Today’s notice: The Epstein files saga enters an awkward phase. The latest on DHS funding talks. A question worth asking at today’s high-profile immigration hearing, and a preview of some election-integrity fireworks in the House. Plus: A tale from a redistricted Ohio.
Correction: A previous version of this newsletter misattributed a quote to Rep. Mike Flood. It was Rep. Maxine Waters who said, “I’ll work with the devil himself to get something on housing passed.”
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Will Epstein fallout hit the U.S. like it has elsewhere? “Look at what’s happening in Britain,” Rep. Ro Khanna told reporters at a press conference in freezing conditions outside DOJ HQ last night. “I mean, the king of England is putting out statements, and yet in our country, we have not had that reckoning.”
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The American political story is still about what’s not been released, rather than what has. Elsewhere, royals, diplomats and businessmen are facing consequences. Even some paleontologists are feeling the heat.