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Paul Zimmerman/WireImage/Getty (WASHINGTON) — A senior Department of Justice official is meeting with longtime Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell on Thursday in Tallahassee, Florida, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. The meeting between Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and Maxwell is occurring in downtown Tallahassee at the U.S. attorney’s office, which is located […]

Sylvain Gaboury/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ghislaine Maxwell engaged in a “significant pattern of dishonest conduct,” enabled and participated in the abuse of multiple teenage girls, and failed to take responsibility for her crimes. That was the assessment of the federal prosecutors who brought a criminal case against the longtime associate of Jeffrey […]

(NEW YORK) — A federal judge in Florida denied one of three Justice Department requests to unseal grand jury records tied to federal investigations into Epstein, according to a public order released Wednesday. The request is one of three made by the Justice Department to judges in New York and Florida seeking to unseal records from federal […]

Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Wednesday released its promised “AI Action Plan,” a sweeping set of policy proposals aimed at boosting the United States’ goal for dominance in artificial intelligence through sweeping deregulation. The plan was developed by the Trump administration’s AI and crypto czar, David Sacks, and the […]

Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Wednesday took a step toward approving its first appropriation bill, agreeing to advance military construction and Veterans Affairs spending in a 90-8 vote. But lawmakers have a long way to go to avoid a government shutdown, with 12 appropriations bills to get through before the […]

Sylvain Gaboury/Paul Bruinooge/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer on Wednesday issued a subpoena to Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted associate of Jeffrey Epstein, for a deposition to occur at Federal Correctional Institution Tallahassee on Aug. 11. “The facts and circumstances surrounding both your and Mr. Epstein’s cases have received immense […]

(NEW YORK) — A federal judge in Florida denied a Justice Department request to unseal grand jury records tied to federal investigations into Jeffrey Epstein, according to a public order released Wednesday. The request is one of three made by the Justice Department to judges in New York and Florida seeking to unseal records from […]

J. David Ake/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As a new school year approaches, multiple school systems around the country told ABC News that a Department of Education funding freeze is causing confusion. Some school districts told ABC News education cuts are illegal and will hurt students, but others said they support the Trump administration’s decision […]

Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Breakthrough T1D (WASHINGTON) — Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski said she’s worried the Trump administration’s federal education funding freeze could mean “closing schools” in her home state. “Many of our school districts have already made really hard decisions about closing schools,” Murkowski said in the wake of three of Alaska’s school […]

Photo Credit: Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The turmoil in Congress over the Jeffrey Epstein probe isn’t going away anytime soon after House Speaker Mike Johnson announced Tuesday he is ending the legislative session early before the summer break. Johnson vented to reporters — even pounding the podium — as he expressed incredulity […]