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Birds of a Feather: Epstein, Trump, and Russian Intelligence

US John Sipher - February 16, 2026.

The latest document dump related to Jeffrey Epstein has sparked a new round of speculation that he may have had ties to the Kremlin, an...

FBI concluded Epstein wasn’t running a sex trafficking ring for powerful men

US TA | AP Insight - February 8, 2026.

The FBI collected ample proof that Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused underage girls but found scant evidence the well-connected financier led a sex trafficking ring serving...

Layoffs at The Washington Post - a heavy blow to a legendary news brand

US TA | AP Insight - February 4, 2026.

The Washington Post laid off one-third of its staff Wednesday, eliminating its sports section, several foreign bureaus and its books coverage in a widespread purge...

The Price of Spectacle in the Epstein Files

US John Sipher - February 2, 2026.

The phrase “release the Epstein files” has such rhetorical power because it promises moral clarity. It offers the public a cathartic moment, exposure, accountability, a...

Escape from Washington - Senators look to start new chapters as governors

US TA | AP Insight - January 29, 2026.

There’s increasingly one place that U.S. senators want to be — anywhere but Washington. Democrat Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota became the fourth sitting senator to seek...

Minnesota as a turning point

US Daron Acemoglu - January 27, 2026.

The Trump administration’s “flood the zone” strategy can make it difficult to see when a turning point occurs in the United States’ slide into authoritarianism. Some...

The US's new defense strategy tells allies to handle their own security

US TA | AP Insight - January 24, 2026.

The Pentagon released a priority-shifting National Defense Strategy that chastised U.S. allies to take control of their own security and reasserted the Trump administration’s focus...

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