USA - DECEMBER 20: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY - MANDATORY CREDIT - âTHE US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT / HANDOUT' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) Bill Clinton and Jeffrey Epstein are seen in one is seen outside No 10 Downing Street in one of the images released by the US Department of State. The US Justice Department released thousands of records Friday related to the sex trafficking investigation into disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. The release came on the last day of the 30 days allowed by the Epstein Files Transparency Act -- legislation forcing the Justice Department action to release all documents related to the probe. (Photo by The US Justice Department / Handout /Anadolu via Getty Images)

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Social Media: Banned, Sued and Silenced

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Americans Increasingly ID as Independent

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Ocean Microplastics Take Toll on Humans

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Activists are approached by federal agents for following agent vehicles, on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)

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SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR - MARCH 16: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY - MANDATORY CREDIT - 'EL SALVADOR PRESIDENCY / HANDOUT' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) More than 250 suspected gang members arrive in El Salvador by plane, including 238 members of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang and 23 members of the MS-13 gang, who were deported to El Salvador by the US in San Salvador, El Salvador on March 16, 2025. El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele confirmed they will be sent to the country's infamous mega-prison at CECOP facility prison. San Salvador forces took heavy security measures. (Photo by El Salvador Presidency / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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TOPSHOT - Attendees react during the funeral ceremony of eleven-year-old Maksym Martynenko and his parents Mykola and Nataliia, killed by a Russian missile strike on April 13, 2025, in a village of Stare Selo, outside Sumy, northeastern Ukraine, on April 16, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. A Russian missile strike on April 13, 2025 on the Ukrainian city of Sumy killed at least 35 people, authorities said as European and US leaders condemned one of the deadliest Russian strikes of the three-year war. Two ballistic missiles hit the centre of the northeastern city, close to the Russian border, Ukrainian authorities said. (Photo by Roman PILIPEY / AFP) (Photo by ROMAN PILIPEY/AFP via Getty Images)

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World Report

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Pentagon Says It's Cutting Ties With 'Woke' Harvard, Discontinuing Military Training, Fellowships

Trump Administration Approves Weed Killer Dicamba for Two Common Genetically Modified Crops

Justice Department Will Allow Lawmakers to See Unredacted Versions of Released Epstein Files

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As US Block of Oil Supply Deepens Energy Crisis, Cubans Ask: What More Can We Sacrifice?

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Judge Strikes Down Old Arizona Abortion Restrictions That Clash With Voter-Backed Guarantees

4 People Have Died From Eating Death Cap Mushrooms as They Spread in California After Rains

US Births Dropped Last Year, Suggesting the 2024 Uptick Was Short-Lived

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US Births Dropped Last Year, Suggesting the 2024 Uptick Was Short-Lived

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Uber Found Liable in Sexual Assault Case and Ordered to Pay $8.5 Million

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