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Former Attorney General Pam Bondi hails Trump admin’s ‘justice and transparency’ on Epstein files
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Former Attorney General Pam Bondi, who spoke before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Friday, stood behind the Trump administration’s work releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files, according to a copy of her prepared opening remarks obtained by Fox News Digital.
«Before we start today, I want to reiterate what I have said many times regarding the Department’s handling during my tenure as Attorney General of the voluminous materials that are now commonly known as the Epstein Files,» she told the committee, according to the document.
«I am proud of the Department’s record and commitment to transparency under my leadership. We demonstrated an unprecedented commitment to transparency in the Department’s search for, collection, and review of the Epstein files, producing nearly 3 million pages of material, including thousands of videos and hundreds of thousands of images,» Bondi asserted.
Bondi has since departed from the Capitol following her voluntary transcribed interview with the House Oversight Committee, Fox News has learned. Friday’s interview was transcribed, though not video recorded.
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Former U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi arrives to testify at a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill on May 29, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
«These investigations span FOUR administrations, dating back to the Bush administration and have gone on through the Obama administration, the first Trump administration, and the Biden administration. The only time federal prosecutors were permitted to launch investigations against Epstein and Maxwell was when President Trump occupied the White House. Only under President Trump were 3 million Epstein related documents released,» Bondi said, according to her prepared remarks.
The former attorney general further described «an enormously complicated and labor-intensive process.»
«To the best of my knowledge, the Department produced everything required under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Our diligent and good faith effort to collect materials ensured that all potentially responsive documents that could be reasonably located would see the light of day,» she noted, according to the copy of her remarks.
«All Department components were directed to submit any potentially responsive records, resulting in a comprehensive review of millions of documents. As the head of a large Department with broad responsibilities, I did not lead every aspect of this effort or conduct that document review myself. I delegated oversight over this process to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche,» Bondi continue.
Blanche was appointed acting attorney general on April 2 after President Donald Trump announced Bondi’s departure. He is not considered Bondi’s permanent replacement as head of the DOJ.
President Donald Trump interacts with then-U.S. General Attorney Pam Bondi as he took to the stage to participate in a roundtable discussion regarding the Memphis Safe Task Force (MSTF) in combating violent crime at the Memphis International Airport on March 23, 2026 in Memphis, Tenn. (Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)
Bondi told the committee on Friday that «the team of professionals who reviewed all of the materials that we collected assured me the only materials that were withheld were either non-responsive, privileged, or duplicative.»
«Although not required by the Act, the Department has given Congress access to unredacted, duplicative materials in the Reading Room in an effort at maximum transparency,» Bondi said.
«There were redaction errors,» she continued. «But since day one of this process, this Department has been committed to accountability and transparency. Our stance has always been that the Department stands ready to review any potential evidence of criminal activity related to Epstein and his associates and would pursue appropriate investigative or prosecutorial action wherever the facts and law warrant.»
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«I would like to repeat what I shared before the House Judiciary Committee in February: I have spent my entire career fighting for victims and I will continue to do so. I am deeply sorry for what any victim has been through, especially as a result of that monster. If they have any information to share with law enforcement about anyone who has hurt them or abused them, the FBI is waiting to hear from them,» Bondi’s opening statement said.
Then-U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Feb. 11, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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«The bottom line is: justice and transparency in this matter have been delivered at the direction of President Trump and his administration,» she asserted.
Bondi was diagnosed with thyroid cancer shortly after departing the Department of Justice last month, according to reports this week. Katie Miller, a former White House staffer and podcast host who is married to White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller, reposted an Axios report on X on Tuesday.
«Pam has been quietly kicking cancer’s ass the last few weeks,» she wrote.
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New poll shows Americans’ growing concerns about AI expansion efforts
‘CyberGuy’ Kurt Knutsson addresses public concerns about AI data centers, noting a Fox News poll showing 70% opposition. Knutsson highlights that modern data centers are clean, with minimal impact on local water and electricity. He emphasizes that transparent communication is crucial for communities to understand these facilities’ benefits and for the U.S. to maintain AI leadership against competitors.
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America’s biggest obstacle in the technology race with China may not be Beijing, but growing resistance to new data centers and the power needed to run them, according to Palantir’s chief technology officer.
«The proximate issues are definitely going to be power and backlash against data centers,» Shyam Sankar said in an interview with Fox News Digital at Palantir’s American Builder Summit.
Sankar, whose company builds software for the Pentagon, intelligence agencies and major manufacturers, argued the U.S. risks slowing its own technological progress more than falling behind Beijing.
«The only threat to AI generating prosperity for America is suicide, not homicide.»
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The U.S. and China are pouring billions into the race to dominate artificial intelligence, viewing the technology as central to economic growth, military power and geopolitical influence. Winning that race depends on an enormous buildout of data centers, power generation and transmission infrastructure to support increasingly capable systems.
But those projects have drawn growing resistance from communities worried about electricity demand, water use and whether the benefits will outweigh the costs.
Shyam Sankar, chief technology officer of Palantir Technologies, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview on the sidelines of the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit in Carlisle, Pa., on Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (Tom Brenner/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Companies have raced to build new data centers to support a wave of new computing infrastructure, fueling a nationwide expansion that also has sparked growing local opposition. The issue has spilled into the 2026 midterm campaigns, with candidates in battleground states such as Pennsylvania running ads focused on the economic and environmental effects of the projects.
Residents have raised concerns about electricity demand, water consumption, noise, traffic and whether utility customers will ultimately bear the cost of expanding the power grid. Some projects have been delayed or canceled, while lawmakers in several states have proposed restrictions or moratoriums on new facilities.
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Some developers have responded by pairing new data centers with dedicated power generation rather than relying entirely on the electric grid.
Sankar argues those debates risk slowing the industrial gains the technology can already deliver. He pointed to one submarine-parts manufacturer that cut production planning from two weeks to less than an hour, freeing enough capacity to add a third shift.
«There is no one on that shift who thinks, ‘Hey, I got my job because of AI,’ but that’s actually what happened,» he said.
Protestors hold up «Stop data centers» signs, on the day of President Donald Trump’s speech at the General Motors Proving Ground, in Milford, Michigan, July 27, 2026. (Carlos Osorio/Reuters)
The summit itself appeared designed to counter one of the AI industry’s biggest public relations challenges: fears that technology will replace jobs. Rather than showcasing increasingly capable AI models, Palantir filled the stage with factory workers, healthcare workers and military personnel demonstrating software they had built to solve problems in their own workplaces.
Sankar argued the AI industry has become overly focused on pursuing artificial general intelligence, or AGI, rather than deploying today’s AI systems across the economy.
Artificial general intelligence, or AGI, refers to a still-theoretical system capable of performing a broad range of intellectual tasks at or beyond human level, rather than excelling mainly at narrower tasks such as writing, coding or image analysis.
He compared the current moment to the early days of electricity, arguing that while technology already exists, businesses have yet to reorganize themselves around it.
«The AI we have is powerful enough that it should have created more prosperity and value,» he said. «The only reason it hasn’t yet is not a failing of the technology, it’s a lack of our national will to push and invest in diffusing the technology through our economy.»
«We shouldn’t lose the plot in pining away for a machine god,» he added.
The summit brought together a cohort of Palantir’s American Tech Fellowship, where workers from industries including manufacturing, healthcare and defense demonstrated AI applications they had built for use in their jobs.
The demonstrations were intended to illustrate Sankar’s contention: that AI will make workers more productive than ever rather than replace them.
That runs against much of the public sentiment, where workers across industries have begun to wonder how long until their jobs will be done by a machine.
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«How many people have actually, at the front line, have experienced AI and how it’s changed their job versus how many people are imbibing the fear-mongering from the social media feed, which is partially a Chinese psyop as well.»
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Plataformas digitales de reparto a domicilio: alternativas y desafíos laborales en Guatemala
El trabajo a través de plataformas digitales se ha consolidado en Guatemala como una opción relevante para generar ingresos, especialmente para jóvenes y personas que encuentran barreras para acceder al empleo formal. Servicios como transporte, reparto, hospedaje, trabajo freelance y comercio electrónico han crecido en los últimos años, posicionándose como alternativas para quienes necesitan fuentes de ingreso flexibles y accesibles.
Según el Observatorio Centroamericano de Violencia Laboral, alrededor de 5.3 millones de personas trabajaban en el sector informal en 2025, lo que representa el 66% de la población económicamente activa. En este contexto, las plataformas digitales representan una vía para incorporarse al mercado laboral, aunque no están exentas de retos.
El boletín difundido por la Organización de Mujeres Salvadoreñas por la Paz (ORMUSA) advierte que estas modalidades de empleo presentan desafíos importantes. Entre ellos se destacan la falta de protección social, la inestabilidad de los ingresos y la precariedad de las condiciones laborales para quienes dependen de las plataformas como fuente principal o complementaria de sustento.
La participación de mujeres en las plataformas digitales continúa siendo menor que la de los hombres, lo que evidencia la persistencia de brechas de género en el acceso y las oportunidades laborales. Esta desigualdad refleja tendencias presentes en otros sectores y subraya la necesidad de políticas públicas que fomenten la equidad y mejoren las condiciones laborales para todos los trabajadores de la economía digital.
El análisis de ORMUSA y organizaciones aliadas enfatiza la urgencia de fortalecer la protección social y la estabilidad laboral en el sector de plataformas digitales, así como de promover la inclusión de las mujeres para avanzar hacia un empleo más justo en Guatemala.
En junio, la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) aprobó en Ginebra un convenio para proteger a los trabajadores de plataformas digitales y equipararlos con el resto de los empleados en derechos como salario mínimo, seguridad social y resguardo frente al despido, una decisión que busca responder a la expansión de un modelo laboral transnacional y que entrará en vigor 12 meses después de que al menos dos Estados miembros lo ratifiquen.
La votación en la 114ª Conferencia Internacional del Trabajo se resolvió con 406 votos a favor, ocho en contra y 36 abstenciones, según informó el Diario de Centro América. El acuerdo fue respaldado por representantes de gobiernos, sindicatos y empleadores en la asamblea anual de la organización.
El texto fue adoptado tras años de debate y alcanza a trabajadores como conductores de aplicaciones internacionales. El objetivo es que sus condiciones no queden por fuera de estándares ya reconocidos para otros asalariados.
Sukti Dasgupta, directora del Departamento de Condiciones de Trabajo e Igualdad de la OIT, explicó que el nuevo instrumento pretende llevar derechos y beneficios a personas que no están en una relación laboral formal y que hasta ahora quedaban en gran medida fuera de marcos concebidos para asalariados. Añadió que el convenio busca una correcta clasificación de la relación laboral en un entorno digital donde muchos trabajadores no tienen contratación formal.
Dasgupta dijo que tras lo escuchado en el plenario parece haber suficiente interés para alcanzar con rapidez las dos ratificaciones necesarias. La funcionaria añadió que, incluso si algunos países no lo ratifican, el convenio servirá como orientación normativa general. En los Estados que sí lo adopten, la Organización Internacional del Trabajo podrá intervenir mediante su mecanismo de supervisión si se presentan denuncias por incumplimientos.
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