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1 President Trump Signs Bill Into Law Ordering Release Of Epstein Files
President Trump signed a bill late yesterday requiring the Justice Department to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein, ending months of debate that created sharp divisions within the Republican Party. The House passed the bill on Tuesday with only one vote against it, and the Senate approved it by unanimous consent the same day. The law requires Attorney General Pam Bondi to release all unclassified records about Epstein within 30 days, though she can hold back information that could harm a federal investigation. Trump had previously called the push to release the files a hoax but changed his position on Sunday, telling House Republicans to support the bill and saying he had nothing to hide. The issue created rare disagreement among Republicans after more than 20,000 pages of Epstein documents were released last week.
2 President Trump Approves Russia-Ukraine Peace Plan
A US delegation arrived in Ukraine yesterday to discuss ending the war just hours after a deadly Russian attack killed at least 25 people. A delegation of top officials traveled to Kyiv for what they called a fact-finding mission to meet with Ukrainian leaders and to discuss the 28-point peace plan President Trump reportedly approved earlier this week. The visit comes as American efforts to restart peace talks seem to be gaining momentum, though the Kremlin showed no interest in meeting with the delegation and said there are no plans for such talks. The delegation arrived after Russia launched a massive overnight attack on several Ukrainian cities using more than 470 drones and 48 missiles. An apartment building in Ternopil was hit, killing 25 people including three children, with another 66 people wounded across the country. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that residential buildings were hit and said more people may be trapped under the rubble.
3 Former Olympian Charged With Ordering The Murder Of A Federal Witness
Former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding has been charged with ordering the murder of a federal witness in a newly unsealed indictment. Wedding, 44, is accused of offering a large bounty on a witness involved in a 2024 federal drug case against him, and court documents say he hired other people to find and kill the witness in Colombia in January. Wedding is already wanted for allegedly running a major drug trafficking operation that ships hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia through Mexico and Southern California to Canada and other parts of the U.S. He competed for Canada in the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics and was convicted in 2010 for trying to buy cocaine from a government agent. Wedding was added to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List in March; the government has arrested 10 people as part of the investigation and is offering up to $15 million for information leading to Wedding's arrest.