{"id":200776,"date":"2026-02-18T03:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T03:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-hillary-clinton-urges-trump-administration-to-release-millions-of-withheld-epstein-files-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T03:53:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T03:53:00","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-hillary-clinton-urges-trump-administration-to-release-millions-of-withheld-epstein-files-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-hillary-clinton-urges-trump-administration-to-release-millions-of-withheld-epstein-files-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: Hillary Clinton urges Trump administration to release millions of withheld Epstein files – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018We have nothing to hide,\u2019 former secretary of state says ahead of her and Bill Clinton\u2019s depositions next week \u2013 key US politics stories from Tuesday 17 February
Hillary Clinton<\/a> has accused the Trump administration<\/a> of a \u201ccover-up\u201d over the Epstein files, while claiming that she and her husband are being forced to testify before Congress to deflect scrutiny from Donald Trump.
In an interview with the BBC<\/a>, Clinton said the US Department of Justice was \u201cslow-walking\u201d the release of documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s catalogue of crimes and urged the administration to \u201cget the files out\u201d. Despite periodic document dumps of the files since Congress mandated their release late last year, the justice department is still withholding about 3m files.
Hillary Clinton is scheduled to testify before the House oversight committee on 26 February, while Bill will appear the day after. It will be the first appearance by a former president in front of a congressional panel in more than 40 years.
\u201cWe have nothing to hide,\u201d she added. \u201cWe have called for the full release of these files repeatedly. We think sunlight is the best disinfectant.\u201d
The Clintons have called for their hearings to be held in public. Comer has said he is happy to hold public hearings in addition to the closed-door testimony.
Trump, who is mentioned thousands of times in the files released so far, told reporters in response to Clinton\u2019s comments that he had been absolved.
\u201cI\u2019ve been totally exonerated,\u201d he said, speaking on Air Force One. \u201cThey\u2019re getting pulled in, that\u2019s their problem. We\u2019ll have to see what happens.\u201d
Clinton\u2019s comments, at the Munich security conference<\/a>, came as she and her husband, Bill Clinton, the former president, prepare to give sworn depositions on the affair before the House oversight committee.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Tricia McLaughlin, the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s top spokesperson and one of the most visible defenders of the Trump administration\u2019s deportation raids, is leaving the agency in the coming week, the department confirmed.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Iran has described the latest round of indirect talks with the US as \u201cmore constructive\u201d and said agreement had been reached on \u201cgeneral guiding principles\u201d that could lead to a further meeting on its nuclear programme.
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The talkshow host Stephen Colbert<\/a> has accused the Trump administration<\/a> of censoring critics after CBS pulled his interview with a Texas Democrat on Monday, apparently at the behest of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Three Democratic former presidents led a wealth of tributes to Jesse Jackson<\/a>, a \u201ctitan\u201d of the civil rights movement and \u201cone of America\u2019s greatest patriots\u201d, who has died at the age of 84.
Donald Trump called Jackson \u201ca good man\u201d and a \u201cfriend\u201d in a social media post that quickly turned political and self-serving.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
US military officials have said American forces launched assaults on three alleged drug-smuggling boats, killing 11 in one of the deadliest days of the Trump administration\u2019s<\/a> months-long campaign against alleged traffickers.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deepened its reliance on Microsoft\u2019s cloud technology last year<\/a><\/strong> as the agency ramped up arrest and deportation operations, leaked documents reveal.
A Texas-sized showdown is brewing deep in the heart of the largest red state in the US.<\/a><\/strong> <\/a>As early voting begins on Tuesday for the Lone Star state\u2019s 3 March primaries, Republicans<\/a> and Democrats<\/a> alike face a high-stakes choice that could set the stage for one of the fiercest Senate<\/a> races of the 2026 midterm cycle.
An immigration judge has blocked the Trump administration from deporting Mohsen Mahdawi<\/a><\/strong>, a 34-year-old Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian activist who was arrested<\/a> by federal agents last year during a US citizenship interview in Vermont.
A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Monday ordered the National Park Service to reinstall a slavery exhibit<\/a><\/strong> at a Philadelphia<\/a> historic site, pending the outcome of ongoing litigation after the city sued the federal government over its removal.
A federal judge in Texas <\/a>declared a mistrial on Tuesday after a defense lawyer wore a shirt in court with images from the civil rights movement<\/a><\/strong>, delaying a closely watched <\/a>case in which the Trump administration is accusing a group of protesters of being terrorists and says they are part of a \u201cNorth-Texas antifa cell.\u201d
Goldman Sachs is removing race, gender and other diversity-related considerations when evaluating prospective candidates for its executive board<\/a><\/strong> after pressure from an activist shareholder group to remove the criteria.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened on 16 February 2026<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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