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Del. Stacey Plaskett speaks during a mark up meeting with the House Budget Committee on Capitol Hill on May 16

Del. Stacey Plaskett received texts from Epstein during 2019 congressional hearing

By Annie Grayer, Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Stacey Plaskett, a Democrat who represents the US Virgin Islands in Congress as a non-voting delegate, received texts from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a 2019 congressional hearing, the delegate’s office confirmed to CNN. “During the hearing, Congresswoman Plaskett received texts from staff, constituents and the

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A drone view captures the Federal Prison Camp

Prison employees have been terminated after Ghislaine Maxwell’s email messages were shared, her lawyer says

By MJ Lee, Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Employees of a minimum-security prison camp in Bryan, Texas, where convicted child-sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell is serving time have been terminated, one of Maxwell’s lawyers said Friday, after a whistleblower this week released to Rep. Jamie Raskin alleged correspondence between Maxwell and her lawyer. Leah Saffian, a

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Portrait of American financier Jeffrey Epstein (left) and real estate developer Donald Trump as they pose together at the Mar-a-Lago estate

‘I am the one able to take him down’: New Epstein emails detail his soured view of former close friend Donald Trump

By Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — For years, President Donald Trump has sought to downplay his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, the financier and convicted sex offender who for years moved in the same social circles as Trump in Palm Beach and Manhattan. Trump has alternately called Epstein a “terrific guy” — in 2002 — and

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Katseye members Yoonchae

Katseye is the blueprint for a modern girl group. Humberto Leon is the mastermind behind their image

By Kati Chitrakorn, CNN (CNN) — Two years ago, six young women — Sophia, Lara, Manon, Daniela, Megan and Yoonchae — went from relative obscurity to internet fame when the Netflix reality show, “Pop Star Academy,” turned them into the now-Grammy-nominated girl group Katseye. As their names were called out in the finale, the newly

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US President Donald Trump during a swearing-in ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington

Trump says he’s asking Justice Department to investigate Epstein’s ties to slew of high-profile figures

By Adam Cancryn, Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Friday he will ask Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to many other high-profile figures, in an extraordinary step that comes just days after Democrats released emails from the late Epstein that mention him. Trump announced the directive in a

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Members of the 576th Flight Test Squadron monitor an operational test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III missile at Vandenberg Air Force Base

Exclusive: Department of Energy officials to meet with White House to tamp down Trump’s idea of explosive nuclear testing

By Ella Nilsen, René Marsh, Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — Top energy and nuclear officials in the Trump administration are planning to meet with the White House and National Security Council in the coming days to dissuade President Donald Trump from resuming testing of the nation’s nuclear weapons, sources told CNN. Energy Secretary Chris Wright,

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The Frances Perkins Department of Labor building on August 4

The government is back open. Here’s what that means for economic data

By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The US government has reopened following its longest-ever shutdown, setting the stage for the eventual release of the gold-standard federal data that is crucial in analyzing the health and trajectory of the nation’s economy. Data nerds (and government officials, and Federal Reserve policymakers, and business owners, and, well, everyone

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President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House on July 13

Fani Willis’ Georgia election interference case against Trump will carry on for now with new prosecutor

By Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — The sprawling 2023 racketeering indictment case against President Donald Trump and several allies for their efforts to overturn his 2020 electoral defeat in Georgia will continue and is now in the hands of a new prosecutor. The case was assigned in September to Peter Skandalakis, director of the Prosecuting Attorney’s

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Officers investigate after a shooting at Laney College in Oakland

John Beam, beloved former football coach featured in Netflix’s ‘Last Chance U’, dies after shooting on California campus

By Laura Sharman, Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — Coach John Beam, the beloved California Bay Area football coach who was featured in the Netflix series “Last Chance U,” has died after being shot this week on the campus of Laney College in Oakland, the city’s police chief Floyd Mitchell said at a news conference Friday.

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Paul Ingrassia arrives before Trump speaks during a summer soiree on the South Lawn of the White House

Ingrassia serving in new role in Trump administration after withdrawing nomination for whistleblower office

By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Paul Ingrassia, who withdrew his controversial nomination to lead the Office of Special Counsel last month, is now serving as deputy general counsel at the General Services Administration, according to a White House official. Ingrassia’s chances of getting through the Senate confirmation process imploded after Politico published a slew

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The Mexican-registered Raytheon Hawker 800XP plane crashed in Bath Township

Business jet that crashed in Michigan was flown after pilots chose not to wait for a test pilot, NTSB says

By Pete Muntean, Aaron Cooper, CNN Washington (CNN) — The pilots in a deadly business jet crash in Michigan were performing a test flight themselves, following repairs, instead of waiting for a test pilot, when the aircraft plunged into woods near Lansing, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report Thursday. The Mexican-registered

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Rep. Eric Swalwell speaks at a news conference at the US. Capitol Building on September 08

Bill Pulte refers Rep. Eric Swalwell to the Justice Department over mortgage fraud allegations

By Samantha Delouya, Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — A Trump administration official referred California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell to the Justice Department over mortgage fraud allegations, a source familiar told CNN. The accusation was made by Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte, who has made similar allegations against high-ranking democratic officials including

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Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman at the Capitol in Washington on Monday.

Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman hospitalized after fall but ‘doing well,’ spokesperson says

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman is receiving care at a Pittsburgh hospital after suffering a fall near his home, according to his office. “Upon evaluation, it was established he had a ventricular fibrillation flare-up that led to Senator Fetterman feeling light-headed, falling to the ground and hitting his face

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