## 'We have the votes': Reps push for Epstein files' release

Authored by usatoday.com

WASHINGTON − Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Kentucky, and Ro Khanna, D-California, are voicing optimism about their ability to force an unsanitized release of the Justice Department's files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

"We have the votes," Khanna said Sept. 7 on ABC News' “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.”.

"I think we're going to get a resounding vote on this," Massie told Stephanopoulos during the same program.

Trump and Epstein were friends for more than a decade in the 1990s and early 2000s.

Attorney General Pam Bondi reportedly told Trump in the spring that he is named in the files.

Epstein associated with various rich and powerful people for years, including not just Trump but also President Bill Clinton.

Being named in the files or having associated with Epstein doesn't mean a person engaged in wrongdoing. »

### Hope for diabetes: CRISPR-edited cells pump out insulin in a person – and evade immune detection

Authored by nature.com

In a medical first, researchers report that they have implanted CRISPR-edited pancreas cells into a person with type 1 diabetes.

The ultimate goal is to apply immune-cloaking gene edits to stem cells and then direct their development into insulin-secreting islet cells.

But some independent research groups have failed to confirm that the Sana method confers immune-skirting abilities on edited cells. »

### West Point cancels ceremony to honor Tom Hanks as ‘outstanding US citizen’

Authored by theguardian.com

In Forrest Gump, the title character, played by Tom Hanks, receives the Congressional Medal of Honor from President Lyndon B Johnson.

In real life, it appears Hanks will no longer receive another military honor.

Now, the West Point Association of Graduates has canceled the ceremony to honor the actor just weeks before it was to take place, the Washington Post reported. »

### Trump Says He Will Sanction Russia After Attack on Kyiv

Authored by time.com

Asked by reporters on Sunday if he was ready to impose a second round of sanctions against Russia following the attack, Trump said: “Yeah, I am.”

Trump's envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, wrote on X that Russia “appears to be escalating”, and that the attack “was not a signal that Russia wants to diplomatically end this war.”

Soon after the talks in Alaska, Trump said he was working to arrange a meeting between Putin and Zelensky. »

### Ukraine hits 'strategically important' oil infrastructure in Russia, General Staff confirms

Authored by kyivindependent.com

Ukrainian forces struck the Ilsky oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar Krai and the "8-N" oil pipeline control station near the village of Naitopovichi in Bryansk Oblast, Ukraine's General Staff confirmed on Sept. 7.

Both facilities are involved in supplying fuel to Russian troops invading Ukraine, according to the General Staff.

Beyond targeting oil infrastructure, Ukraine's General Staff said Ukrainian forces also struck Russian personnel positions and logistics depots in Kursk Oblast. »

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