Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa) pressed Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick over his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in a hearing before the House Appropriations Committee, accusing him of “dodging” her questions. Lutnick, who appears in the Epstein files, hasn’t been accused of any wrongdoing.

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“The map itself contained errors, numerous errors, and it contained precincts that don’t even exist.”

MS NOW’s Alex Tabet spoke with South Carolina state Senator Tom Davis (R) one day after Republicans in the state blocked President Trump’s effort to redraw the congressional map, which Davis said would have “invited chaos” into the election process.

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Senator Jon Ossoff, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, talks with Jen Psaki about the importance of his Senate race in Georgia to the Democrats’ goal of retaking the majority, and shares his heated reaction to the news that Donald Trump is appointing Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, to replace Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence.

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Rachel Maddow looks at Donald Trump’s attempt to have $1.8 billion taxpayer dollars handed to him to distribute to his friends and allies, and debunks the notion that this money-grab has anything to do with suing the IRS.

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The U.S. military on Wednesday carried out new strikes in Iran, shooting down four attack drones and targeting a ground control station. The military stated both the drones and ground facility posed a threat to the Strait of Hormuz, a U.S. official said in a statement to MS NOW.

The official said the ceasefire agreement remains in effect and described the U.S. military actions as intended to maintain the ceasefire.

Jen Psaki reports.

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