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... When Marina Lacerda told the world that Jeffrey Epstein had sexually abused her when she was 14, the threats began almost immediately.

In September, she and other accusers appeared at a news conference pressing for the release of the Epstein files. "She'll be unalived," a stranger wrote under a YouTube video of a news report about Lacerda that day. "She really should've stayed quiet. RIP."

The harassment intensified when Lacerda's name appeared at least 46 times in unredacted Justice Department documents months later. Online, she was called a liar and a prostitute who deserved what happened to her. ...

Lacerda is one of 23 Epstein accusers Reuters identified who've faced threats, harassment and intimidation by trolls, haters and other foes " some after speaking publicly about their abuse, others after their identities were exposed in the Justice Department's Epstein files, and in some cases both. Drawing on interviews with the women, police and court records, and thousands of online posts, the review is the most comprehensive to date of the scope and severity of attacks on Epstein's accusers.

The harassment took many forms. Strangers photographed women's homes. Unfamiliar cars lingered outside and sped off when confronted. Some women received threats of violence, including calls from people claiming to know where they lived. Several say they no longer leave home alone. ...

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... Sorokin agreed with the 20 states that brought the suit in finding "the substance and application of the $100,000 payment reveal that it is a tax" and that Congress had not delegated that power to the executive branch.

The Trump administration said it would appeal the ruling. ...

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... The report from the Taxpayer Inspector General for Tax Administration is the first major examination of the Trump administration's controversial effort to identify and deport undocumented immigrants using taxpayer information. It comes more than a year after ICE asked the IRS to share confidential information, including Taxpayer Identification Numbers and last known addresses, on more than 1.2 million people. The effort, which is the subject of ongoing litigation in multiple federal courts, yielded address matches for about 47,000 individuals.

The IRS admitted in February it improperly shared address data in "less than five percent" of those cases, after ICE submitted insufficient or incomplete information on a taxpayer.

The inspector general's report Monday found that the systems the IRS used to match ICE data "were unable to identify and match the records accurately and consistently." ...

In the future, the game would likely be held in his super-secure ballroom.

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... Even as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged Washington to make a deal, with talks between the two nations stretching back to at least September, the U.S. has so far refused to embrace Kyiv as a partner in its drone development.

Zelensky posted a lengthy message to social platform X last Sunday calling for a "bilateral drone deal -- a big framework document" between the U.S. and Ukraine, which has made astounding strides in drone warfare since Russia attacked the country in 2022.

But even with senior Pentagon officials -- including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Army Secretary Dan Driscoll -- lauding Kyiv's drone abilities, the Trump administration is still biding its time on taking full advantage of the Ukrainian capabilities, a delay that experts say is potentially kneecapping the U.S. military. ...