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CNN 5 Things

Maxwell-DOJ interview, US trade deficit, Titan submersible report & more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

News, Daily News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

The Trump administration is weighing a decision involving Jeffrey Epstein's associate Ghislaine Maxwell. The Texas House is set to reconvene, despite the absence of some Democratic lawmakers. President Donald Trump has hinted who might replace a key post, while new data shows how higher tariffs impacted the trade deficit. The US Coast Guard has released its report into the Titan submersible deaths in 2023. Plus, this disease could be more common due to climate change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey there from CNN. I'm Krista Bow with the five things you need to know for Tuesday, August 5th.

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The House Oversight Committee has subpoenaed the Justice Department and high-profile Democratic and Republican figures

0:44.0

for files and information related to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

0:49.3

It's a show of defiance by some Republicans against House Speaker Mike Johnson,

0:53.5

who has attempted to tamp down

0:55.0

congressional efforts to push for the release of the files. CNN is reaching out to those subpoenaed.

1:00.9

And it comes as the Trump administration is debating releasing the transcript of Deputy Attorney

1:05.4

General Todd Blanche's interview with Epstein associate Galane Maxwell. That's what three

1:10.5

senior administration officials

1:11.9

told CNN, with one saying a final decision hasn't been made yet. Here's CNN's Elena Trin

1:17.5

with the details. Some of the people we spoke was said that they want to release this information

1:22.4

sooner rather than later. They believe that the Trump administration needs to be more in control

1:26.8

of the optics of all of this. Others said, you know, they believe that the Epstein story has largely

1:32.0

died down right now, and they would prefer not to resurface that at this moment. But all to say,

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