Hillary Clinton to testify in House Oversight Committee’s Epstein investigation – US politics live

26 février 2026 à 12:29

Deposition will be filmed but take place behind closed doors, with former president Bill Clinton scheduled to answer questions tomorrow

At least 10 FBI employees connected to an investigation of Donald Trump have reportedly been dismissed following revelations that the agency subpoenaed personal records of current FBI director Kash Patel and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles in the years before Trump returned to office.

The ousters, reported by CBS News and CNN, were linked to the federal investigation led by former justice department special counsel Jack Smith into Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents that were found at his Florida Mar-a-Lago resort after his first term.

The Guardian
Ilhan Omar says her guest for Trump’s speech charged with unlawful conduct for standing silently – live 25 février 2026 à 21:10

Ilhan Omar says her guest for Trump’s speech charged with unlawful conduct for standing silently – live

The Guardian

Par : Lucy Campbell (now) · Rachel Leingang, Tom Ambrose and Taz Ali (earlier)

25 février 2026 à 21:10

Democratic representative says Aliya Rahman was ‘forcibly removed’ because she stood for a ‘short period of time, part of which other guests were also standing’ during Trump’s State of the Union speech

A newly revealed diplomatic cable calls on US diplomats to work against attempts by foreign nations to regulate how US tech companies handle their citizens’ data, as “data sovereignty initiatives” gather steam in Europe over security concerns.

More from Reuters:

President Donald Trump’s administration has ordered U.S. diplomats to lobby against attempts to regulate U.S. tech companies’ handling of foreigners’ data, saying in an internal diplomatic cable seen by Reuters that such efforts could interfere with artificial intelligence-related services.

Experts say the move signals the Trump administration is reverting to a more confrontational approach as some foreign countries seek limits around how Silicon Valley firms process and store their citizens’ personal information - initiatives often described as “data sovereignty” or “data localization.“