The Justice Department says it's releasing more than 3 million pages of documents in the latest Jeffrey Epstein disclosure. The documents were disclosed Friday under a law intended to reveal what the government knew about the millionaire financier’s sexual abuse of young girls and his interactions with the rich and powerful. The files include some of the several million pages of records officials said were withheld from an initial release of documents in December. Hundreds of department attorneys have been reviewing files to black out material that could reveal the identities of victims. Epstein killed himself in a New York jail in 2019 while awaiting trial.

A federal judge has refused to order the pretrial release of a man charged with placing two pipe bombs near the national headquarters of the Democratic and Republican parties on the eve of a mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. U.S. District Judge Amir Ali ruled on Thursday that Brian J. Cole Jr. must remain in jail while awaiting trial. Ali upheld a Jan. 2 decision by a magistrate who concluded that no conditions of release can reasonably protect the public. Cole pleaded not guilty to making and planting two pipe bombs outside the Republican National Committee and the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C.

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Women wait to enter a building supplying food and other goods at Roj camp, one of the detention facilities holding thousands of Islamic State group members and their families, in the al-Malikiyah area of northeastern Syria, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)

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Two girls stand at Roj camp, one of the detention facilities holding thousands of Islamic State group members and their families, in the al-Malikiyah area of northeastern Syria, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)

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Two women walk among tents at Roj camp, one of the detention facilities holding thousands of Islamic State group members and their families, in the al-Malikiyah area of northeastern Syria, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)