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MAGA defended the president, claiming he cut ties with a friend over dark secrets, but Donald Trump is ditching that defense. Turns out, one included a young Epstein victim. Plus, one group declares the man-made crisis in Gaza a famine, as one man gaslights and another demands credit. Also, conservatives insist other nations pay the tariffs. One Republican wants Americans to get rebate checks to ease the pain, but not all Americans. And New York's deadliest shooting in a quarter century sparks reaction about guns, immigrants, crime, and mental health. Plus, tsunami alert for entire U.S. West Coast after quake.
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New York Post
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