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Federal Judge Bars Trump Administration From Airing Publicly Funded Ads

A group of liberal organizations sued last week over the ads that praised the administration.

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President Trump had pressed for the publicly funded ads to be run.
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Exasperation and Resignation in Greece Over Allegations Against Kimberly Guilfoyle

The U.S. ambassador to Greece is facing accusations that she asked a donor to pay off her credit card bill before she took up her post in Athens.

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Kimberly Guilfoyle, the U.S. ambassador to Greece, in Athens on Wednesday.
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Donor Says Kimberly Guilfoyle Sought Money From Him to Cover Debt

Correspondence suggests that Ms. Guilfoyle, the U.S. ambassador to Greece and former fiancée of Donald Trump Jr., asked a G.O.P. donor to pay off her credit card.

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Kimberly Guilfoyle and the president’s sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump were previously paid by the donor, Eric Deters, to speak at pro-Trump events he held in Kentucky.
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How the Epstein Files forced the Nobel Peace Prize to reckon with impartiality.

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Thorbjorn Jagland, former chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, in Oslo in 2013. A tranche of emails released this year revealed ties between him and the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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How the Epstein Files Forced the Nobel Peace Prize to Reckon With Impartiality

The five-person committee that hands out the award introduced ethics rules this year after a former member was linked to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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Thorbjorn Jagland, former chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, in Oslo in 2013. A tranche of emails released this year revealed ties between him and the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Paxton Said in Deposition That Donor Gave Him Stocks to Please God

The leaked deposition from a fraud inquiry in 2014 provides insight into the Senate candidate’s investments and his tactics for defending himself.

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Ken Paxton, candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks during the 2026 Republican Party of Texas State Convention in Houston.
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How Trump’s Revenge Campaign Descended Into Turmoil

The president’s allies have sought to prove a “grand conspiracy” through a sprawling Justice Department inquiry. It has buckled under staffing shake-ups, internal disputes and trouble finding evidence.

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President Trump’s demands for revenge have divided the Justice Department, diverted resources from other investigations and mingled politics with federal law enforcement.
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Florida Court Orders Expungement of Report Criticizing DeSantis Administration

The grand jury report, which was never released publicly but was leaked to a Miami news station, wrongfully “impugned” private individuals, an appeals panel found.

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Casey DeSantis, Florida’s first lady, started the Hope Florida charity in 2021. A grand jury report found that Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration had “misappropriated” $10 million in taxpayer money by diverting it to the charity.
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Leon Botstein, Former Bard President With Epstein Ties, Resigns From College Positions

Leon Botstein had already retired from the presidency of the liberal arts college this spring, after emails showed he had maintained a longtime friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.

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Leon Botstein, the former president of Bard, at a concert in New York last month. He had stayed on in a variety of roles at the college even after stepping down as president last spring.
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Trump-Appointed Judge Accuses ICE of Lying and Fabricating Records

Two men were mistakenly arrested in the Bronx by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Gary R. Brown, a federal judge, condemned the agency’s actions.

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Immigration arrests have swept across the New York region as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown.
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