On Monday, Jamie Raskin, a top House Democrat, slammed the Justice Department for making “mysterious redactions” in Jeffrey Epstein documents. These changes hid the names of abusers but made victims’ names public. Raskin reviewed unredacted files in Washington DC on their first release day. He said, “I saw the names of lots of people, who were redacted for mysterious or baffling or inscrutable reasons.” He told reporters, “There were tons of completely unnecessary redactions, in addition to the failure to redact the names of victims, and so that was troubling to us.” The next step is to question Attorney General Pam Bondi about the flawed redaction process causing this mystery. In another development, Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted of child sex trafficking, refused to answer questions from the House oversight committee. On corruption, the US slipped to its lowest score ever, ranking 29th in the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index. The report warns that events during Donald Trump’s presidency and Epstein revelations may worsen democratic decline. Meanwhile, three members of Congress and Hawaii’s governor said Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr misled the Senate during his confirmation. Emails revealed his 2019 trip to Samoa related to vaccine safety concerns, contradicting his Senate testimony. Other updates: About 6,000 San Francisco public school teachers struck for fully funded family health care and a 9% salary raise over two years. The US military reported killing two suspected drug smugglers in a strike in the eastern Pacific. Venezuelan opposition politician Juan Pablo Guanipa was detained again after recent release. An Irish man faces deportation despite a valid work permit and no criminal record. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer refused to resign amid fallout over links between the UK’s former US ambassador and Jeffrey Epstein. In health, a study found drinking 2-3 cups of caffeinated tea or coffee daily lowers dementia risk by 15-20%. Corteva announced ending production of a toxic herbicide linked to cancer. Finally, a documentary on investigative journalist Seymour Hersh is streaming on Netflix.