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Pages that show New York grand jury subpoenas being issued into the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell investigation, then pages of redactions that follow, in this document released by the U.S. Justice Department, are photographed, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Takeaways from the US Justice Department's initial release of Epstein files, mandated by Congress

7:38 PM on Friday, December 19

The Department of Justice has published thousands of its files related to Jeffrey Epstein

FILE - The Union Pacific International Railroad Bridge is seen behind concertina wire, Sept. 22, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Trump administration wants to ensure Mexican crews operating trains in the US can speak English

6:49 PM on Friday, December 19

The Trump administration has urged two railroads urging them to make sure Mexican crews can speak English proficiently

Phillip Ensler joins race for Alabama lieutenant governor

6:43 PM on Friday, December 19

Alabama state Rep. Phillip Ensler has announced he is running for lieutenant governor

FILE - Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro stands at the entrance of his home where he is under house arrest in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Nova, File)

A Brazilian judge allows ex-President Bolsonaro to leave prison for a hernia surgery

6:15 PM on Friday, December 19

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro, who has been serving a 27-year prison sentence for an attempted coup since November, will be allowed to leave prison for a hernia surgery

This undated, redacted photo released by the U.S. Department of Justice shows former President Bill Clinton with an unknown person. (U.S. Department of Justice via AP)

Photos of Bill Clinton included in newly released Epstein files

6:06 PM on Friday, December 19

Newly released files from the Justice Department investigation into Jeffrey Epstein include several photos of former President Bill Clinton

This redacted photo released by the U.S. Department of Justice shows a framed photograph of Jeffrey Epstein with a person on his lap, documented on Aug. 12, 2019, during a search of his home on Little St. James island in the U.S. Virgin Islands. (U.S. Department of Justice via AP)

A timeline of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation and the fight to make the government’s files public

5:28 PM on Friday, December 19

Two decades after Jeffrey Epstein was first reported to police, the Justice Department has started to publicly release investigative files on the late sex offender and his longtime confidant Ghislaine Maxwell

Work continues on the construction of the ballroom at the White House where the East Wing once stood, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Head of group suing over White House ballroom says she trusts Trump-picked chairman to do his job

5:19 PM on Friday, December 19

The president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation says she trusts the Trump-appointed chairman of a federal planning commission to do his job and seriously review President Donald Trump's proposal to build a ballroom at the White House

FILE - Mississippi Supreme Court justices, right, listen to arguments in Jackson, Miss., July 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Judge orders special elections for Mississippi Supreme Court after Voting Rights Act violation

4:38 PM on Friday, December 19

A judge on Friday ordered special elections for the Mississippi Supreme Court after earlier finding that the electoral map used to select justices violated the Voting Rights Act

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson speaks during a news conference addressing fraud in Minnesota at the United States Courthouse in Minneapolis on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. (Carlos Gonzalez/Star Tribune via AP)

Key questions about Minnesota's fraud schemes and the billions in losses

4:37 PM on Friday, December 19

Authorities have uncovered massive fraud in Minnesota, with billions of taxpayer dollars potentially lost

President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth salute as carry teams move the transfer cases with the remains of Iowa National Guard soldiers Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of Marshalltown, Iowa, and Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, Iowa, and civilian interpreter Ayad Mansoor Sakat, who were killed in an attack in Syria, during a casualty return, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

US military launches strikes in Syria targeting Islamic State fighters after American deaths

4:31 PM on Friday, December 19

The Trump administration has launched military strikes in Syria to “eliminate” Islamic State group fighters and weapons sites in retaliation for an ambush attack that killed two U.S. troops and an American interpreter almost a week ago

FILE - Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-NY., speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Feb. 22, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Rep. Elise Stefanik ends her campaign for New York governor and won't seek reelection to House

3:27 PM on Friday, December 19

Rep. Elise Stefanik says she is suspending her campaign for New York governor and will not seek reelection to Congress

FILE - A train pulls into the Clark Street and Lake Street Blue Line stop, Nov. 18, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File)

Chicago boosts transit police presence after renewed federal funding cut threat over crime

3:00 PM on Friday, December 19

The Chicago Transit Authority has boosted police presence on the public transport system after President Donald Trump's administration renewed funding-cut threats over security

FILE - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, right, listens as his wife, Texas State Sen. Angela Paxton, speaks to anti-abortion activists at a rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Nov. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Texas judge orders Attorney General Ken Paxton's divorce records unsealed amid heated Senate primary

11:53 AM on Friday, December 19

Court documents detailing the divorce of Republican U.S. Senate candidate and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife have been made public following a judge's order

Syria's interim president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, greets people as he attends celebrations marking the first anniversary of the ousting of former President Bashar Assad in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki) I

Syria welcomes the permanent repeal of sweeping US sanctions

9:47 AM on Friday, December 19

Syria’s government and its allies have welcomed the lifting of sanctions imposed by the U.S. Congress in 2019 to punish then-President Bashar Assad for human rights abuses

New signage, The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts, is unveiled on the Kennedy Center, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

The Kennedy Center has added Trump's name to the memorial Congress created for John F. Kennedy

9:42 AM on Friday, December 19

The Kennedy Center has added President Donald Trump's name to the memorial that Congress created for John F. Kennedy

President Donald Trump speaks during an executive order signing regarding marijuana in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

States face a choice on whether to embrace Trump's tax cuts on tips, overtime and more

9:09 AM on Friday, December 19

Lawmakers across the U.S. will be debating whether to adopt new federal tax breaks for tips, overtime and business expenses

FILE - Gary Rush, College Park, MD, holds a sign before a news conference on the Epstein files in front of the Capitol, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

The Latest: Justice Department releases some case files on Jeffrey Epstein

7:04 AM on Friday, December 19

The Department of Justice has released some of its records related to its investigations of Jeffrey Epstein

Camdyn Glover, who says she's found a political and cultural home for herself in Turning Point USA, attends the organization's annual conference in Phoenix on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Sejal Govindarao)

Young conservative women find a home in Turning Point with Charlie Kirk's widow at the helm

11:44 PM on Thursday, December 18

Young women who have grown emboldened in their conservative beliefs are attending the annual conference held by Turning Point USA

This undated photo released by the U.S. Department of Justice shows Jeffrey Epstein. (U.S. Department of Justice via AP)

Justice Department releases limited set of files tied to Epstein sex trafficking investigation

11:21 PM on Thursday, December 18

The Justice Department has released thousands of files about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, but the incomplete document dump Friday did not break significant ground about the long-running criminal investigations of the financier or his ties to wealthy and powerful individuals

Law enforcement officers search the area for the Brown University shooting suspect, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, in Salem, N.H. (AP Photo/Reba Saldanha)

Trump suspends green card lottery program that let Brown University, MIT shootings suspect into US

11:15 PM on Thursday, December 18

President Donald Trump has suspended the green card lottery program that allowed the suspect in the Brown University and MIT shootings to come to the United States

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