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By Leila Fadel,

Steve Inskeep

Published November 14, 2025 at 4:55 AM EST

White House dismisses release of new Epstein documents as a distraction, Border Patrol agents will be deployed to Charlotte, North Carolina, economists begin to calculate the cost of the shutdown.

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