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This is Trump's dead giveaway that he was in over his head with Epstein
- Donald Trump addresses House Republicans in Washington. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Every time he sees trouble brewing, Donald Trump exhibits a telltale panic response. When he's cornered, when the walls close in and facts start to make the hair left on his head stand straight up — although a stiff wind will do that too — Trump doesn't simply deny. He lies by preemptively distancing himself. It's the first ...

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Why a bridge over the Detroit River is the latest flare-up in the US-Canada trade spat
- President Donald Trump is singing "No Canada" as a sprawling bridge connecting Ontario to Detroit nears completion. The Gordie Howe International Bridge is set to connect Detroit and Windsor, Ontario. Construction began in 2018, with an anticipated opening planned for 2024. Delays pushed the opening to 2026 — and Trump's threats could delay it even longer. The US and Canada are engaged in an  ongoing ...

Source: businessinsider.com
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FBI affidavit reveals new details about search of Fulton County elections office
- A newly unsealed affidavit written by an FBI agent details the legal basis for a search of an elections office in Fulton County, Georgia, last month, when investigators seized material related to the 2020 election.  According to the affidavit , the search came as part of an ongoing "FBI criminal investigation into whether any of the improprieties" alleged around the 2020 election in Fulton County "were ...

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Trump administration takes down a rainbow flag at the Stonewall National Monument
- NEW YORK – The Trump administration has stopped flying a rainbow flag at the The multicolored flag, one of the world's , was quietly removed in recent days from a flagpole on the National Park Service-run site, which centers on a tiny park in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. It's across the street from , the gay bar where patrons' rebellion against a police raid helped catalyze The park service said it's simply ...

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EPA will revoke 'endangerment finding' that underpins all climate regulation this week
- The Environmental Protection Agency moved to revoke the 2009 endangerment finding, which determined greenhouse gases pose a risk to public health and undergirds federal climate regulations. The move is a major boon for the fossil fuel industry, which for years has opposed regulations on greenhouse gases. It also represents the Trump administration's most aggressive move against fighting climate change. The sun sets ...

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Housing bill passes House with community bank riders
- WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives passed a number of community bank-favored provisions as part of a larger housing package Monday night, but those riders are already imperiling the bill's chances of re-passing the Senate.  Processing Content The bill, H.R. 6644, passed the full house Monday evening by a wide bipartisan margin.  House Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill, R-Ark., ...

Source: americanbanker.com
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Democratic governors excluded by Trump from typically bipartisan gathering at White House
- President Trump is excluding Democratic governors from typically bipartisan events held at the White House during the annual gathering of state leaders in Washington, D.C.  No Democratic governors were invited to a formal business meeting that was to take place Feb. 20 between governors, the president and White House officials while they are in town for the National Governors Association conference. A source ...

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Federal judge dismisses attempt to obtain Michigan voter data in latest rejection of DOJ
- Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By ISABELLA VOLMERT LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit from the Department of Justice that sought to obtain Michigan's voter rolls, marking the latest judicial rejection in President Donald Trump's wide-ranging attempts to gain access to voter data from states. The Justice Department has sued at least 23 states and the District of Columbia ...

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How the head of ICE responded to questions in Congress over Trump's immigration policies
- WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's top immigration officials appeared before Congress Tuesday for the first time since the shooting deaths of two American citizens in Minneapolis, seeking to defend their officers' actions as their agencies face intensifying scrutiny over nationwide immigration enforcement operations. Todd Lyons, who is the acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, came in ...

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King Charles says royals would cooperate with police as his brother Andrew's Epstein ties draw new scrutiny
- King Charles III indicated Monday that the British royal family would cooperate if police come asking questions about his younger brother, the former Prince Andrew's ties to Jeffrey Epstein. "The King has made clear, in words and through unprecedented actions, his profound concern at allegations which continue to come to light in respect of Mr Mountbatten-Windsor's conduct," a spokesperson for Buckingham Palace ...

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Justice Department Moves to Dismiss Case Against Bannon
- Home » » The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has moved to dismiss its criminal case against the former adviser to President Donald Trump , Steve Bannon, which is related to his refusal to testify before the congressional committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, US Capitol riots. The "government has determined in its prosecutorial discretion that dismissal of this criminal case is in the interests of ...

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UK leader Starmer averts a leadership challenge for now but remains damaged by Epstein fallout
- LONDON (AP) — Keir Starmer fights another day. After indirect fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein files sparked a dramatic day of crisis that threatened to topple him, the U.K. prime minister was saved by a pugnacious fightback and hesitation among his rivals inside the governing Labour Party about the consequences of a leadership coup . Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said Tuesday that Labour lawmakers had "looked ...

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Deportation case dropped against Tufts student grabbed off the street by ICE agents
- Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Rumeysa Ozturk was stripped of her visa and arrested for writing an opinion piece for a student newspaper, according to internal Trump administration documents An immigration court judge has terminated deportation proceedings against Rumeysa Ozturk , a Tufts University scholar ...

Source: independent.co.uk
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U.S. strike on alleged drug boat kills 2 and leaves a survivor
- The U.S. said Monday that it hit a vessel allegedly transporting drugs in the eastern Pacific, killing two people and leaving one survivor in the second such strike in the past four days. Citing "intelligence," U.S. Southern Command said Monday on X that the vessel "was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations." "Two narco-terrorists were ...

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