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The Department of Homeland Security insisted that a blind refugee from Burma who was found dead after being abandoned by agents had no disabilities.

According to Investigate Post, agents dropped off Nurul Amin Shah Alam at a doughnut shop last week, 5 miles away from his home. Buffalo police later found the man dead in the snow.

One of the stars of the U.S. Olympic men's hockey team clapped back at the Trump White House on Thursday after it released a "clearly fake" video with his likeness.

Brady Tkachuk, captain of the Ottawa Senators, told ESPN on Thursday that he "didn't appreciate" the White House sharing an AI-generated video of him from the 4 Nations Face Off last year, where the U.S. and Canadian men's teams fought three times within the first nine seconds of the game. In the doctored video from Thursday, Tkachuk was made to say, "They booed our national anthem, so I had to come out and teach those maple syrup eating f---- a lesson" while "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd played in the background, ESPN reported.

Former Republican strategist Rick Wilson gave President Donald Trump and his supporters a blunt reality check on MS NOW Thursday: Waging a fight about voter ID is not going to save you in the midterms.

The president has made passing an extremely restrictive election bill, the SAVE America Act, a top priority, partly because he believes — based on dubious logic — that it would boost his party in relative turnout, and partly because polls show it's an issue the public broadly agrees with the GOP on. But that isn't a magic bullet to solving the Republican Party's growing problem with voters ahead of the midterm elections, said Wilson — and Democrats shouldn't be so quick to compromise on it.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani secured the release of a Columbia University student taken by the Department of Homeland Security after a phone call with President Donald Trump.

On Thursday morning, Claire Shipman, acting president of the university, said agents had misled staff about a missing person to gain access to the student, who was later identified as Ellie Aghayeva.

President Donald Trump's supporters handed him a 17-page draft proposal on how to declare a national emergency to seize control of state election administration, according to reports on Thursday.

Under the order, Trump would claim that China interfered in the 2020 presidential election, which would be used as justification for Trump to dictate how states run their elections in the midterm — presumably imposing by executive fiat some of the provisions in the GOP-backed SAVE America Act, which places several new restrictions and identification requirements on voting.

MSNBC's Jonathan Lemire reported Wednesday that the White House is frustrated with Attorney General Pam Bondi's handling of missing interviews with a woman who accused both Jeffrey Epstein and President Trump of sexual assault. Lemire noted an oddity in Trump's schedule following his State of the Union address, observing that Trump has not appeared in public since the speech. He reported that Trump has "soured" on Bondi's approach, and her attempts at damage control have only worsened the situation. The timing of the Epstein revelations overshadowed Trump's State of the Union address, frustrating the White House. Lemire noted Trump has been urging the matter to disappear since last summer, repeatedly telling allies to stop discussing it.

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Multiple interviews with a woman who accused President Trump of sexually assaulting her as a child are missing from the Epstein files despite being listed on evidence logs provided to Ghislaine Maxwell's attorneys, drawing scrutiny to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. "Morning Joe" hosts criticized the DOJ's handling of the documents. Co-host Willie Geist highlighted Republican focus on Hillary Clinton's tangential Epstein connections—her name appears hundreds of times because Epstein clipped news articles—while missing interviews about Trump's accuser remain unreleased. Joe Scarborough called the situation "a farce" and "a cover-up," noting the DOJ was caught by NPR, The New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal. Jonathan Lemire pointed out the irony of DOJ impartiality claims while a giant Trump banner hangs at DOJ headquarters. Scarborough argued that full document release nine months ago would have ended the story.

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Dan Bongino, President Donald Trump's former deputy director of the FBI, admitted there was a "good chance" that Republicans would lose both the House and the Senate in the midterm elections.

The former government official made the prediction during his Thursday podcast.

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), with an assist from controversial podcaster Benny Johnson, set off a social media firestorm on Thursday after they combined to post two pictures from Hillary Clinton’s behind-closed-doors deposition that temporarily derailed the proceedings.

According to CNN, Clinton briefly ended the questioning after the photos were spotted on X because it violated a privacy agreement with House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-KY), who refused to allow the hearing to be televised.

Olympic hockey gold medalist Jeremy Swayman expressed regret Wednesday over laughing at President Trump's joke during a phone call with the men's team following their victory over Canada. During the call, Trump joked about inviting the women's hockey champions to the White House, saying he would "probably be impeached" if he didn't. Video of the call captured the men's team laughing at the remark. When asked about the negative reaction, Swayman acknowledged the team should have responded differently. He emphasized their excitement and respect for the women's team, stating that sharing the gold medal with them is something they're "forever grateful for." Swayman highlighted the importance of celebrating their collective achievement and the support they've received from the country together.

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