The press wait outside the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center in New York on Thursday for Hillary Clinton, who was testifying before House lawmakers. Hillary Clinton rebuked a congressional committee investigating her supposed links to Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday, accusing its Republican members of embarking on a “fishing expedition” intended to “distract attention from President Trump’s actions”. The bills, nonetheless, underscore the determination by Democratic state lawmakers in New Jersey, California, Maryland and Washington state, to undermine Trump’s hardline immigration policy. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, approved by the Republicans along party lines in Congress, allocated nearly $30bn to hire and train new ICE agents. The World Economic Forum president and chief executive, Børge Brende , has quit after criticism of his connections to Jeffrey Epstein.

Source: The Guardian February 27, 2026 17:39 UTC