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The 7

Trump and the Epstein files; ICE’s ankle monitor plans; Bryan Kohberger; Candace Owens; and more

The 7

The Washington Post

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🗓️ 24 July 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Thursday, July 24. The seven stories you need to know today.


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0:00.0

President Donald Trump is still struggling to contain the fallout over Jeffrey Epstein.

0:09.7

That's where we're starting the seven from the Washington Post.

0:13.0

I'm Hannah Jewell. It's Thursday, July 24th. Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories.

0:22.2

Yesterday, the White House pushed back on another Wall Street Journal report linking

0:27.4

President Trump to the late sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein.

0:31.7

The report alleges that Attorney General Pam Bondi and her deputy informed the president

0:37.0

in May that his name appeared multiple

0:39.8

times in the case files, along with the names of many other people who socialized with Epstein.

0:46.4

Last week, Trump said that Bondi had told him his name wasn't in the files. And it's important

0:52.5

to note that being named in these files is not evidence of

0:56.1

wrongdoing. Meanwhile, yesterday, a House subcommittee for the first time voted to subpoena the

1:02.3

administration for the Epstein files. The anger among Trump's base over Epstein has far from settled down.

1:09.9

And it may even intensify as House Republicans head home

1:13.6

for their five-week August break and hear from their constituents.

1:23.8

Number two is a post-exclusive. Immigration and customs enforcement plans to shackle about

1:30.9

180,000 immigrants with GPS ankle monitors. Currently, around 24,000 people who are waiting to have

1:40.1

their immigration cases resolved to wear ankle monitors to track their movements.

1:45.6

But an internal ICE memo reviewed by the Post revealed a plan to dramatically widen the surveillance

1:52.0

of people targeted for deportation. In the memo, ICE ordered staff to place ankle monitors

1:58.3

on all people enrolled in the agency's alternatives to detention

2:02.5

program whenever possible. One exception would be pregnant women who would be required to wear

2:08.8

wrist-worn tracking devices. Immigrants and their advocates have long criticized the government's

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