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Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in 2005. Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan/Getty Images The Justice Department has released a trove of documents related to the life, death and criminal investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including many that have already been made public from prior disclosures. Others are filled with heavy redactions.  Among the new, previously unseen files released Friday were several photos of former President Bill Clinton, including one of him in a hot tub with a person whose face has been redacted. Another shows Clinton standing next to Epstein. Clinton is…

Politics / December 19, 2025 This week’s “Elie v. US” explores the authoritarian threat beneath Trump’s bonuses for military families. Plus, a case for getting rid of the Second Amendment. Ad Policy Donald Trump addresses the nation on December 17, 2025.(Doug MILLS / POOL / AFP via Getty Images) This is a preview of Nation Justice Correspondent Elie Mystal’s new weekly newsletter. Click here to receive this newsletter in your inbox each Friday.  As you know, there was another school shooting this week, this time at Brown University. The coverage has been what we’ve all come to expect: Republicans act like there’s nothing…

new video loaded: How the T.S.A. Is Helping ICEIn a previously undisclosed partnership, the Transportation Security Administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement are sharing data to identify passengers on upcoming flights whom ICE can arrest. Our reporter Hamed Aleaziz, who learned of this partnership, describes what to know about it and the ICE arrests that have followed.By Hamed Aleaziz, Melanie Bencosme, June Kim, Pierre Kattar and Whitney ShefteDecember 19, 2025 Source link

President Trump references a map while talking to reporters about Hurricane Dorian on Sept. 4, 2019. The map appears to have been altered by a black marker to extend the hurricane’s range to include Alabama. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The White House plans to break up a key weather and climate research center in Colorado, a move experts say could jeopardize the accuracy of forecasting and prediction systems. It’s the latest climate-related move by President Trump, who has called climate change a hoax, cut funding for climate research, and removed climate and weather scientists…

Politics / December 19, 2025 The initial chaos of layoffs has been followed by a concerted effort by the Trump administration to halt the enforcement of the Fair Housing Act. Ad Policy The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) headquarters in Washington, DC.(Stefani Reynolds / Bloomberg via Getty Images) Kenneth Hansbrough’s problems began with a key fob. Hansbrough, who uses a wheelchair due to a spinal cord disease and is legally blind, moved into a low-income apartment in St Louis, Missouri, three years ago. If Hansbrough falls, his son, who lives nearby, can help him, so he gave his…

A protester holds a sign related to the release of the Jeffrey Epstein case files outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 12. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images By law, the Justice Department has until Friday to release files related to the life and death of Jeffrey Epstein. Under the Epstein Files Transparency Act signed by President Trump last month, the attorney general is directed to “make publicly available in a searchable and downloadable format all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials in the possession of the Department…

Comment / December 17, 2025 The passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act is a big step—but its champions are keeping the pressure on. Ad Policy (Matt McClain / The Washington Post via Getty Images) This article appears in the January 2026 issue, with the headline “Accountability Now.” “The survivors won!” announced representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) after he and Thomas Massie (R-KY)—with a late assist from Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)—secured a remarkable 427–1 vote in the House of Representatives for their Epstein Files Transparency Act. The November 18 vote was immediately followed by unanimous approval in the Senate, in a…

In recent elections, some Latino voters are shifting away from the Republican Party. Those votes helped flip seats in Virginia and could be an important factor in next year’s midterm elections. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger is not the only Democrat who flipped a seat in Virginia’s elections this year. Democrats also won in other local elections, including by big margins in areas with significant numbers of Latino voters. Now, that’s a big change from the 2024 presidential election, when those same parts of Virginia shifted slightly toward Republicans. Margaret Barthel of member station WAMU reports on what’s…

Feature / December 17, 2025 Trump has made Los Angeles a testing ground for military intervention on our streets. Mayor Karen Bass says her city has become an example for how to fight back. Illustration by Lily Qian. This article is part of a special Nation package devoted to LA’s bold stand against the Trump administration’s assaults on the city. This article appears in the January 2026 issue, with the headline “Mayor of LA to America: ‘Beware!’” Calamity has dogged the political career of Karen Bass since her years in the California State Assembly. In 2008, she became the first Black woman to head the…

TikTok company offices in Culver City, Calif. on Sept. 30, 2025. A deal to sell the American part of the company to a group of U.S. investors was signed on Dec. 18. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images TikTok has signed a deal to spin-off its U.S. operations to a group controlled by mostly American investors, including software giant Oracle, a company run by Trump ally Larry Ellison. The now-inked agreement is set to close on Jan. 22, according to a memo TikTok CEO Shou Chew sent to employees on…