Larry Summers resigns from OpenAI board and Harvard launches new investigation after new Epstein ties are exposed

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

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Larry Summers resigned from OpenAI board as new ties to Jeffrey Epstein have come to light, a FBI trainee filed a lawsuit against Kash Patel for wrongful termination, and Dolly Parton explained why she missed a ceremony celebrating Dollywood.

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1 | Larry Summers resigns from OpenAI board and Harvard launches new investigation after new Epstein ties are exposed

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2 | Trump claims conspiracy over daughter Tiffany's Covid-canceled Georgetown graduation ceremony

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3 |FBI trainee claims he was fired for flying Pride flag at his desk and sues Kash Patel

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4 | Family sues for $37M after elderly Vietnam vet fatally shoots himself at VA hospital

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5 | Dolly Parton shares health update after missing another event

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The Big Question 

Congress has rushed through the bill to release the Jeffrey Epstein files after months of resistance from President Donald Trump and Republican House leadership - but when exactly that will happen remains a mystery.

A drawn-out fight by survivors of Epstein's abuse, MAGA, rebel GOP reps and Democrats culminated in The Epstein Files Transparency Act clearing the House and the Senate Tuesday, and it is expected to land on Trump's desk imminently.

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'I feel so terrified'

Ricardo Páez and his wife have lived a quiet life outside Miami for over a decade. 

Páez, though, is not like most of his neighbors in Pembroke Pines, a suburb lush with palm trees and littered with golf courses. The 66-year-old Venezuelan native is in the U.S. on a protected status — or at least he thought it was protected.

But after a recent check-in with ICE, the family's American dream has turned into an unending nightmare.

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