Did Trump Really Know About Epstein?

President Donald Trump has signed a funding bill, ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. The signing ceremony Wednesday night came just hours after the House passed a funding measure. The Senate had already passed the measure Monday. According to documents made public Wednesday, Jeffrey Epstein wrote in a 2019 email to a journalist that Donald Trump “knew about the girls.” The White House quickly accused Democrats of selectively leaking emails to smear the president. The released documents did not indicate whether Trump committed a crime or that he knew about Epstein’s actions. And several Ukrainian ministers submitted their resignations Wednesday amid a major embezzlement scandal involving the country’s energy sector. A 15-month investigation by anti-corruption watchdogs revealed about $100 million in kickbacks to colluders. Media reports implicate a close associate of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the scandal.