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Maxwell Never Witnessed Trump in ‘Inappropriate Setting,’ Transcript Says

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Glenn Thrush
The transcripts and audio, covering two days of discussions between Ms. Maxwell and Todd Blanche, the No. 2 post at the Justice Department, are likely to raise as many questions as they answer.

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Audrey Strauss, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, pointing to a photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell during a news conference in New York in 2020.

DeSantis Says He Is Undeterred by Order Shutting Down Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

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Patricia Mazzei
A federal judge had ordered that much of the Florida immigration detention center be dismantled, a ruling Gov. Ron DeSantis called “preordained.”

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“This is not going to deter us,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said of the judge’s ruling on the immigration detention center. “We’re going to continue working on the deportations, advancing that mission.”

Covid Vaccine Opponent Tapped to Lead Federal Review Team

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Christina Jewett
Panel members have been given a broad mandate, despite pleas from C.D.C. employees asking Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to stop spreading misinformation.

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Retsef Levi, a management expert from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, speaking during a meeting of the Advisory Committee in Immunization Practices at the C.D.C. in Atlanta in June.

​North Korea Honors Its Soldiers Who Fought in Ukraine

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Choe Sang-Hun
The North’s leader, Kim Jong-un, publicly consoled bereaved families, as well as awarding medals to soldiers returning from the force he has sent to aid Russia.

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A photo released by North Korean state media on Friday showed Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea, at a ceremony for soldiers who had fought in the war in Ukraine.

Chris Wallace, a CBS News Scion, Is Advising Its New Owner

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Michael M. Grynbaum and Benjamin Mullin
The longtime news anchor recently began working for a financial firm connected to CBS’s new parent company and has spoken with the network’s owner, David Ellison, several times.

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Chris Wallace became a senior adviser this summer for news and media investments at RedBird Capital Partners. The firm is a major investor in Skydance, the company that recently bought CBS’s parent, Paramount.

Jerome Powell Suggests Fed Will Soon Cut Interest Rates in Jackson Hole Speech

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Colby Smith
Jerome H. Powell said the “balance of risks” across the economy had started to shift, raising the odds the central bank lowers borrowing costs at its next meeting in September.

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The speech delivered by Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, during an annual economic conference in Jackson, Wyo., is his most closely watched of the year.
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