Hillary Clinton Epstein Deposition, Trump Meets Mamdani, Mortgage Rates Fall and more

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🗓️ 26 February 2026

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We'll give you the latest from Hillary Clinton's closed-door interview with lawmakers as part of their Jeffrey Epstein investigation. We’ll tell you how a third round of US talks went with Iran and Ukraine. Two neighboring countries exchanged cross-border strikes. We have details on the mayor of New York City’s unannounced visit to the White House. Plus, mortgage rates cracked a key threshold for the first time in more than three years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, from CNN. I'm AfomaDK, with the five things you need to know for Thursday, February 26th.
0:08.3	Former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is testifying behind closed doors for House lawmakers in New York as part of a congressional Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
0:18.0	While Clinton remained defiant that she had no information regarding the late
0:21.5	convicted sex offenders criminal activities and that of his co-conspirator Galane Maxwell,
0:26.6	top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee Robert Garcia said Clinton is cooperating and
0:31.1	answering questions in good faith. Secretary Clinton never met Jeffrey Epstein. She never visited the island.
0:39.2	She never flew on his plane.
0:41.6	She also had no knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein's horrific crime.
0:46.8	So zero knowledge.
0:48.9	Former President Bill Clinton is expected to appear tomorrow.
0:52.2	And Garcia says it sets precedent for the committee to depose President Donald Trump.
0:57.0	We should depose the person that is mentioned in the Epstein files almost more than any other
1:03.5	person next to Galane Maxwell, and that's Donald Trump.
1:06.2	We should note there are no plans to depose President Trump, and neither Trump nor Clinton
1:10.5	have been accused
1:11.2	by law enforcement of any wrongdoing related to Epstein.
1:14.5	This all comes as a new CNN analysis
1:16.6	found more than 100 redaction errors in the Epstein files
1:19.7	that the Justice Department posted online last month,
1:22.5	including unredacted nude photos and personal data
1:25.3	on passports and driver's licenses.
1:27.9	The DOJ re-uploaded the images with proper redactions.
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