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The U.S. Justice Department has published a final cache of Jeffrey Epstein–related records, releasing millions of pages and thousands of media files under a new law that mandates disclosure of material tied to the late convicted sex offender. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the production marks the end of the administration’s planned releases under the statute passed in November. The trove includes more than three million pages, 2,000 videos and 180,000 images, according to Blanche, who added the files contain…

Israel urges Supreme Court to keep Gaza media ban, citing security risks Israeli authorities have asked the country’s Supreme Court to keep a ban on independent international media access to Gaza in place, arguing that unescorted reporting would pose unacceptable security risks, according to a government submission filed by the public prosecutor and obtained by AFP. The prohibition has stood since the war in Gaza erupted in October 2023. In that time, Israel has permitted only a limited number of foreign reporters to enter…

Justice Department marshals 400 lawyers as 5.2 million Epstein pages remain, pushing release past congressional deadline The Justice Department said it still must review 5.2 million pages tied to Jeffrey Epstein and is mobilizing 400 lawyers to help, signaling the final release of files will slip well past a Dec. 19 deadline mandated by Congress, according to a government document reviewed by Reuters. The sweep of the task underscores the scale of the Epstein records and the political pressure surrounding them. The document…

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice said Wednesday it has uncovered more than a million additional documents potentially related to the Jeffrey Epstein case, delaying a congressionally mandated release of records under the Epstein Files Transparency Act as officials review the material for legally required redactions. In a social media post, the department said the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and the FBI informed Justice officials of the trove, prompting DOJ lawyers to “work around the clock”…

DOJ finds more than a million additional Epstein documents, pushing full release back by weeks The U.S. Justice Department has identified more than a million additional documents potentially tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, delaying a full release of records for weeks as officials carry out legally required redactions to protect victims, the department said. The disclosure, made in a statement and echoed in a Justice Department social media post on Tuesday, further complicates a congressionally mandated…

KYIV — Ukraine and its European partners will soon present the United States with “refined documents” for a potential peace plan to end Russia’s war, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, as diplomatic pressure builds for a deal and leaders claim the talks are inching closer to a breakthrough. Zelensky said new components of a proposal hammered out with British, French and German leaders in London are ready for U.S. review. Kyiv is also seeking robust, long-term security guarantees to deter any future Russian attack as part of…

France has just handed over to the Burkinabe authorities on Saturday, April 17, a final batch of declassified archival documents as part of the investigation into the case of the murder of Thomas Sankara. This third set of documents concerns the archives of the French Ministry of the Interior, in particular the police liaison present in Burkina Faso at the time of the events, and the Directorate -…