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President Trump's White House ballroom project can proceed for now.

NPR's Tamara Keith reports a U.S.

district judge denied a preservation group's effort to pause construction.

Walmart says it has agreed to settle deceptive practices claims by the federal government for $100 million.

The Federal Trade Commission and 11 states accused the retail giant of misleading delivery drivers about their pay and tips, causing them to lose tens of millions of dollars worth of earnings.

Burger King employees are about to get an earful from Patty.

That's the voice that'll talk to workers through artificial intelligence headsets Burger King's parent company is testing.

If you need to know how to make something on the Burger King menu, Patty will tell you.

Inventory low?

Patty will alert the manager.

And if you're nice or mean to a customer, Patty will definitely clock that too.

I'm Lakshmi Singh, NPR News.

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is categorically denying she personally knew anything about the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

She's fielding questions today from the House Oversight Panel investigating the federal government's handling and probes into Epstein's crimes and associations before his death in 2019.

The committee's Democratic ranking member Robert Garcia addressed reporters a short time ago.

Secretary Clinton.

Former President Bill Clinton is due to testify behind closed doors tomorrow.

Republican Chair James Comer threatened to hold the Clintons in contempt of Congress if they fail to testify.