Monday, March 9, 2026

Congress has two choices: Derail Bondi or disappoint us

Attorney General Pam Bondi and the DOJ have been openly violating federal law to shield President Trump from transparency in the Epstein files scandal ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
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Mon Mar 9 2026

 
Attorney General Pam Bondi in Washington, DC, on Dec. 15, 2025.

Attorney General Pam Bondi and the DOJ have been openly violating federal law to shield President Trump from transparency in the Epstein files scandal

U.S. attorney Geoffrey Berman announces in New York on July 8, 2019, that financier Jeffrey Epstein, 66, was arrested and charged with sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors. That Aug. 10, Epstein was found unresponsive in his jail cell by an apparent suicide.
 

Aren't you sick of hearing about the Epstein files? I am.

Trump attempted to wield the Epstein conspiracy as a tool to get himself reelected. Then he moved on.

Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Nebraska, in 2021 in Washington, DC. He resigned from the U.S. Senate on Jan. 8, 2023, and served as president of the University of Florida 2023-24. Sasse announced on Dec. 23, 2025, that he was diagnosed with terminal cancer.
 

Ben Sasse is dying. But his life of service is a lesson for all of us.

Former Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska announced last year he was dying of pancreatic cancer. But he's still showing what leadership looks like.

Protesters rally in Paris on March 1, 2026, waving Iranian flags from before the 1979 revolution and portraits of the son of the last shah of Iran and now key opposition figure, Reza Pahlavi.
 

Will Trump help rebuild Iran after war? Don't count on it.

The Iranian people and whatever remains of the central government will be left to rebuild – or possibly to sink into civil war – on their own.

USA TODAY readers share their thoughts on the Iran war in our Opinion Forum.
 

Trump doesn't want war. He bombed Iran to keep us safe.

'We can't wait for Congress. They get paid for doing nothing for the people they serve; they are a joke, to be nice about it.'

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis presents a check at the Indian River State College in Fort Pierce on April 23, 2025.
 

Florida's growth is both its problem and solution

As Florida's legislative session gets closer to a scheduled March 13 end date, Gov. Ron DeSantis better have his veto pen handy.

British singer Harry Styles performs at the 2026 BRIT Awards in Manchester, England, on Feb. 28, 2026.
 

New Styles album is pretty OK all the time, good occasionally

'Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally' is a half-hearted foray into dance music that's OK all the time, pretty good occasionally.

The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 established the National Domestic Violence Hotline.
 

We answer the call for domestic abuse survivors. We can't do it alone.

For most of our nation's history, domestic violence has been largely accepted and ignored. The National Domestic Violence Hotline helped change that.

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