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Good afternoon and welcome to your afternoon news update from AP. Today, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies she has no information on Epstein’s crimes; a federal judge rejects a request to block the Trump White House from building its $400 million ballroom project; and a new poll on Iran by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

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Members of the media set up outside the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center awaiting the arrival of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Thursday, in Chappaqua, N.Y. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Hillary Clinton testifies she has no information on Epstein’s crimes and doesn’t recall meeting him

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told members of Congress on Thursday that she had no knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s or Ghislaine Maxwell’s crimes, starting off two days of depositions that will also include former President Bill Clinton. Read more.

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Judge rejects request to block Trump White House from building its $400 million ballroom project

A federal judge on Thursday rejected a preservationist group’s request to block the Trump administration from continuing construction of a $400 million ballroom where it demolished the East Wing of the White House. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon said the privately funded group based its challenge on a “ragtag group of theories” under the Administrative Procedure Act and the Constitution, and would have a better chance of success if it amended the lawsuit. The preservationists did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Read more. 

What Americans think about Trump’s judgment on military force as Iran talks resume: new AP-NORC poll

About half of U.S. adults are “extremely” or “very” concerned that Iran’s nuclear program poses a direct threat to the United States, according to the new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. About 3 in 10 are “moderately” concerned and only about 2 in 10 are “not very” concerned or “not concerned at all.” Read more.

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