Hello readers and happy Monday! Kathryn Palmer here, still recuperating from consuming entirely too much chips-and-dip during the game last night. Let's get into another week of On Politics. |
Ghislaine Maxwell refuses to testify to House group |
Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted accomplice of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, refused to answer questions today from a House committee investigating the late financier and his connections. Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence for conspiring to entice minors to travel for illicit sex. She invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination to avoid answering questions from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, despite her answering questions in July from Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. Meanwhile, today is also the day lawmakers start examining millions of unredacted documents from the Epstein files that haven't been released publicly. Here's what one House committee member had to say about Maxwell's decision to stay mum. | Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein are seen in this image released by the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 19, 2025 as part of a new trove of documents from its investigations into the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. U.S. Justice Department, via REUTERS |
Trump's Religious Liberty Commission sued |
A group of multifaith organizations sued the administration today over what they say is an illegal lack of religious and ideological diversity on the Department of Justice's Religious Liberty Commission. A group including the Interfaith Alliance, Muslims for Progressive Values, the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund and Hindus for Human Rights are asking the court to find the commission violates a law that requires such groups be "fairly balanced in terms of the points of view represented." The commission includes Protestant, Catholic and Jewish people, but no Muslims or members of some other minority religious groups. It is tasked with with advising the federal government on religious liberty issues and publishing a report on the history and state of religious liberty in the country. |
Dr. Oz urges vaccinations amid measles outbreaks |
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, called on Americans to get the measles vaccine as cases spread across the United States, joining a growing chorus of health officials sounding the alarm. Measles outbreaks have infected more than 2,600 people since the beginning of 2025, jeopardizing the nation's status as a measles-free country. Measles was eliminated in the U.S. by 2000 but has resurfaced with periodic outbreaks, mostly among people who are not vaccinated. Vaccine rates have declined in recent years. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime vaccine skeptic, said in an interview last year that he encourages people to get vaccinated against measles. | | The emotional moment became viral online, and many people speculated that the young boy in Bad Bunny's halftime show was Liam Conejo Ramos. | | Despite frequently filing his own lawsuits, President Trump told the Supreme Court a suit against him by E. Jean Carroll is a damaging distraction. | | | | The power couple has rarely responded to Trump's provocations. Supporters said it's an example of "when they go low, we go high." | | | | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the United States is urging Moscow and Kyiv to find a solution by June. | | | | Tyson opens the video recounting how his 25-year-old sister died after a heart attack due to obesity, in an ad linked to the MAHA movement. | | | | | Sign up for the news you want | Exclusive newsletters are part of your subscription, don't miss out! We're always working to add benefits for subscribers like you. | | | | | |
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