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Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down. The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.

In an undercover operation last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan, now the White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help the agents — who were posing as business executives — win government contracts in a second Trump administration” www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

Park Slope gives Mandami an enthusiastic reception

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Breaking: A CDC advisory panel filled with RFK Jr.'s handpicked vaccine skeptics just unanimously recommended limiting the COVID shot to people 65 and older or those with underlying health conditions, based on a decision individually or with their doctor.

When President Trump returned to the Oval Office, he promised that he would protect free speech. But after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, those pledges have given way to threats against critics. Here are how the views of Trump and top officials have changed. nyti.ms/46siz7o

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Washington County is shocked the Charlie Kirk suspect is one of their own “This is everywhere. Every community, every town, every state,” one of the suspect’s neighbors said. “It's going to be everybody's neighbor, everybody's classmate. It's not at all unusual anymore.”

A quiet street in a small town in the southwest corner of Utah is now near the epicenter of the world’s attention on Charlie Kirk.

New York's AG Wanted to Review Innocence Claims. Politics Got in the… The attorney general's conviction review bureau has investigated just a handful of innocence claims of the hundreds it's received since 2012.

In a broken system, New Yorkers with wrongful convictions have limited options for getting their cases reviewed. For many, the attorney general’s conviction review bureau is the only option. But deference to prosecutors can get in the way.
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Hi New York! Someone please solve this riddle: this is purportedly the F express schedule: www.mta.info/schedules/su... 14th street in Manhattan (Brooklyn-bound) is not even listed. And yet... twice now the express has stopped there. Where and when does the train stop? Signed, confused commuter.

NEW: The House Oversight Committee just received files from the Epstein estate.

The estate was expected to include Epstein's now-infamous birthday book in the materials it handed over. @MSNBC

It’s true. If I had learned this… I dunno, 35 years ago?… I’d have had a very different writing career.

Trump Administration Live Updates: Federal Government Agrees in Court That D.C. Chief Controls City Police

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BREAKING: Trump and Putin take no questions in what was billed as a press conference. No deal made. Trump thanked Putin "very much."

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“There’s no deal until there’s a deal.”

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FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show

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As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials.

Crucial roles were vacant at local National Weather Service offices as severe rainfall hit parts of Central Texas on Friday morning. Some experts question whether it hurt coordination with emergency officials.

Senate Bill Would Add at Least $3.3 Trillion to Debt, Budget Office Says A new analysis showing the legislation would be far more expensive than the House version could complicate its chances of final passage in that chamber, where fiscal hawks have said the cost must not grow.

Breaking News: The sprawling tax and health care bill that Senate Republicans are trying to pass would add at least $3.3 trillion to the national debt over a decade, the Congressional Budget Office estimated.