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The Department of Justice released a heavily redacted cache of Jeffrey Epstein files on Friday and Saturday, with 16 photos subsequently removed from the government website, including at least one featuring President Trump. Democrats, Republican lawmakers including Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Epstein survivors condemned the redactions and selective releases as insufficient.
The U.S. military launched airstrikes against dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria following the deaths of two U.S. soldiers and an interpreter, with Trump stating the U.S. was inflicting 'very serious retaliation.'
Russian missiles struck a port near Odesa, killing seven people and injuring another 15, targeting one of three ports critical for Ukrainian grain and export operations.
The U.S. intercepted a second merchant vessel off the coast of Venezuela in international waters; the vessel does not appear on the U.S. sanctions list, marking a potential escalation in the blockade.
U.S. immigration courts have seen thousands of asylum case dismissal requests filed by federal lawyers, with the Trump administration pushing asylum seekers to apply for protection in other countries.
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration's homeless aid plan, which would have required recipients to undergo treatment for addiction or mental illness as a condition of receiving housing funds; the administration stated it will attempt to reimplement the policy.
Public art installations in downtown Los Angeles, featuring billboard-sized portraits projected onto buildings, highlighted concerns about ICE raids and safety under the Trump administration's immigration enforcement policies.
Some U.S. consumers report cutting back on spending while others seek luxury goods, with disparate economic experiences across regions; Trump had promised a 'golden age' for the economy but many Americans report not yet seeing tangible benefits.
Luigi Mangione's lawyers are fighting to block the death penalty and attempting to have federal charges dismissed, arguing that Attorney General Pam Bondi has ties to UnitedHealth Group and is biased.
An autopsy revealed that the shooting suspect at Brown University died two days before his body was discovered; he was alleged to have killed an MIT professor and two Brown University students.