Por Marshall Cohen y Holmes Lybrand, CNN

Una nueva ley federal exige que el Departamento de Justicia publique antes del viernes una enorme cantidad de documentos de investigación relacionados con Jeffrey Epstein.

La publicación de los archivos de Epstein, que detallan las investigaciones sobre el multimillonario y delincuente sexual caído en desgracia, fallecido en 2019, ha atraído una gran atención.

El público ha quedado cautivado por el lujoso estilo de vida de Epstein, las acusaciones de tráfico sexual de menores y sus vínculos con el presidente Donald Trump, el expresidente Bill Clinton, celebridades y dignatarios extranjeros.

El mes pasado, mayorías en las dos cámaras del Congreso a prueba de veto aprobaron una ley que exige al Departamento de Justicia la divulgación de todos los archivos que custodia relacionados con Epstein.

Trump luchó con ahínco para detener la ley, pero la firmó tras ser superado por una oleada bipartidista de apoyo de los legisladores y el público.

Sin embargo, no está claro exactamente qué documentos se harán públicos ni qué parte del material será nueva. A lo largo de los 20 años de la saga de delitos sexuales de Epstein, miles de archivos ya se han divulgado mediante litigios civiles y solicitudes de registros públicos.

Esto es lo que sabemos sobre los archivos:

La ley, llamada Ley de Transparencia de Archivos Epstein, tiene solo tres páginas y explica en un lenguaje sencillo lo que el Departamento de Justicia debe divulgar y lo que puede retener.

El Gobierno federal está obligado a publicar copias “buscables y descargables” de “todos los registros, documentos, comunicaciones y materiales de investigación no clasificados” relacionados con Epstein y Maxwell que estén en posesión del Departamento de Justicia o el FBI.

La ley exige explícitamente la publicación de registros de viaje, materiales sobre los asociados de Epstein, cualquier acuerdo de inmunidad relacionado, registros corporativos relevantes, todas las comunicaciones internas del Departamento de Justicia sobre las investigaciones y documentos sobre la muerte de Epstein en 2019.

CNN ha informado que hay más de 300 gigabytes de datos almacenados en el principal sistema electrónico de gestión de casos del FBI, llamado Sentinel. Esto incluye videos, fotografías, grabaciones de audio y registros escritos.

El FBI realizó dos investigaciones sobre Epstein. La primera comenzó en 2006 tras la aparición de acusaciones de abuso sexual en Florida. Esto condujo a un acuerdo de no procesamiento, en el que Epstein evitó los cargos federales.

Gran parte de la misma conducta también fue investigada por el Departamento de Policía de Palm Beach, lo que condujo a la declaración de culpabilidad de Epstein en 2008 por cargos estatales. Cumpliría solo 13 meses en una cárcel de Florida por cargos estatales de prostitución, aunque se le permitió pasar casi la mitad de ese tiempo en “libertad de trabajar” en su oficina.

La segunda investigación del F

By Steve Contorno, Kristen Holmes, Alayna Treene, CNN

(CNN) — Of all the blunt assessments White House chief of staff Susie Wiles shared with Vanity Fair over the past year, perhaps her sharpest words were aimed at Attorney General Pam Bondi.

In remarks the magazine published Tuesday, Wiles said that Bondi “completely whiffed” in her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case files — an issue that has animated many of President Donald Trump’s most ardent supporters and generated months of political headaches for the White House.

Bondi, however, quickly stood by her “dear friend” and fellow Floridian, joining others in publicly closing ranks and instead directing criticism at the messenger.

“Any attempt to divide this administration will fail,” Bondi wrote on social media, referring to the Vanity Fair article.

Her response mirrored the outpouring of support for Wiles from Trump’s top aides, Cabinet officials and some of his staunchest online protecters in the hours after the story sent Washington abuzz. The full-throated defense of the nation’s first female chief of staff masked a stunned White House inner circle left aghast by what some saw as a significant blunder from a typically low-profile leader many entrusted to clean up messes, not make them.

Even Trump himself downplayed the at-times unflattering assessments, including Wiles describing him as having an “alcoholic’s personality.” He not only brushed off the characterization but embraced it.

“You see, I don’t drink alcohol. So everybody knows that — but I’ve often said that if I did, I’d have a very good chance of being an alcoholic,” he told the New York Post. “I have said that many times about myself, I do. It’s a very possessive personality,” Trump said.

The public display of loyalty from Trump and his inner circle — in part, a coordinated counterattack meant to limit the fallout, one aide told CNN — stood in sharp contrast to the internal feuds, staff turnover and public infighting that defined much of the president’s first term.

By this point in 2017, Trump had replaced his chief of staff, pushed out his top political adviser, seen his press secretary resign — and watched a new communications director last just 10 days — while grappling with the fallout of his national security adviser and health and human services secretary leaving amid scandal. Trump is now set to finish his first year back in Washington with his senior team and Cabinet largely intact from the day he was sworn in to office.

The episode is also illustrative of Wiles’ unique influence and power inside Trump’s orbit. Referred to by the president as the “Ice Maiden” and even “Susie Trump,” Wiles has earned near-universal loyalty across the White House and Trump’s political operation. It’s a distinction she cemented during the years after Trump left office, when Wiles remained by his side through his political exile and then guided his political comeback as the co-campaign manager to his third

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El desempleo en EE.UU. golpea de manera desproporcionada a los latinos. La presidenta de Honduras denuncia que Juan Orlando Hernández planifica “un golpe”. ¿Quiénes son las víctimas del tiroteo en la Universidad de Brown? Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad.

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As your business grows, so does your spending. And when spending increases, you’re suddenly faced with the burden of managing more and more expense documentation. If you’re still manually organizing paper receipts for expenses, you should know automation software makes the process much easier.

Automating the expense management process improves efficiency, saves precious time, and significantly reduces the risk of human error. In fact, Bain & Company found that companies leading in automation cut costs in the processes they automate by about 17%, compared with just 7% for those making smaller investments.

In this article, Ramp outlines a practical, step-by-step guide on how to organize expense receipts, including both digital and paper formats, compliance requirements, and how automation can help streamline the process.

Why should you keep track of business receipts?

Business receipts play an essential role in many financial processes. That’s why an organized system for managing receipts is critical for businesses of all sizes. These are just a few of the most important reasons for tracking your receipts effectively:

• Tax deductions and compliance: The IRS and other tax authorities require accurate documentation of all business tax deductions. If you’re not careful with your expense receipts all year, the IRS could reject the deductions you claim on your tax return come tax season. This could potentially result in fines, penalties, and a lengthy tax audit.
• Financial audits: Whether it’s an internal review or an external audit, receipts are key for validating business transactions. Auditors will scrutinize large expenses and use your saved receipts to confirm the charges are legitimate and properly recorded. Missing receipts can lead to failed audits and serious consequences.
• Expense tracking and budgeting: Receipts help track and categorize your business expenses. A centralized system for organizing small business receipts, especially when paired with expense tracking software, provides real-time visibility into all your spending activity, enabling more accurate financial planning and budgeting.
• Expense reimbursement: If your employees routinely make purchases on the company’s behalf, you need their receipts to reimburse them properly. Receipts ensure fair and transparent expense reimbursement, helping you maintain accurate financial records.

Staying organized can also help address common pain points like lost receipts, inefficiency associated with manual data entry, potential errors, and IRS-related stress. An organized receipt tracking system lets you quickly retrieve crucial documentation, protecting your business from fraudulent claims or billing

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The automotive past offered predictability. A typical fender bender meant a repair, a short rental, and a completed claim with the car insurance provider. Today, that same minor collision is increasingly likely to result in a “total loss” designation from the insurer. Even seemingly fixable damage leads to vehicles being written off at an alarming rate. This change is not due only to visible damage; it is the result of the “Total Loss Tsunami,” driven by persistent global supply chain disruptions and soaring parts costs. This situation represents a significant financial hit for vehicle owners and a fundamental shift for the entire auto insurance industry. The rising frequency of total loss claims is a key driver behind increasing auto insurance premiums, a trend analyzed closely by resources such as Cheap Insurance.

The Perfect Storm: When “Fixable” Becomes “Unfeasible”

The decision for a car insurance company to declare a vehicle a total loss boils down to a cold, hard calculation: Is the cost of repairing the vehicle more than a certain percentage of its Actual Cash Value (ACV)? This total loss threshold is set by state law or by the insurer, but typically hovers around 70% to 80% of the ACV. If repair costs hit that mark, the vehicle is totaled.

The application of this rule varies drastically by location, creating different risk profiles for vehicle insurance providers nationwide. For example, Oklahoma has one of the nation’s lowest thresholds at 60%, meaning a vehicle with damage exceeding 60% of its value must be totaled. Conversely, states like Texas have a 100% threshold, though insurers there often use their own, lower economic threshold. This complexity means that the same repair cost on the same model of vehicle can lead to a total loss in one state but not another.

Before the pandemic, this calculation was relatively stable, allowing auto insurance providers to predict claim outcomes. Now, virtually every variable has been altered, making that total loss threshold far easier to breach for the insurer.

1. The Phantom Parts: Supply Chain Chokeholds

A vehicle needing a new bumper, a headlight assembly, and specific ADAS sensors faces severe challenges.

• Manufacturing delays: Global shutdowns, labor shortages, and raw material scarcity, especially for microchips, have crippled automotive parts production. A part once readily available might now be on backorder for months.
• Shipping bottlenecks: Ports are congested, shipping containers are scarce, and transportation costs have exploded. A part, once produced, often cannot reach the repair shop in a timely or cost-effective manner.
• Specialized components: Modern vehicles are intricate. If a complex ADAS sensor or a