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Democrats Say Trump 'Would Fire' Howard Lutnick If He Saw His 'Evasive' Testimony Over Epstein Ties

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee accused Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick of giving an "embarrassing" and "evasive" closed-door interview about his past contacts with Jeffrey Epstein.

International Business Times

Trump would fire Howard Lutnick if he watched his Epstein testimony, Democrats say

House Oversight Committee members demand Commerce Secretary’s resignation after ‘evasive’ answers during closed-door interview

The Independent UK

Commerce Secretary Lutnick appears before a House panel to answer for his changing story on Epstein

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is appearing before a House committee investigating sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

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Trump’s commerce secretary Howard Lutnick to be grilled in Congress over connections to Epstein

Official to take questions from House Oversight Committee as it continues wide-ranging investigation into pedophile financier who died in jail in 2019

The Independent UK

Trump would fire Howard Lutnick if he saw video of his Epstein testimony, say House oversight committee Democrats – as it happened

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The Guardian - US

Lutnick Exposed for Falsely Claiming 70K People Bought Residency Cards for $5M As Nicki Minaj Is Revealed as Sole Buyer

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick admitted under oath to selling only one 'Gold Card' visa, contradicting earlier claims of mass sales

International Business Times UK

Trump's missed AI deadlines

Key deadlines set out in President Trump's executive order have passed, with agencies failing to deliver on major steps that were due more than a month ago.

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Lutnick urges boost for trade enforcement at BIS

The Commerce Department says it needs additional funds in fiscal 2027 to enforce export controls and prevent the diversion of semiconductors to China and other foreign adversaries. Testifying Thursday before the House Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Subcommittee, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said investment in new law enforcement agents at the Bureau of…

Roll Call

Scoop: GOP called Howard Lutnick to reverse crypto PAC's Texas move

"This was not a smart move."

Axios

Globalization Made Howard Lutnick a Billionaire. Now He's Railing Against It as Trump's Commerce Chief.

Globalization helped make everyone else much richer, too.

Reason

How Spirit Airlines’ business model collapsed

COVID, a failed merger, and now a spike in jet fuel prices have conspired to make Spirit's finances unworkable.

Fortune

House satellites licensing bill leaves out Senate compromise

A satellite permitting bill unveiled this week in the House does not include provisions included in a Senate version regarding federal spectrum or a limit on the size of satellite constellations that would automatically win federal approval after expiration of a review deadline. The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications…

Roll Call

Winning the AI ‘arms race’ holds appeal for both parties

When House Energy and Commerce Chairman Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., said the U.S. “is in an AI arms race with China” at a markup in January, it was routine. Earlier that month, at a House Ways and Means subcommittee hearing, Rep. Blake D. Moore, R-Utah, aired his worry that the words…

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Approvals for Nvidia and AMD AI chip exports to China stall under government bottleneck — 20% staff turnover hobbles Bureau of Industry and Security

Staffing at the U.S. Commerce Department office that vets exports of Nvidia and AMD AI accelerators has collapsed over the past year.

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The Independent UK

Bill Gates scheduled to testify to House Oversight committee in Jeffrey Epstein investigation

Microsoft co-founder, and Trump’s commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, among several high-profile figures to give sworn interviews

The Independent UK

Trump’s commerce secretary Howard Lutnick expected to testify in House Epstein probe next month: reports

Cabinet member has denied any wrongdoing in relation to disgraced financier but has faced questions over their past association, particularly a lunch he attended on the latter’s private island in 2012

International Business Times

'Fidgeting' Trump Relocated During High-Stakes Supreme Court Hearing, Report Claims

ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero said in an interview with MSNOW that he was seated one row behind Trump and that he was "fidgeting" throughout.

Tom’s Hardware

US senators want to suspend Nvidia AI chip export licenses to China and its intermediaries — bipartisan letter to Commerce Dept says that Huang’s claims of no chip diversion ‘were contradicted by reporting available’

U.S. senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Jim Banks (R-Ind.) told Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick that he should suspend all active export licenses to China for Nvidia AI chips, saying that Nvidia's most advanced AI GPUs are being diverted into the country despite Jensen Huang's assurances.

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BSEB Class 12 Results 2026: Girls Outshine Boys, Arts and Commerce Stream Toppers are Female

The Bihar School Education Board (BSEB) on Monday announced the Class 12 board exam results, and once again, girls outshone boys in overall performance.

Roll Call

AI draft bill would revamp online landscape

Sen. Marsha Blackburn on Wednesday proposed a sweeping national standard on artificial intelligence that seeks to make good on President Donald Trump’s call for a federal law in lieu of state regulations. Blackburn, R-Tenn., released a discussion draft bill and summary of her AI framework legislation, which would place a…

International Business Times UK

Epstein Files Reveal Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Planned Private Yacht Dinner With 8 Children Aboard

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is under fire as Epstein Files reveal planned Caribbean yacht dinner with minors, sparking resignation demands.

Fortune

Meet the quiet winners of the Supreme Court tariff ruling: hedge funds creating a $100 billion market snapping up rights to importers’ tariff refunds

The market gained attention following allegations Brandon Lutnick, the son of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, participated in the otherwise legal trade with conflicts of interest.

The Independent UK

DOJ releases missing Epstein files with interview of Trump sexual assault accuser

Three memos containing summaries of 2019 FBI discussions with anonymous accuser were previously withheld after being ‘incorrectly coded as duplicative,’ DOJ explains

The Independent UK

Trump accused of using Iran strikes to deflect from Epstein files

New York Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticised Donald Trump for launching joint US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran. Ocasio-Cortez accused Trump of "risking world war" to divert attention from the ongoing Jeffrey Epstein scandal, citing a pattern of impulsive military actions without clear exit strategies. She suggested that the timing of these…

Fortune

American consumers are the ultimate losers in the ‘immense mess’ of $175 billion in tariff refunds, says Trump’s former commerce secretary

The Supreme Court ruling also allowed Trump a peculiar loophole to strengthen his hand against bargaining trade partners, Ross said.

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