🗞️The Clintons refuse to testify in House Epstein investigation

January 13th, 2026

What happened today 🇺🇸,

• Former President Bill Clinton and Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have refused to comply with congressional subpoenas to testify in the House Oversight Committee's investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, calling them "invalid and legally unenforceable" and offering sworn statements instead…Republicans led by Chairman James Comer plan to initiate contempt of Congress proceedings next week after Bill skipped his deposition and with Hillary's scheduled for Wednesday

• The Trump administration announced that it is terminating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somalis and they must leave the U.S. by March 17th

• The Senate passed the DEFIANCE Act which enables victims of nonconsensual sexually explicit deepfakes to sue creators, distributors, and solicitors for up to $250,000 per violation, with court-ordered takedowns and a 10-year statute of limitations…the bipartisan bill advanced unanimously and now awaits House approval before reaching President Trump

• Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Chris Van Hollen, and Senator Angela Alsobrooks have introduced the SERVE Act to ban sitting presidents from naming federal buildings or assets after themselves and prohibit federal funding for such actions

• President Trump said on social media that he has canceled all meetings with Iranian officials until the regime stops its violent crackdown on anti-government protesters and he urged Iranians to “keep protesting” and “take over your institutions”…read more here

• The Pentagon will invest $1 billion to L3Harris Technologies' rocket motor division via a pioneering "direct-to-supplier" deal to ramp up production of solid rocket motors for missiles like Patriot PAC-3, THAAD, Tomahawk, and Standard Missile

• Netflix is reportedly considering converting its existing cash-and-stock bid for Warner Bros. Discovery's studios and streaming business into an all-cash offer to strengthen its position against rival Paramount Global's $108 billion full-company bid

• OpenAI acquired the four-person health-tech startup Torch for an undisclosed amount, reportedly around $100 million in equity, with its entire team joining to integrate Torch's technology into ChatGPT Health

• Citigroup is planning to cut around 1,000 jobs this week as part of CEO Jane Fraser's multi-year restructuring to eliminate 20,000 positions by end-2026

• December CPI inflation came in at 2.7% year over year, which was in-line with expectations…Core CPI inflation came in at 2.6% year over year, below expectations of 2.7%

• DOW down .80% / S&P down .19%

• Axios reported that White House envoy, Steve Witkoff, met secretly over the weekend with Reza Pahlavi, Iran's exiled former crown prince, to discuss the ongoing nationwide protests against the current regime

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