Washington is buzzing as Congress takes its most aggressive step yet toward forcing open the long-sealed Jeffrey Epstein archives. With a stunning 427–1 House vote, lawmakers from both parties are demanding unprecedented transparency from the Justice Department. As the pressure mounts, President Donald Trump is edging closer to signing off on a full release, despite GOP unease over timing, optics and political fallout. WATCH 

In a devastating attack last week, Israeli airstrikes struck a Houthi-linked newspaper complex in Sana’a, Yemen, killing 31 journalists and media staff, including a child, and injuring over 100 others. The strike occurred during the newspaper’s weekly edition preparations, making it one of the deadliest attacks on media personnel globally since 2009. Inside the complex, the carnage sparked outrage across the international community. Editor Nasser Al-Khadri condemned the attack as a brutal targeting of innocent journalists, while the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) labeled it the second-deadliest global incident against media workers in recent history.