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Epstein Report: Feds Could Have Prevented Crimes

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House Republicans later voted 211-204 to send the Massie impeachment articles to committee, blocking a floor vote; Hegseth was not impeached.

CBS News projected that incumbent Republican Maria Elvira Salazar won Florida's 27th Congressional District after a recount.

House Republicans voted 211-204 to send the impeachment articles to committee, blocking a floor vote.

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A Republican-led congressional report found that U.S. federal authorities could have prevented Jeffrey Epstein's crimes.

Surveillance footage captured an e-bike battery exploding into a fireball inside an Oregon home.

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House Republicans later voted 211-204 to send the Massie impeachment articles to committee, blocking a floor vote; Hegseth was not impeached.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth could soon be impeached by the House of Representatives on charges of abusing his power. Reuters Washington Correspondent Andy Sullivan explains the impeachment process https://t.co/O5DJWiXAKb https://t.co/0EbJUOwGhU

Original post · @Reuters

[apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/hegseth-impeachment-briefing-trump-massie-87a78193502f716e6fb8eee5aef06ac0) NAMES: Pete Hegseth = U.S. Secretary of Defe

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CBS News projected that incumbent Republican Maria Elvira Salazar won Florida's 27th Congressional District after a recount.

BREAKING: CBS News projects that Incumbent Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar has won the race for Florida's 27th Congressional District after a recount. Read more about the closely watched race at the link in our bio. https://t.co/yWjJ10gXS8

Original post · CBS Miami (@CBSMiami)

[cbsnews.com](https://www.cbsnews.com) NAMES: Maria Elvira Salazar = Republican U.S. representative for Florida's 27th District.

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House Republicans voted 211-204 to send the impeachment articles to committee, blocking a floor vote.

BREAKING: House Republicans blocked Rep. Thomas Massie's effort to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, per CBS News and AP. 17 outlets are covering it, 50% center, 31% left and 19% right. #Hegseth https://t.co/h5kARXpaK1

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[bbc.com](https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cq1j3jngn81dt) NAMES: Thomas Massie = outgoing Republican U.S. representative from Kentucky; Pete Hegseth = U.S. Secreta

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A Republican-led congressional report found that U.S. federal authorities could have prevented Jeffrey Epstein's crimes.

US federal authorities could have prevented Epstein crimes, report finds - The report by a Republican-led congressional committee follows a 15-month investigation into the handling of the late disgraced financier's case.

Original post · the BBC

[bbc.co.uk](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq5ynyn8zyr8o?atmedium=RSS&atcampaign=rss) NAMES: Jeffrey Epstein = disgraced financier and sex offender.

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BThe BBC is reporting that a Republican-led congressional investigation found federal authorities could have prevented Jeffrey Epstein's crimes.
BFifteen months of digging, and that's the headline: it didn't have to happen.
BThat's not just an accountability report. That's an indictment of every agency that looked the other way.
BIt's a congressional report. It's political by nature. The question is whether the facts hold.
BThe facts have held for years. Victims spoke up. Nobody stopped him.
BThat's true. But a report can be right about the failures and still be written to protect certain people.
BWho's protected by saying the feds failed? That points at the feds, not away from them.
BIt can point at the agencies a committee already wants to cut. That's the politics I'm watching.
BYou can't write off a fifteen-month investigation just because of who runs the committee. Women testified. Agents ignored them.
BI'm not writing it off. I'm saying read all of it. But the core finding — he could have been stopped — that's established.
BSo we agree on the part that matters.
BWe agree on the tragedy. The blame fight I'll wait on.
BBut if agencies get a pass again, nothing changes. That's the pattern.
BAnd if the report just becomes a cable news prop, nothing changes either.
BHow many more reports do we need before someone is held accountable?
BThat's the exact question this report is supposed to answer. Let's see if it does.
BDifferent danger entirely. The BBC has surveillance footage from Oregon: an e-bike battery starts smoking inside a home, a mother and son spot it, and then it erupts.
BSeconds. That's all you get. Those lithium batteries don't smolder, they detonate.
BAnd that's the part that bothers me. A product inside someone's home should not become a fireball.
BIt can, though. People overcharge them, buy cheap replacements, block the vents.
BIn the video, it's just sitting there. They notice smoke. It's not some modified rig.
BI'm not blaming them. I'm saying you can't regulate every battery out of existence.
BI'm not saying ban them. I'm saying safety standards exist for a reason.
BCars catch fire too. We still drive them.
BCars don't explode in your hallway while you're watching.
BSome do. But fine—if there's a defect, the company should answer.
BThat's all I'm asking. Real standards, real recalls.
BAnd real consumer sense: don't charge batteries on the way out the door.
BThe video is a warning. That family got out, but it's a fireball in a living room.
BSpeaking of courts: a Texas high school football team was reportedly caught up in a court ruling.
BSeason ended in court? What for?
BThe Cross Timbers Gazette reports on X that a judge denied the school's request to block the league from removing the Warriors from the playoffs.
BSo the game gets decided by a temporary restraining order.
BThat's what it says. A judge reportedly declined to stop the removal, and the playoff run is over.
BWe should note this is one local outlet reporting it; no independent confirmation yet.
BFair. But the image is perfect: football pads in one hand, lawsuit in the other.
BIf the league broke its own rules, court's the only place left.
BMaybe, but a judge just looked at the emergency motion and said no.
BThat's a loss on the road and in the docket.
BAnd somewhere a team is moving on because a court filing didn't work.
BThat's not how you want a season called.
BNo, but it is how modern disputes end.
BSo somewhere in Texas, a playoff bracket has an asterisk that says "judge's ruling."
BIf the report holds, the season didn't end with a whistle. It ended with a gavel.
BAnd people say high school football isn't complicated.

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