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From CNN, I'm AfomaDK, with the five things you need to know for Wednesday, July 30th.

We begin with the Justice Department's new arguments in its long-shot bid to unseal some of the grand jury testimony related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Here's CNN's Paula Reid.

What was most notable is the fact that they confirmed that in this grand jury the grand jurors only heard

from two witnesses both law enforcement officials now this is pretty common you don't present

your full case to the grand jury the bar is lower for an indictment so usually so you save in this

case testimony from victims or any other blockbuster witnesses for your trial in open court

which is what they did

with maxwell the reason this is notable is because this has always been considered kind of a long

shot for the administration to prevail here but even if they did if they're only talking about

two witnesses it is unlikely that even if they are able to get these transcripts unsealed that this

is going to quell the firestorm

over their lack of transparency around this case.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris has announced

she will not run for California governor in 2026.

In a statement on social media, she writes,

for now, my leadership and public service

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