likely less than you think. [9d]
To save democracy, elect a Congress that will impeach Trump, add more justices [9d]
Loomer on Bad Bunny Super Bowl show: NFL should apologize to American people [9d]
Puerto Rican statehood is a national security no-brainer [9d]
Congressman joins anti-ICE protest at Super Bowl [9d]
5 years later, yet another woke-era hate crime hoax has fallen apart [9d]

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