Author name: Heather Cox Richardson

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First thing this morning, Attorney General Pam Bondi posted on X a statement from Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche saying that under Bondi’s direction, he had talked to the lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of grooming victims for convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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After a long, productive day, I thought I’d just hop out on the water for an hour or so before I started writing tonight’s letter.

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On Friday, G.

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On July 20, 1969, U.S.

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[There is a lot about sexual assault in tonight’s letter.]

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Five years ago tonight, Georgia Representative John Lewis passed away from pancreatic cancer at the age of 80.

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After years of covering Donald J.

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Without any explanation, the right-wing majority on the Supreme Court yesterday granted a stay on a lower court’s order that the Trump administration could not gut the Department of Education while the issue is in the courts.

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