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NY Times – Politics

A House investigation that the G.O.P. has tried to use to deflect calls for more transparency has yielded striking revelations that have only fueled the Epstein saga. [...]

For all his bluster, the F.B.I.’s deputy director Dan Bongino played a central role in stoking expectations that the bureau would quickly find the suspects who planted pipe bombs. [...]

Accounts of a secret Justice Department memo offer a window into how administration lawyers approved the president’s desired course of action. [...]

If the proposal goes into effect, it would be the latest rollback of one of President Trump’s key economic policies over concerns about affordability. [...]

Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, began handing out $10,000 checks to T.S.A. workers who “went above and beyond” during the shutdown, after the president recommended similar bonuses for some air traffic controllers. [...]

The BBC said it would not rebroadcast a misleadingly edited documentary but added, “We strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim.” [...]





