(Quote) The Times interviewed more than 30 former employees of Jeffrey Epstein, victims of his abuse and others who crossed paths with Mr. Epstein and President Trump. The Times also obtained new documents that illuminate their relationship. (3/3)

(Quote) The president has tried to minimize their friendship, but documents and interviews reveal an intense and complicated relationship. Chasing women was a game of ego and dominance. Female bodies were currency...(2/3)

In a video announcement Thursday, Trump declared that, to ring in the United States’ 250th birthday, the nation will host the first-ever “Patriot Games,” an “unprecedented four-day athletic event” featuring high school athletes, one boy and one girl, from each state and territory. ... (2/2)

(Quote) ...Though I tend to think it’s usually a waste of space to devote a column to President Trump’s personality ... sometimes the point bears stressing: We are led by the most loathsome human being ever to occupy the White House. ... (2/2)

(Quote)...It’s indicative of a larger concern at play here: that this way of life itself, which is both rural and conservationist, is under threat because of continued attacks on public lands. ...(3/3)

(Quote)...Many Montanans spoke sweepingly and passionately about the way of life here that has been created and sustained by public lands, and it’s clear those lands engender a value system around conservation and environmental stewardship that is unique to these regions. ... (2/3)

(Quote) ...In the rural West, public lands employ locals, sustain hobbies and supply food, timber and grazing land for communities...(2/2)

(Quote)..."As a mother, the hardest part is seeing how scared and traumatized my children are. I hope to help prevent this from happening to other innocent families.”... (3/3)

“My family is broken and will never be the same,” Ramirez Sanan said. “I don’t know how to explain to my children why ICE treated us this way. I am still in daily pain from my injuries." ... (2/3)

(Quote) ...In New York City, a doctor working at a VA hospital, who asked that their identity not be published for fear of retaliation said she worried the agency’s increasingly tough-on-immigration stance could have an especially severe impact on veterans’ access to specialists. ...(3/3)

(Quote) “It is obvious that the VA and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are conspiring to illegally intimidate, imprison, and deport individuals who perform duties at the VA in service to our nation’s veterans,” the lawmakers wrote. ...(2/3)

(Quote) Indiana Republicans withstood immense pressure from President Donald Trump, ignoring anonymous threats on their lives as they defeated his plan to redraw the state’s congressional map and dealt him one of his most significant political setbacks since his return to the White House. (2/2)