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Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) identified a clear pattern in a key tranche of files that appear to be missing from the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case files — and what they might reveal about a large-scale effort by the Justice Department to shield President Donald Trump.

These files, per earlier reports, pertain to an unnamed woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by both Epstein and Trump in the 1980s, when she was a minor.

President Donald Trump delivered the longest State of the Union address in history Tuesday night, with extended attacks on undocumented migrants and Somali Americans that news outlet Zeteo characterized as the "most openly racist State of the Union in modern history." Reporters Asawin Suebsaeng and Andrew Pérez wrote that Trump spent significant portions of the nearly two-hour address attacking Somali Americans with language comparable to "banned 4chan content." Trump has targeted Somali Americans since last year, calling them "garbage" and stating he didn't want them in the country. During the address, Trump referenced "Somali pirates who ransack Minnesota," claiming such lawlessness stems from unrestricted immigration. Suebsaeng and Pérez called the address "certainly one of the worst" in history, noting the lukewarm response from Republican lawmakers.

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Police confirmed on Wednesday that a nearly blind Burmese refugee dumped at a Tim Hortons in Buffalo, New York, by Border Patrol agents last week has been found dead, unable to find his way back home through miles of freezing weather.

The death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a Rohingya who fled persecution in his home country, has sparked fury on social media, with experts horrified at the cruelty of his treatment — and others suggesting federal agents should face homicide charges over the incident.

A whistleblower revealed a "terrifying" warning about President Donald Trump's new immigration force recruits during an interview on CNN.

Ryan Schwank, a former Immigration and Customs Enforcement trainer, told CNN's Jake Tapper on Wednesday that ICE's decision to reduce its training standards for new recruits is already having disastrous impacts. He warned that those impacts will likely get worse as new recruits are required to pass fewer training courses than their veteran peers.

An FBI official who served on a working group tasked with carrying out President Donald Trump's retribution campaign is calling it quits, according to a report.

Marshall Yates, the FBI's congressional affairs director, is expected to step down from the FBI on Friday, CBS News reported, citing sources. The former Capitol Hill operative cited a desire to spend more time with family.

A blind refugee in Buffalo was found dead after Border Patrol agents dumped him across town from his house with no means of getting back, according to a report.

According to the nonpartisan Investigative Post, "Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a nearly blind refugee from Burma who Border Patrol agents dropped off at a doughnut shop Thursday and left to find his way home, 5 miles away, has been found dead. City Hall spokesperson Ian Ott said Shah Alam, 56, was found by B District officers after they responded to a call for a dead body on the first block of Perry Street shortly after 8:30 p.m. Tuesday."

President Donald Trump singled out former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during his State of the Union address, questioning her finances while calling for a ban on congressional insider trading. The move drew criticism from "Morning Joe" hosts, who noted the hypocrisy given Trump's documented receipt of nearly $2 billion since his re-election. Co-host Joe Scarborough exclaimed, "It's just like the hypocrisy is crazy, just crazy," questioning why Trump would raise financial improprieties when he has pocketed such substantial sums. Co-host Mika Brzezinski characterized Trump's remarks as appearing like "projection" and "self-defeating." Scarborough suggested Trump should focus on legislation to build his legacy rather than attacking Pelosi. The hosts argued that Trump opened himself to future scrutiny and investigations by broaching the subject of lawmakers' financial dealings.

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A Democrat spoke out on Wednesday after her guest was "forcibly removed" from President Donald Trump's State of the Union address yesterday.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) invited Aliya Rahman, a disabled woman who was seriously injured by Trump's immigration agents in January, to attend Trump's SOTU on Tuesday. At one point, Rahman was removed from the speech while other attendees in the gallery stood quietly, Omar posted on X.

The House Republican caucus faces a new fight as Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) prepares to force a vote to expose all reports of alleged sexual misconduct by sitting members of Congress.

According to NBC News, "The South Carolina congresswoman’s resolution would require the House Ethics Committee to release all sexual misconduct or harassment reports involving members or their staffers. She introduced it after numerous outlets, including NBC News, revealed that GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, sent sexually explicit text messages to a former aide with whom he allegedly had an affair. The aide later died by suicide and an attorney for her husband confirmed the authenticity of the texts to NBC News."

Observers blasted Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday after he announced the Trump administration's first moves in its new "war on fraud."

Vance said on Wednesday that the Trump administration is pausing certain Medicaid payments to Minnesota in response to allegations of fraud in the state's social services programs. Vance said the move was to ensure the state "takes its obligations seriously to be good stewards of the American people's tax money."

Financial Times columnist Ed Luce identified a problematic moment from Trump's State of the Union address that will concern his White House team as poll numbers decline. Appearing on "Morning Joe," Luce agreed the speech was boring but highlighted Trump's dismissive treatment of affordability as damaging. Luce criticized Trump for treating the word as if Democrats invented it and the issue wasn't serious. He suggested Trump's campaign manager Susie Wiles and others were "gnashing their teeth" watching the address, which was supposed to position Republicans as serious on affordability for the midterms. Instead, Trump told Americans prices are falling and claimed drug prices dropped 100 percent, meaning they're now zero. Luce concluded that while audiences have grown accustomed to Trump's lies, the sheer volume and absurdity have become tedious rather than persuasive.

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A Democratic mayor squared off against a MAGA pundit on Wednesday over her "racist' defense of President Donald Trump's State of the Union address.

Ras Baraka, the mayor of Newark, New Jersey, and Natalie Winters, co-host of Steve Bannon's podcast, "The War Room," got into a heated shouting match on the latest episode of "Piers Morgan Uncensored" after Winters claimed that Democrats support illegal immigration because they want to lower wages for American workers. She also claimed that immigrants are "destroying" American culture.