New Fallout From the Epstein Files

Plus, how kids are getting around phone-free classroom rules. 

Here’s what we’re covering:

6 Takeaways From Trump’s State of the Union, by Tyler Pager and Luke Broadwater

U.K. Police Release Ex-Ambassador to U.S. After Arrest Amid Epstein Accusations, by Lizzie Dearden and Stephen Castle

These Ukrainians Don’t Want to Be Traded to Russia for Peace, by Andrew E. Kramer

Savannah Guthrie Offers $1 Million for Tip Leading to Mother’s Return, by Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

A Blow to the Phone-Free Classroom, by Madison Malone Kircher and Callie Holtermann

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