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What are the latest developments in the Jeffrey Epstein probe?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy AG Todd Blanch meet tomorrow with the GOP-led House Oversight Committee behind closed doors in the Jeffrey Epstein probe. NPR's Claudia Grisales has more. The voluntary briefing comes nearly a month ahead of Attorney General Bondi's testimony under a congressional subpoena.
Bondi is set to formally appear before the House Oversight Committee on April 17th. A bipartisan group of members have demanded Bondi explain why the Justice Department has yet to release all the files under a new law passed last year. In a letter to Bondi, Committee Chairman James Comer said the panel is investigating the possible mismanagement of the government's Epstein probe.
Comer said they also want to talk to Bondi about questions still facing the report of Epstein's death by suicide in a New York jail cell in 2019. That and more could also come up in this closed-door briefing. Claudia de Sales, NPR News, the Capitol.
Iranian state media confirmed that Israel killed two top Iranian leaders in overnight airstrikes, dealing another blow to Iran's remaining leadership. One of the men, Ali Larajani, is thought to have been directing the current war effort since the assassination of Iran's supreme leader in the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran.
The other man assassinated by Israel today was the head of the Bush's paramilitary forces. And Fierce Carrie Khan has more from Tel Aviv. Golem Reza Soleimani, he headed the feared plainclothes police. These are the forces that headed that violent crackdown on protests earlier this year that killed thousands of Iranians. and that's according to U.S.-based human rights groups.
He has run that repressive militia for seven years. Israel says the airstrike that killed him was on a makeshift tent headquarters for the Basij, and other commanders were also killed in that attack. And Piers Cary Kahn reporting, Iran hit back again today, sending missiles and drones into Israel and other Gulf states.
Prosecutors in Arizona filed criminal charges against the popular betting site Kalshi. And Piers Bobby Allen reports, it's the latest legal fight against the booming prediction market industry. Cauchy and Polymarket, apps where you can bet on just about anything, are facing more than 20 lawsuits over their legal status as a futures contract, not gambling sites.
But now Arizona's attorney general is accusing Cauchy of operating an unlicensed gambling operation involved in criminal wagering on sports and elections. It's the latest sign of a growing rift between states and the Trump administration, which supports the prediction market industry. Donald Trump Jr., the president's son, is an advisor to both Cauchy and Polymarket.
Cauchy says the charges are seriously flawed and meritless. Cauchy says its billions of dollars in weekly bets fall under exclusive federal jurisdiction. Bobby Allen, NPR News. Wall Street higher by the closing bell. The Dow up 46, Nasdaq up 105. You're listening to NPR News. In Chicago, voters went to the polls today in the Illinois primary election to choose nominees for an open U.S.
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