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However, the judge said that the government offered no evidence Haitians under the designation posed a threat to the U.S.,

and that the decision was, quote, motivated, at least in part, by racial animus.

The administration has sought to end protected status designations for a range of countries, including Honduras, Somalia, and Venezuela, with a number of those efforts tied up in the courts.

And former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have offered to give depositions to a House committee investigating sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The two had been facing a contempt vote after earlier declining to appear for depositions.

The Clintons have said they had no personal knowledge of Epstein's criminal activities, though Bill Clinton has acknowledged flying on Epstein's private jet.

Lawyers for the two have argued the subpoenas against them are designed to embarrass the Clintons, while Democrats say the chair of the House committee and Republicans are failing to investigate President Trump's connections with Epstein.

Meanwhile, the fallout from the latest release of Epstein documents, which included photos of former Prince Andrew kneeling over an unidentified woman, is now reaching across the Atlantic, as journal correspondent Max Colchester explains.

Mandelson, who quit the ruling Labour Party this week, says he has no recollection or record of having received money from Epstein, as newly released emails appeared to show, and he didn't immediately respond to an email requesting further comment.

Andrew, who didn't reply to an email requesting comment, has denied allegations he abused an American teen introduced to him by Epstein.

Coming up, we'll weigh the long-term impact of America's aggressive foreign policy strategy as U.S.

allies search for alternative trading partners.

That chat with the journal's David Luno after the break.

Can the world separate its views of President Trump from its treatment of Americans and American brands?

It's one of several questions that Journal-UK Bureau Chief David Luno has set out to answer, as the White House's America First strategy risks becoming an America-alone approach to foreign relations.

David, you write that America's allies are becoming increasingly disenchanted with the U.S.

This is based not only on interviews that you conducted, but also on public opinion polling.

Could you just walk us through what you're seeing in those surveys?

Are we seeing a potential business impact here, too?

David Luno is The Wall Street Journal's UK bureau chief.