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Bondi clashes with Democrats as she struggles to turn the page on Epstein files furor 02/11/2026 08:54pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Pam Bondi launched into a passionate defense of Donald Trump on Wednesday as she tried to turn the page from relentless criticism of the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, repeatedly shouting at Democrats during a combative hearing in w Democratic senators decry indictment attempt, warning it 'could break this institution' 02/11/2026 08:48pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats took to the Senate floor Wednesday to deliver impassioned speeches denouncing the Justice Department’s attempt to indict a group of lawmakers who last year urged U.S. military members to resist “illegal orders,” framing the episode as a dire test for their chamber Gun accessory company to pay $1.75 million to Buffalo supermarket shooting victims 02/11/2026 07:43pm • BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The maker of a gun accessory tied to a racist shooting that killed 10 Black people at a supermarket in Buffalo will pay $1.75 million to survivors and victims' families and stop selling the device in New York, state Attorney General Letitia James said Wednesday. The agreement The Latest: Bondi deflected questions on Epstein files across 5-hour hearing 02/11/2026 06:40pm • Attorney General Pam Bondi took heated questions from lawmakers in a combative congressional hearing over the Justice Department’s handling of files related to Jeffrey Epstein that have exposed sensitive private information about victims despite redaction efforts. Bondi tried to turn the page from Teen charged in Wootton High School shooting to remain in jail after bond hearing 02/11/2026 06:00pm • The 16-year-old boy accused of shooting a fellow student inside Rockville, Maryland's Wootton High School on Monday texted a friend and asked him to bring a backpack to the school that prosecutors believe was carrying the gun, prosecutors said during a bond hearing Wednesday. The teenager, who's Alex Murdaugh continues to insist he didn't kill wife and son as he gets another day in court 02/11/2026 05:47pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Alex Murdaugh has admitted he is a thief, a liar, an insurance cheat, a drug addict and a bad lawyer. But even from behind bars he continues to adamantly deny he is a killer. Murdaugh's attorneys argued Wednesday before the South Carolina Supreme Court, asking the justices to Valeria Chomsky admits 'serious errors in judgment' over Jeffrey Epstein ties 02/11/2026 03:35pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The wife of Noam Chomsky is acknowledging “serious errors in judgment” in the wake of new revelations about the couple's ties to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Valeria Chomsky also says she and her husband never witnessed any inappropriate behavior. “Noam and I reco What to know about the investigation into a teen's death on a cruise ship 02/11/2026 03:09pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A 16-year-old boy who is under investigation in the death of his 18-year-old stepsister on a Carnival Cruise ship appeared in federal court in South Florida late last week, but the reasons have been obscured because of his age. Unlike adults, juvenile cases are closed to the p LA28 board backs Casey Wasserman after Epstein files stir scrutiny 02/11/2026 02:49pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Casey Wasserman’s job as chairman of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics organizing committee is safe after the LA28 board’s executive committee met Wednesday to discuss his appearance in recently released government files on Jeffrey Epstein. Wasserman has not been accused of any Privacy activists call on California to remove covert license plate readers 02/11/2026 12:18am • More than two dozen privacy and advocacy organizations are calling on California Gov. Gavin Newsom to remove a network of covert license plate readers deployed across Southern California that the groups believe feed data into a controversial U.S. Border Patrol predictive domestic intelligence progra Chappell Roan leaves talent agency led by Casey Wasserman, who appears in Epstein files 02/10/2026 08:35pm • Grammy-winning singer Chappell Roan has left the talent agency led by entertainment industry executive and 2028 Los Angeles Olympics chair Casey Wasserman, who appears in recently released government files on Jeffrey Epstein. Wasserman has not been accused of any wrongdoing in connection with Epstei FBI search of Georgia election offices relied on years-old claims of fraud, affidavit shows 02/10/2026 08:16pm • ATLANTA (AP) — The FBI relied on years-old claims about the 2020 presidential election, many of which had been thoroughly investigated and found to have no connection to widespread fraud, to obtain a search warrant for seizing ballots from election offices in Fulton County, Georgia, according to a U.S. citizens and legal residents sue over aggressive immigration raid at Idaho horse racing track 02/10/2026 08:06pm • BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Three Idaho families who are U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents are suing after they and hundreds of others were detained for hours during an aggressive immigration raid at a rural horse racing track last year. The families say state and federal law enforcement agenci Close Maduro ally pardoned by Biden once again a target of US criminal investigation 02/10/2026 06:33pm • MIAMI (AP) — Less than three years after President Joe Biden pardoned a close ally of Nicolás Maduro, the Justice Department is once again targeting the businessman, The Associated Press has learned, an investigation that could bolster the U.S. prosecution of the deposed Venezuelan leader. Federa Shooting at Wootton High School sparks discussion of students' safety 02/10/2026 06:31pm • Hours after a shooting at Wootton High School in Rockville, Maryland, left one student wounded and a second facing charges of attempted second-degree murder Monday, Montgomery County Superintendent Thomas Taylor said the school system is rolling out a pilot program that will introduce a weapons dete