Marco Rubio keeps having his moments. The Secretary of State has been a key figure in a second Trump administration heavily focused on foreign policy. That has placed Rubio as a standard-bearer of President Trump’s legacy in what will be his boss’s final term as commander in chief. That was on display most recently with Rubio’s appearance at the Munich Security Conference last weekend and his subsequent multi-country trip in Europe. Read More: https://thehill.com/newsletters/morning-report/5743017-rubio-trump-legacy-foreign-policy/
Les Wexner’s long-time friendship with Jeffrey Epstein was the subject of a closed-door congressional deposition in Ohio on Wednesday, where the billionaire retail magnate faced questions about new revelations contained in the latest release of Justice Department documents related to the late sexual predator. In the deposition, Wexner denied any wrongdoing as members of the House Oversight Committee remained unsatisfied with his responses.
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Federal agents are usually immune from lawsuits in ways local and state officials aren't, but the Trump administration's immigration policies are prompting states to test the gap with novel strategies to hold them accountable. Why it matters: The Trump administration has suggested federal agents possess "absolute immunity " from state-led prosecutions, something which sparked outrage following the deaths of two Minneapolis residents. - "For most of American history, there were already paths to suing federal officials," Harrison Stark, of the State Democracy Research Initiative at the University of Wisconsin Law School, tells Axios. - A 1971 Supreme Court decision sharply limited individuals' ability to sue federal agents, and since…
