Epstein ‘birthday book,’ French government collapses, Amazon axes perk & more
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🗓️ 8 September 2025
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| 0:31.9 | Hey, from CNN, I'm Afamadikai, with the five things you need to know for Monday, September 8th. |
| 0:39.1 | The House Oversight Committee has received its first batch of documents from Jeffrey Epstein's estate. |
| 0:45.5 | That includes a so-called birthday book, a reported collection of letters gifted to the convicted |
| 0:50.4 | sex offender for his 50th birthday that included a note bearing President Donald |
| 0:55.3 | Trump's name. Democrats on the committee posted an image of the page with Trump's name on X. |
| 1:01.5 | The president has repeatedly denied writing the letter and sued the Wall Street Journal, which first |
| 1:06.9 | reported on it for defamation. The panel has been investigating the Epstein case |
| 1:12.3 | and had subpoenaed the estate for documents as part of its probe. |
| 1:17.2 | President Trump is continuing to tease more federal action on crime in U.S. cities. |
| 1:22.4 | For weeks, Trump officials privately discussed targeting Chicago and Boston, |
| 1:27.3 | two Democratic-led cities |
| 1:28.6 | over their so-called sanctuary policies. |
| 1:31.6 | A federal immigration crackdown in those cities are modeled after the sweeps in Los Angeles |
| 1:36.3 | that took place in June, which the Supreme Court has now ruled can continue under certain circumstances. |
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