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Former Attorney General Pam Bondi defended the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation during a closed-door interview with lawmakers. Bondi said the department under her leadership remained committed to securing justice for Epstein’s victims, but she declined to answer questions about President Trump. Justice correspondent Ali Rogin reports.
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded on the launchpad during a test in Cape Canaveral on Thursday. The company, owned by Jeff Bezos, said no one was injured and all personnel were accounted for. But the rocket has a crucial role in NASA’s Artemis program to return American astronauts to the surface of the moon. Amna Nawaz discussed its significance with science correspondent Miles O’Brien.
Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW and Wall Street Journal opinion columnist Matthew Continetti join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including midterm primary elections showing more signs of strength for President Trump within the GOP, James Talarico’s chances against Ken Paxton in Texas and Jill Biden speaking for the first time about the former president’s health.
One year ago, a gunman approached an event for young diplomats at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., and killed two young employees of Israel’s U.S. embassy. Yaron Lischinsky was 30 years old and Sarah Milrim was 26. They were about to become engaged. Yaron’s father, Daniel Lischinsky, joined Nick Schifrin to discuss fighting antisemitism and preserving his son’s legacy.
For more than two decades, Martha Raddatz has reported from the front lines of America’s wars, bearing witness to courage under unimaginable circumstances. In her new book, the veteran ABC News journalist turns her attention to the service members, families and everyday Americans whose sacrifice often goes unnoticed. Geoff Bennett sat down with Raddatz to discuss “The Hero Next Door.”
Once a pastime viewed by some as old-fashioned, the game of mahjong is having a moment. In recent years, players of all ages have been strategizing and socializing at mahjong tables from coast to coast. Deema Zein reports on the tile game’s resurgence.
A federal judge has said that New Hampshire must make voter registration easier by allowing applicants to attest to their U.S. citizenship if they don’t have the documents to prove it.
The overall survival rate for people who got daraxonrasib was 13.2 months, nearly double the 6.7 months people survived on standard chemotherapy alone.
United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said “100% of Gaza” should belong to Palestinians.
The four climbers were part of a seven-person Latvian mountaineering expedition traversing a route known for its exposed sections where many injuries and deaths have occurred over the years when they fell Wednesday, the National Park Service has said.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baghaei says that an agreement with the US “has not been finalised yet.”
Analyst Alex Scheers remains skeptical Tehran will accept Washington’s demands, saying “nothing concrete is in place” ye
Alberta separatists are gaining momentum as Canada faces its biggest unity crisis in decades.
Canada strengthens Chinese trade ties, seeking economic diversification amid growing US–Canada trade tensions
Bondi, who was fired in April, defended the release of Epstein records in a closed-door congressional hearing.
A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s name was illegally added to the Kennedy Center and blocked the administration from closing the cultural and arts venue for major renovations.
Approval of the new House map came a month after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the state’s current map as an illegal racial gerrymander, weakening the landmark 1965 federal Voting Rights Act.
Donald Trump says he’s in the Situation Room at the White House to make a “final determination” on a deal with Iran.
Pam Bondi was on Capitol Hill for a closed-door interview in which she defended the administration’s actions before House lawmakers who are scrutinizing a process that was delayed and included personal information of potential victims.
Territorially, Russia is at a standstill in 2026, assessments of its ground war reveal.