## Nearly all Epstein files still unreleased a month after Congress deadline

Authored by theguardian.com

The law was clear: Donald Trump’s Department of Justice was required to disclose all investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein by 19 December 2025, with rare exceptions.

One month after this deadline mandated by Congress’s Epstein Files Transparency Act, however, Trump’s justice department has not complied with this law, prompting questions about when – and whether – authorities will ever release investigative documents about the late sex offender.

“Congress did not create a discretionary timeline – it created a legal obligation.

Every day these records remain withheld sends a message to victims that transparency is optional when powerful interests are involved,” Kuvin said.

“These files are not abstract government records; they are evidence of how institutions failed children.

Some are now calling for judicial intervention, asking a judge to implement a special master who could facilitate the release of these documents.

View image in fullscreen Protesters hold signs during a news conference on the Epstein Files Transparency Act outside the US Capitol on 18 November 18 2025. »

### Third immigrant detainee at facility in El Paso has died, ICE says

Authored by nbcnews.com

ICE identified the detainee as Victor Manuel Diaz, 36, from Nicaragua, who first encountered ICE officers in Minneapolis.

“He died of a presumed suicide; however, the official cause of his death remains under investigation,” ICE said in the release.

Francisco Gaspar-Andres, 48, a Camp East Montana detainee from Guatemala, died at The Hospitals of Providence East, a general hospital in El Paso, on Dec. 3. »

### Ever watched a pet cow pick up a broom and scratch herself with it? You have now

Authored by livescience.com

Veronika is able to manipulate the tool depending on what area she wants to scratch, the scientists discovered.

"We decided to use a broom because a broom has a functional end and a non-functional end.

The findings represent the first documented case of tool use in cattle and use of a multi-purpose tool, Osuna-Mascaró said. »

### Swiss-funded study finds cows are smarter than originally thought

Authored by swissinfo.ch

Swiss-funded study finds cows are smarter than originally thought.

The study was published on Monday in the journal Current Biology.

“For a long time, it was virtually automatically assumed that cows were stupid,” said study leader Alice Auersperg in an interview with the Keystone-SDA news agency. »

### NATO curbs intelligence sharing with US over Greenland dispute

Authored by newsukraine.rbc.ua

NATO officials are restricting access to intelligence sharing with the US.

According to the agency's sources, NATO insiders say that some officials have begun to conceal the exchange of intelligence with the US.

A senior NATO insider tells that this creates tension and mistrust between European and American colleagues in NATO. »

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