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Attorney General Pam Bondi sparred with Democrats on Capitol Hill today over the DOJ's

handling of information related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

NPR's Elena Moore reports.

Republicans on the committee are largely defending Bondi, but many Democrats are focusing on Epstein.

And it's turned combative with

Bondi sidestepping questions and hurling personal attacks, like this moment with the committee's

top Democrat, Jamie Raskin.

You can let her filibuster all day long, but not on our watch.

Not on our time.

No way.

And I told you about that, Attorney General, before you started.

You don't tell me anything.

Yeah, I did tell you because we saw what you did in the Senate.

He's not even a lawyer.

Bondi stood by the DOJ's oversight on the issue and pledged to fight for all survivors.

But Democrats say the agency has done the opposite, over redacting information to protect

powerful individuals instead of survivors.

Elena Moore, NPR News.

In Texas, the Pentagon authorized Customs in Border Patrol to use a counter-dron laser, which apparently shot down a drone or mylar balloon.

Other news organizations are reporting that these were party balloons.

An official not authorized to speak publicly says this led the FAA briefly closing El Paso airspace this morning.

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