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Jeffrey Epstein's victims aren't leaving America's headlines − and they're paying close attention. |
Greetings, This is America readers, I'm Phillip M. Bailey, chief political correspondent for USA TODAY. |
After months of pressure, Congress and President Donald Trump have moved to release all files from the Epstein investigation, including those about the disgraced financier's associates. |
Survivors who have come forward aren't planning to drop the issue and remain watchful. |
"None of us here signed up for this political warfare. We never asked to be dragged into battles between people who never protected us in the first place," Wendy Avis said at a news conference before Congress voted on the Epstein files bill. | Protesters stand behind the barricades at a news conference with U.S. Rep. Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz., as she calls for the release of the Epstein files, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on Nov. 18. Annabelle Gordon, REUTERS |
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Swastikas and nooses 'potentially divisive' symbols? |
In the revision, the Coast Guard reclassified symbols including "a noose, a swastika, and any symbols or flags co-opted or adopted by hate-based groups" as "potentially divisive." Under previous policy, the Coast Guard would investigate the display of such symbols as a "potential hate incident." |
The Coast Guard updated the policy after a Washington Post story about the policy revision sparked furor from lawmakers and Jewish groups. |
"These symbols have been and remain prohibited in the Coast Guard per policy," Adm. Kevin Lunday, the service's acting commandant, wrote in an email to USA TODAY. "Any display, use or promotion of such symbols, as always, will be thoroughly investigated and severely punished." |
Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Mississippi, said swastikas and nooses aren't "potentially divisive" but rather "representations of genocide and lynching." |
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