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Former President Bill Clinton is set to testify before a congressional committee in New York today as part of the investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
His appearance follows closed-door testimony on Thursday from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Democratic Congressman James Walkinshaw is on the committee.
He says today's deposition will have more to offer.
Neither of the Clintons has been charged with wrongdoing.
However, the former president's name appears multiple times in Justice Department files tied to the case.
The AI company Anthropic says it won't agree to demands from the Defense Department to loosen its safety standards to help the U.S.
NPR's John Rewich reports the Pentagon wants to use the company's AI models without limits.
The Trump administration is ordering the departure of all non-emergency U.S.
staff and their family from Israel, citing safety risks.
It comes as President Trump continues to move fighter jets and warships to the Middle East to pressure Iran in nuclear talks.
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The financial company Block says it's cutting about 40 percent of its workforce.
Roughly 4,000 employees will be laid off as the company shifts more of its business toward artificial intelligence.
The announcement comes as the company reports higher quarterly earnings than a year ago.
The body of the late civil rights leader, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, is lying in repose at Rainbow Push Coalition headquarters in Chicago.
Summer VanVenton with Member Station WBEZ reports Jackson died this month at the age of 84.