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Trump’s Attempts to Change the Topic From Epstein: A Timeline

President Trump has tried to attack, deflect and deny his way past the Jeffrey Epstein saga. He’s had less success than usual.

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Mr. Trump at a reception at the White House on Tuesday. He has tried to distract from the outcry over his administration’s handling of the Epstein files.
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Ex-Voice of America Employee Arrested and Charged With Threatening Marjorie Taylor Greene

Federal prosecutors accused the man of threatening to kill Ms. Greene, her staff, and their families, months before President Trump sought to dismantle the news agency.

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Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene in April.
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Trump Administration Investigates U. of Michigan Over Foreign Funding

The University of Michigan was the latest school accused of failing to report large foreign donations amid a wider pressure campaign from the Trump administration.

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The University of Michigan campus in April.
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Appeals Court Blocks Trump Administration From Ending Deportation Protections for Afghans, for Now

A short, unsigned order by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Virginia blocked the Trump administration’s move to terminate deportation protections until next week.

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An Afghan refugee walked her children to a school bus in Bowling Green, Ky., in April.
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Judge Approves Release of Iranian Arrested in Louisiana After U.S. Bombed Iran

Pouria Pourhosseinhendabad, a doctoral student studying mechanical engineering at Louisiana State University, was arrested along with his wife in what his lawyers called “an unconstitutional ruse.”
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Trump Nominates Nick Adams, ‘Alpha Male’ Influencer, for Ambassador to Malaysia

Nick Adams rose to prominence with a hypermasculine identity and crass jokes about Hooters. President Trump named him ambassador to a country of 35 million people.

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The incendiary online history of Nick Adams, who has been picked to represent the United States before a majority-Muslim nation, includes Islamophobic comments.
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Trump Got the Green Light to Fire Federal Workers. Now, They Wait.

A court-ordered pause in May covered nearly two dozen federal agencies at different stages of executing President Trump’s directive for mass layoffs. The Supreme Court said the administration could proceed.

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About 2,000 State Department employees are waiting for official notice that they will be laid off.
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