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Robert Garcia is the committee's top Democrat.

And Democrat Robert Garcia spoke to reporters in Ohio where Wexner agreed to testify under an agreement with the committee.

Meanwhile, Bill Gates has pulled out of a speech at a high-profile AI summit in India.

The Gates Foundation did not mention the Microsoft co-founder's own ties to Epstein when it made the announcement, but it says the decision was made after careful consideration and to ensure the focus remains on the summit's key priorities.

Oil is rising after Axios reported the Trump administration is closer to a major war with Iran than most expect.

Axios says a U.S.

operation would likely be a weeks-long campaign.

We get more from Bloomberg Managing Editor Paul Wallace in Dubai.

And that's Bloomberg's Paul Wallace taking a look at oil right now.

West Texas Intermediate up 1.6 percent at $66.25 a barrel, while Brent is at $71.38.

In Arizona, it's now day 19 into the search for Today Show host Savannah Guthrie's mother.

Investigators are hunting for new leads days after a glove found near Nancy Guthrie's home failed to make a DNA match.

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said the Guthrie family has been nothing but cooperative.

And that's Pima Sheriff Chris Nanos speaking in an interview with the BBC.

The sheriff has not given a news conference in nearly two weeks, and he's come under some criticism for clearing the scene of Nancy Guthrie's home early in the investigation, only to return later.

Nanos tells the Wall Street Journal of the critics, quote, haters are going to hate.

Authorities say the bodies of eight backcountry skiers have been found and one remains missing after an avalanche near Lake Tahoe in California.

Six others were found alive.

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yool has been sentenced to life in prison for his brief imposition of martial law to suppress the opposition.

We get to that breaking earnings news now with Walmart issuing a forecast for full-year earnings that missed higher expectations, flagging the unpredictable state of trade and labor market conditions.