Por Steve Contorno, Kristen Holmes y Austin Culpepper, CNN

A principios de este mes, cuando las últimas revelaciones de los archivos de Epstein se propagaron por los medios de derecha, el programa de televisión matutino conservador “American Sunrise” dedicó varios segmentos a pedir consecuencias más severas y una atención sostenida al escándalo.

“Necesitamos dar ejemplo de todo esto”, expresó la copresentadora Emily Finn durante la transmisión del 9 de febrero en el canal de cable pro-Trump Real America’s Voice. “Y no dejar que esto pase desapercibido”.

Momentos después, el programa dio paso al principal programa de la cadena conservadora, “War Room”, presentado por Steve Bannon, exjefe de estrategia del presidente Donald Trump.

Durante las dos horas siguientes, Bannon repasó los temas que animaban a su audiencia, desde la actuación de Bad Bunny en el Super Bowl hasta las polémicas primarias republicanas al Senado en Texas.

No mencionó a Jeffrey Epstein.

El silencio ha definido en gran medida la postura pública de Bannon hacia Epstein desde que el Departamento de Justicia publicó los registros el 30 de enero que detallan una estrecha relación personal entre ambos hombres.

En las semanas posteriores, Bannon no ha mencionado la publicación de los archivos ni la frecuencia con la que su nombre aparece en los nuevos registros públicos, según una revisión de CNN de decenas de horas de programación.

Incluso cuando Bannon elogió a la secretaria de Justicia Pam Bondi por su combativa aparición en el Capitolio a principios de este mes, no mencionó explícitamente los archivos de Epstein, tema de muchos de sus acalorados enfrentamientos con los legisladores.

Es similar a un enfoque que Bannon sugirió en una ocasión para Epstein cuando resurgieron las acusaciones sobre los delitos sexuales del financiero.

En febrero de 2019, Epstein dijo en un mensaje de texto que le gustaría que se revelaran los hechos. Bannon respondió: “Deberías simplemente querer que esto desaparezca”.

Mientras Epstein consideraba responder a parte de la cobertura, Bannon fue directo. “¿Te has vuelto loco?”, escribió. “En cuanto digas algo, ¡esta es la noticia mundial número 1!”.

Bannon no respondió a la solicitud de comentarios de CNN.

En una declaración a The New York Times, Bannon afirmó que estaba trabajando en un documental sobre Epstein y que “esa es la única perspectiva desde la que deben analizarse estas comunicaciones privadas”.

Bannon declaró al periódico que había grabado 50 horas de imágenes de Epstein y que la película lo expondría y “destruiría los mitos que creó”.

El mes pasado, el Departamento de Justicia publicó dos horas de entrevistas de Bannon con Epstein.

Como voz principal del ala conspirativa del Partido Republicano, Bannon ha inculcado a su audiencia durante mucho tiempo la desconfianza ante las explicaciones convenientes.

Desde su creación en 2019, su podcast ha servido como plataforma para que sus invitados impulsen teorías sin fundamento sobre fraude electoral y otros temas.

Hasta hace poco, durante las transmisiones, llevaba sobre el hombro una pancarta con una de sus frases favoritas: “No hay conspiraciones, pero tampoco coincidencias”.

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La Asamblea Nacional de Venezuela aprobó este jueves la ley de amnistía para presos políticos tras una semana de negociaciones marcadas por desacuerdos sobre el alcance de la norma, lo que había generado dudas entre organizaciones y familiares sobre si activistas y opositores en el exilio podrían acogerse a ella.

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Agentes de inmigración podrán detener a ciudadanos estadounidenses en ciertos casos, según una interpretación legal del artículo 111 del título 18 del Código de EE.UU., que amplía sus facultades. Expertos advierten riesgos de abusos y confusión sobre derechos, mientras las autoridades defienden la medida como parte del control inmigratorio.

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El presidente Donald Trump enfrenta una de las decisiones más trascendentales de su segundo mandato mientras ordena el mayor despliegue militar en Medio Oriente en 22 años. Si decide seguir adelante con una acción contra Irán, sus opciones ahora van desde ataques más específicos hasta operaciones sostenidas que podrían durar potencialmente semanas, según fuentes familiarizadas con el tema.

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By Koko Nakajima, CNN

(CNN) — The current flu season has seen the highest rate of doctor’s visits for flu-like symptoms since the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began collecting data through a national surveillance network in 1997.

As the season progresses, CNN is tracking these case rates and hospitalizations across the country. This page will update each week as the CDC releases new data.

The latest

Doctor’s visits

The rate of doctor’s visits for flu-like illness is based on reported symptoms that include a fever plus a cough or sore throat. The CDC estimates that, on average, around 8% of the US population gets sick from the flu each season.

Children are more likely to get sick from the flu than adults. However, adults 65 years and older and children younger than two are at higher risk of developing complications from the flu.

The CDC monitors flu-like illness activity across states and jurisdictions. Weekly activity levels are based on the rate of doctor’s visits for flu-like illness.

Hospitalizations

Hundreds of thousands of people in the US are hospitalized with the flu every year. Throughout each flu season, the cumulative hospitalization rate tracks the number of laboratory-confirmed flu hospitalizations per 100,000 people.

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By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN

(CNN) — The Trump administration plans to double down on targeted immigration enforcement, taking Tom Homan’s playbook in Minneapolis and applying it to multiple cities nationwide, according to current and former Homeland Security officials.

It’s a marked departure from the highly visible and aggressive tactics employed by top Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino. That approach, documented in Hollywood-style social media videos and touted by senior Trump officials at the time, is being tabled, for now, following the scenes that unfolded in Minneapolis, including the shooting deaths of two American citizens.

“No more Bovino bullsh*t. That show is shut down,” a Homeland Security official told CNN.

The return to ICE’s typical immigration enforcement tactics, which include identifying targets ahead of time, instead of broad sweeps in areas trafficked by immigrants, comes amid waning public support for how the administration has been conducting immigration arrests.

The protests and images coming out of Minneapolis late last month prompted concerns from some Trump administration officials over the optics of the immigration crackdown. That included President Donald Trump, who privately expressed frustration that his immigration messaging was getting lost. The debate over federal immigration enforcement has also sparked a partial government shutdown affecting portions of DHS, as Democrats have pushed for ICE reforms in exchange for supporting funding for the department.

“Targeting public safety threats is nothing new. … Under Secretary Noem’s leadership, nearly 70% of ICE arrests are of illegal aliens charged or convicted of a crime in the U.S.,” a Homeland Security spokesperson said in a statement, citing more than 700,000 deportations under the Trump administration.

While the administration has said it is prioritizing people with serious criminal records, many of those detained over the last year do not fall in that category. DHS also issued a recent memo stating that immigration authorities should detain refugees who have not yet obtained a green card and detain them for additional screening.

Sources told CNN that late last year, agents had been more focused on developing targets rather than only relying on street encounters. But that changed with an unprecedented surge of thousands of federal agents to Minneapolis over a welfare-fraud scandal that ensnared the Somali community.

Two Americans — Renee Good and Alex Pretti — were shot and killed by federal agents. And two other officers are under investigation over their accounts about what unfolded in an operation where one of the officers shot a Venezuelan man in the leg.

Homan announced a federal drawdown in Minneapolis last week, citing agreements with local officials allowing additional cooperation.

Current and former Homeland Security officials stressed that the latest move toward a more targeted enforcement approach doesn’t mean that the crackdown is softening, as some cities may still see larger footprints of ICE agents. The turboc

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For years, anybody managing a corporate flight department or a family office likely assumed aviation would get more expensive—fast. But in 2025, that trend hit a wall.

According to data cited by Forbes, private jet charter and jet card rates grew by just 1.7% year-over-year. Compare that to the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI), which jumped 2.7% in the same window. It’s a rare decoupling. For the first time in the post-pandemic era, flying private is actually lagging behind the national inflation rate, rather than driving it.

This one-percentage-point gap isn’t just a rounding error; it’s a structural pivot. We’re seeing a market where the old “premium” pricing power is cooling off as supply finally stabilizes. Tight capacity and aging fleets aren’t pushing rates skyward the way they used to. For decision-makers, this is the signal they’ve been waiting for: Aviation inflation is no longer outstripping the rest of the economy. As this article from private jet charter broker Jettly reveals, it’s a moment of normalization that changes the math for the entire sector.

The Current Reality of Charter Price Growth

The current stabilization follows a period of extreme fiscal volatility. As Forbes mentions in its report, from 2019 to 2023, private jet charter rates climbed nearly 27%, creating a structural budgeting challenge for long-term operators. Even as flight activity began to plateau, a combination of constrained supply and maintenance bottlenecks kept hourly rates elevated well into 2024. This trend forced many organizations to rethink their approach to aviation asset management.

Organizations began modeling aviation spend as a volatile commodity rather than a standard procurement cost. This shift reflects a move toward prioritizing capital liquidity, treating flight hours as an operating expense (OpEx) that requires active risk hedging.

By late 2024, macroeconomic forces finally began to temper the industry’s pricing power, leading to the 1.7% growth rate observed in 2025. This normalization provides a rare window of predictability for travel departments that were previously struggling with double-digit annual increases.

Why 2025 Pricing Cooled

Demand normalization is the primary factor behind this trend. Private jet utilization in North America experienced a steady contraction through mid-2025, particularly within the light and mid-size aircraft categories. This reduction in flight volume reduced the immediate pressure on hourly rates during non-peak travel periods, forcing operators to adjust their pricing models to maintain fleet utilization.

Data from the Business Times Journal confirm the trend, with Q3 2025 hourly rates slipping 0.1%—marking the first quarterly decrease since 2019. While a 0.1% decline may sound modest, directionality matters.

After five years of continuous, aggressive increases, even a flatline in pricing si