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Attorney General Pam Bondi says the Justice Department will comply with

the law if President Trump signs the bill, as he said he'll do, to release files about convicted

sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. NPR's Joe Hernandez reports. Bondi said at a press conference,

officials would protect any information that could put Epstein's victims at risk before making the files public.

We will continue to follow the law with maximum transparency while protecting victims.

The Justice Department has released thousands of Epstein-related files to Congress already,

but other documents, including witness interviews, have not yet been made public.

Trump previously resisted the vote to release more Epstein files but changed course over the weekend,

while claiming the push to release more Epstein documents is a hoax perpetrated by Democrats.

Joe Hernandez, NPR News.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has not only removed diversity from

performance evaluations at the State Department. He's now giving retroactive promotions to State

Department employees who were passed over last year, as NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports.

Under a Biden administration role, State Department Promotion Boards had to consider a

staffer's commitment to

diversity, equity, and inclusion. State Department spokesperson Tommy Piggott calls that an ideological

litmus test that penalize competent and deserving government officials, and he says the Trump

administration rewards excellence. According to a cable seen by NPR, close to

300 State Department employees will be receiving pay increases and retroactive promotions,

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