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'When we're able to get in front of people and actually go through some of this and explain the details, it's compelling information and people are often moved by these facts.' Annie Farmer joins @jaketapper to explain how she and other Epstein survivors are trying to convince one GOP senator to flip their vote and derail Todd Blanche's nomination.

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Nolan Wells’ friends to return to island where he went missing for private investigation

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'If you know anything about President Trump... he doesn't take no for an answer... so this is not a shock.' Abbe Lowell, the attorney for Fed Governor Lisa Cook, responds to the White House renewing its attempt to remove Cook from her job.

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Operation Southern Spear is ending. What, if anything, did it accomplish?

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‘I think that we have a robust capability to defend ourselves against foreign threats,’ Republican Rep. Tom Barrett told @jaketapper about a reported shortage in US munitions. Rep. Barrett added the military must ‘protect against emerging threats and be nimble.'

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Republican voters in Ohio tell CNN's @FoxReports they have serious concerns about the allegations against Rep. Max Miller. Miller denies the accusations, but both of the state's senators are now calling on him to resign.

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'The bottom line is they're not cooperating, they're stonewalling this investigation, and that's why we had to take legal action today.' New Mexico AG Raúl Torrez joins The Lead after suing the DOJ and demanding access to the unredacted Epstein files.

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Rep. Chuck Edwards abandoned his reelection bid after an ethics panel report cited lavish gifts, personal texts, flowers, serenades and more in a sexual harassment probe.

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Despite growing concerns among Republicans that they could lose seats in the midterms, Rep. Max Miller remains defiant, telling CNN he is 'not going anywhere.' @jaketapper reports on @TheLeadCNN

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Kansas Dem Sen Candidate: 'Congress has to speak up to executive power'

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'What a disheartening day... it's hard to not feel like the wind was knocked out of democracy in a big way.' Epstein survivor Dani Bensky reacts to AG nominee Todd Blanche clearing a key Senate vote.

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Will Rep. Scholten support Abdul El-Sayed if he wins the Democratic primary?

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Rep. Max Miller speaks to CNN amid abuse allegations.
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'There are ways in which this fund could come back to life.' Maggie Haberman joins @jaketapper as critics question whether Todd Blanche's assurances mean Trump's $1.776B fund is truly dead.

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'The indictment should never have been brought in the first place. It was an egregious abuse of the criminal justice process.' Josh Kolb reacts to Trump's fury in the reflecting pool case after charges against Kolb's client, David Hearn, were dropped.

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'There's a different tone and temperature in the hospital.' Sepideh Moafi, who plays Dr. Al-Hashimi on 'The Pitt', tells @jaketapper what to expect in Season 3.

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'They believed, we were told, that these two notes are real.' TMZ's Harvey Levin joins @PamelaBrownCNN after investigators released two alleged ransom notes in the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping case. Levin says TMZ received the same first note as the local Arizona stations.