What to Know
- President Donald Trump once again defended Pam Bondi’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and said that it’s up to the attorney general whether to release more records related to the case.
- Bondi, when asked about Trump’s comments, said “Today, our memo speaks for itself. We’ll get back to you on anything else. I haven’t seen all of his statements today.”
- Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered the removal of 2,000 National Guard troops who were mobilized in response to protests in Los Angeles last month over immigration raids.
- Trump denied that he was considering sending long-range missiles to Ukraine, saying that he does not think his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, should attack Moscow.
- Mike Waltz, Trump’s nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations who was ousted as national security advisor over the Signal chat scandal, faced lawmakers at a Senate confirmation hearing
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