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* Fed Holds Key Rate Steady Despite Pressure From Trump Central bank cites risk of higher inflation - Rob Quinn, Newser.com
* Fact Is the Fed doesn't know what they're doing!
* 'Shredding documents as we speak': Top Republican claims Epstein Files may have been destroyed - 'The president ordered them released. The attorney general ordered them released. We all know they have not been released' - WND.com
US Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, told journalist Benny Johnson on Tuesday: "I don't think the Department of Justice has [the Epstein files] – or at least the attorney general does not have them – or she would have turned them over.
* In response to Comer's conjecture the FBI may be "shredding documents" relating to the Epstein case, Attorney General Pam Bondi told reporters that's not the case.
* That's Not My Budget, Patel Tells House Panel FBI director says he disagrees with Trump's proposed cuts - Newser.com
FBI Director Kash Patel broke with the Trump administration Wednesday over its budget proposal that would dramatically slash funding for the bureau, telling confused lawmakers he doesn't agree with the cuts.