By VICTORIA CHURCHILL, US POLITICAL REPORTER

Published: 09:13 EST, 5 February 2026 | Updated: 09:48 EST, 5 February 2026

Hillary Clinton is demanding that her forthcoming testimony before the US House Oversight Committee about ties to Jeffrey Epstein be held in public. 

‘Let’s stop the games. If you want this fight, @RepJamesComer, let’s have it—in public,’ the former Secretary of State noted in a Thursday morning post on X.

‘You love to talk about transparency. There’s nothing more transparent than a public hearing, cameras on. We will be there,’ the former Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic nominee for president added.

Kentucky Republican Jame Comer, the Oversight Committee chair, on Tuesday announced that both Bill and Hillary Clinton would testify over their relationship with Epstein later this month.

After months of negotiations, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton agreed to appear for a deposition before the House Oversight Committee on February 26 and former President Bill Clinton will comply on February 27.

Comer had planned to hold a closed-door deposition that would be transcribed and filmed. Clinton is demanding that the entire testimony be given in public and live on camera.

Hillary also noted in another X post on Thursday that for six months, she and her husband ‘engaged Republicans on the Oversight Committee in good faith’ and ‘told them what we know, under oath.’

The former Secretary of State additionally stated that the committee ‘moved the goalposts and turned accountability into an exercise in distraction.’

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during the Doha Forum in Qatar on December 7, 2025

Infamous sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and associate Ghislaine Maxwell at the Clinton White House. The image, from the William J. Clinton Presidential Library, shows Epstein and Maxwell speaking with then-President Bill Clinton at an event that took place in 1993 for donors to the White House Historical Association

Later this month will be the first time a former president testifies before Congress after being served a subpoena.

President Donald Trump, who was a fellow known associate of Epstein’s, noted in a Wednesday interview with NBC News that he likes Bill Clinton, and was ‘bothered’ that Congress was going after him.

Trump also shared the following sentiment earlier on Wednesday during a press conference in the Oval Office about the Clintons’ testimony: ‘I think it’s a shame, to be honest. I always liked him. Her, she’s a very capable woman. She was better at debating than some of the other people, I will tell you that. She was smarter. Smart woman.’

In a media statement issued Tuesday, Comer stated that ‘Republicans and Democrats on the Oversight Committee have been clear: no one is above the law—and that includes the Clintons.’

A contempt vote before the full Republican-led House of Representatives loomed for the Clintons this week before they agreed to testify before Congress, and has now been canceled.

Comer said that the Clintons ‘completely caved and will appear for transcribed, filmed depositions this month.’

‘We look forward to questioning the Clintons as part of our investigation into the horrific crimes of Epstein and Maxwell, to deliver transparency and accountability for the American people and for survivors,’ Comer added.

Clinton spokesman Angle Urena posted on X Monday that the Clintons ‘negotiated in good faith’ with the committee and ‘look forward to setting a precedent that applies to everyone’ with their testimonies.

1) “You always…” or “you never…”

2) “Boo-hoo, poor you…” or “You’re so dramatic”

3) “If you really loved me…” or “I thought I meant more to you than that…”

4) “Other couples don’t have this problem” or “My ex never did this”

5) “I don’t care, you do you,” or “I don’t want to tell you what you should do, you know best”

India captain Suryakumar Yadav said his team would travel to Colombo as planned for their T20 World Cup clash against arch-rivals Pakistan, despite Pakistan’s decision to boycott the match citing geopolitical tensions.

The Pakistan government directed its team to boycott the 15 February Group A contest to show solidarity with Bangladesh, who were replaced by Scotland following their refusal to tour India over safety concerns.

“Our mindset is clear,” Suryakumar told reporters at the captains’ pre-tournament press conference in Mumbai on Thursday.

“We have not refused to play – they have. We’ve booked our flight and we are going.”

India, currently the top-ranked T20 team, are aiming to become the first side to defend the title, and also the first hosts to win the T20 World Cup.

Pakistan’s boycott of the India match would leave them with little margin for error in their bid to reach the Super-8 stage, as only the top two teams from each group in the 20-team tournament advance.

Group A also features Namibia, the Netherlands, and the USA, who shocked Pakistan in the 2024 edition of the tournament.

Pakistan captain Salman Agha said the decision to boycott the game against India was “not in our control”.

“It’s a government decision, and we respect that,” Salman told reporters in Colombo.

“Yeah, we lost to USA in the last World Cup, but that’s history now. It’s a new World Cup, it’s a new team, and it’s a new combination.

“All three teams in our group, they are very good sides… So we are preparing for these games like we always do against any other team.”

Asked what would happen should India and Pakistan meet in a knockout game, Salman said they would follow government advice.

The Douglas County sheriff’s deputy who shot and killed a man in the parking lot of a Highlands Ranch arcade last year attacked him “unreasonably and excessively,” according to a wrongful death lawsuit filed Monday by the man’s family.

Jalin Seabron, 23, died after Douglas County Deputy Nicholas Moore shot at him nine times while responding to reports of an active shooter at Main Event, striking him with seven bullets in the back and side. Seabron was not the shooter, but he was armed.

Seabron had pulled the gun out to defend his friends and family, who were celebrating his birthday with him at the arcade, 64 Centennial Blvd., according to the lawsuit.

Moore “unreasonably and recklessly charged into the scene, … without adequately evaluating the situation, utilizing a position of cover, or waiting for backup,” the lawsuit alleges. The deputy fired all nine shots within 15 seconds of arriving in the Main Event parking lot, his body camera video showed.

“Hey!” the officer is heard shouting in the video. “Drop the gun! Drop the gun! Now! Drop it!”

A woman can also be heard in the video, crying out for Moore not to shoot.

The warnings to drop the weapon happened over roughly three seconds. When Seabron didn’t immediately respond and turned his head toward Moore, not appearing to raise his weapon from his side, the deputy started shooting.

“At the time Moore opened fire, Mr. Seabron still had his back to the deputy and had just barely started to turn his head in reaction to the yelled commands,” the lawsuit stated.

Moore “wrongly assumed” Seabron was the shooter and shot him without “verifying whether Mr. Seabron actually posed a threat, or providing Mr. Seabron a reasonable opportunity to comply with commands,” the lawsuit alleges. Seabron didn’t have time to process the orders, let alone obey them, the document claims.

George Brauchler, the 23rd Judicial District Attorney, declined to file criminal charges against Moore in April 2025, after a month-long investigation into the police shooting by the district’s critical incident response team, according to a decision letter he sent to Douglas County Sheriff Darren Weekly.

The deputy gave Seabron several commands to drop his gun, but the commands all happened within three seconds, according to the decision letter. Moore did not verbally identify himself as law enforcement, and did not use his sirens while responding to the scene, the letter confirms.

State law allows a police officer to forgo that announcement if they believe doing so “would unduly place peace officers at risk or would create a risk of death or injury to other persons,” Brauchler said during an April news conference.

The shooting inside the Highlands Ranch arcade started as a fight in the bathroom between Seabron’s stepsister, 23-year-old Nevaeha Crowley-Sanders, and a friend she had known since high school. Authorities said Crowley-Sanders pulled out a handgun and shot at the 22-year-old victim, her friend, eight times.

Crowley-Sanders was assaulted by a group of women in the restroom and fired her gun in self-defense, ending the altercation, according to the lawsuit. The woman shot by Crowley-Sanders survived her injuries, and Crowley-Sanders was charged with attempted murder.

The former CEO of the IWK Health Centre has been sentenced to nine months in jail for defrauding the children’s hospital during her time in charge.

Tracy Kitch was convicted last year after the court found she spent more than $30,000 on her corporate credit card to pay for personal expenses, including flights and limo services.

Kitch, who is now unemployed, had pleaded not guilty to fraud over $5,000.

During her sentencing hearing last month, she told the court she failed to properly prioritize oversight of her expense claims.

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Sentencing hearing underway for former IWK CEO found guilty of defrauding hospital

On Wednesday, Judge Ronda van der Hoek sentenced Kitch to nine months behind bars. She will also be on probation for 24 months after her jail time.

Kitch left the courtroom in handcuffs following the judge’s decision.

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The defence was seeking 12 months of house arrest, but the judge ultimately sided with the Crown.

“We’re of the view of something of this seriousness with this degree of breach of trust requires no sentence less than a period of incarceration in a provincial institution,” said Crown attorney Peter Dostal outside the courtroom.

Kitch is appealing her conviction, with a court date set for Thursday.

Found guilty twice

Kitch was first charged in 2018 and subsequently convicted of fraud in February 2022.

That decision was overturned by the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal before a new trial began in 2024, where she was convicted again.

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Former IWK CEO gets bail one day after being sentenced for fraud

Judge van der Hoek said Ktich was motivated by “greed and a sense of entitlement” and betrayed the public with her actions.

The judge said while Kitch made repayments, she demonstrated little insight into her wrongdoing, which the judge said doesn’t bode well for rehabilitation.

“In order for the public to trust our government, to trust our hard-working civil services, we have to make it clear if anyone’s going to start self-serving before they serve the public, there’s going to be serious consequences and I think that decision today makes that very clear,” said Dostal.

During the retrial, the judge also said Kitch’s decisions deprived the hospital of money needed to provide health care for mothers and children.

Kitch began her role as CEO in 2014 with a starting salary of $280,000. She resigned in 2017 after an independent review of the hospital’s credit card transactions and claims identified $47,273 of potentially personal expenses, of which $25,009 had been reimbursed.

Those personal expenses included air fare tickets, flight passes, meals, hotel rooms, mobile data overages, and iTunes charges.

“Hotel costs include a hotel stay by a family member of the CEO during a visit to Halifax, as well as hotel charges related to a personal trip to the U.S. that were charged to the corporate credit card,” the report found.

— with a file from The Canadian Press 

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The opening ceremonies for the Winter Olympics are on Friday but women’s hockey action begins Thursday with a local connection.

University of Guelph animal biology student Martina Fedel will lace up her skates as a goalie for Italy.

Fedel, 23, also plays in net for the Guelph Gryphons and was named University of Guelph Women’s Athlete of the Year in 2023-24.

Italy faces France at 8:40 a.m. ET Thursday while the Canadian team will hit the ice against Finland at 3 p.m.

Another local connection at the Olympics is freestyle skier Rachael Karker, who was born in Guelph and grew up in Erin.

Karker won Bronze in the women’s halfpipe event at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and told CBC K-W’s The Morning Edition host Craig Norris she would like to medal again and feels some pressure to do well.

“Our funding is almost directly tied to the amount of medals that we get — the Olympics and world championships are the two that they kind of care about a lot,” she said in an interview.

WATCH | Rachael Karker talks to CBC K-W after winning bronze in 2022:

Rachael Karker shows off her bronze medal

Rachael Karker of Erin, Ont., claimed bronze in the women’s freeski halfpipe on Friday. She joined CBC K-W’s ‘The Morning Edition’ hours later to show off her medal.

“I do feel like there is pressure from my fellow teammates, obviously myself and people have sort of grown in expectation that I tend to medal at events. So there’s that pressure as well.”

Unlike 2022, which still saw some restrictions in fans being able to watch the Games due to COVID-19 protocols, Karker says she’s thrilled more friendly faces will be on the sidelines watching and cheering her on.

“I’m really looking forward to my family being there. I’m so excited that they can all make it. Obviously the COVID games were a completely different experience,” she said. “I’m just mostly excited to have a bunch of people there.”

The women’s halfpipe event begins with qualifiers on Feb. 19.

Watch parties

Libraries across the country are teaming up with CBC to host watch parties.

Kitchener Public Library’s central branch will hold daily watch parties.

The viewing times are:

• Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
• Monday to Thursday from 9 a.m. to 8:45 p.m.

The library will be closed Feb. 10 for a staff development day and Feb. 16 for Family Day.

Events are also being planned at the Cambridge Public Library, Waterloo Public Library and Region of Waterloo Public Library branches.

Watch from home

CBC, Canada’s Olympic Network, has launched its Olympics page to cover all the events from Italy.

CBC will offer 22 hours of live coverage every day from the Milano-Cortina Winter Games, with over 1,200 hours of live content available on its digital platforms.

Along with TV broadcasts on CBC and its partner networks Sportsnet and TSN, people will be able to stream all of the action from Milano Cortina 2026 live and on demand exclusively at CBC Gem.

WATCH | Cheering on Canadian athletes as they leave for the Olympics:

‘Let’s go Canada!’: Team Canada is off to Milano Cortina 2026

Canadian Olympic athletes depart from Montreal’s Trudeau airport for the Milano-Cortina Olympic Games.

A complete CBC streaming schedule for Milano Cortina 2026 can be found online and the schedule can be filtered by sport or by events featuring Canadians and medal events. 

Are you planning a special watch party during the Olympics? Tell us about it! Email the CBC K-W newsroom to share your story.

Hundreds of residents from a northern Manitoba First Nation have returned following a power outage that forced them to evacuate, but thousands more are waiting to go back home.

The majority of evacuees from Pimicikamak Cree Nation have spent the past few weeks in Winnipeg. There are also some evacuees from the community still in Thompson, Chief David Monias told CBC on Wednesday.

Although 400 residents have returned home, Monias estimates 3,600 more are stuck in limbo — unsure when they’ll get to head home.

“A lot of people are taking it pretty hard — psychologically, emotionally frustrated that they want to get things done faster,” Monias said.

A downed power line in late December caused a widespread power outage across Pimicikamak, and forced some residents to leave the community. Power was restored on Jan. 2, but frozen pipes and flooding left homes unsafe and resulted in even more evacuations.

Repairs are underway in Pimicikamak, but a lot of work still needs to be done, Monias said.

“They’re trying to get the walls fixed, get the plumbing up and running,” he said. “There’s some electrical issues, they’re trying to get those things sorted out, make sure that we don’t have any fires later on.”

Among Pimicikamak’s evacuees, Lori Osborne has been temporarily living out of a hotel by Winnipeg’s airport.

She received a notice on her door in early January telling her about the mandatory evacuation. Osborne hoped it would be a short stay, but she’s now bracing for another month away from home.

“On a card, it says until March, and I was like, what the heck! I didn’t know we were going to stay until March,” she said of a note she received after her evacuation.

“I was kind of shocked.”

Osborne is grateful she has siblings who are also in Winnipeg during the evacuation, but says it’s been a struggle walled up in a hotel room and away from the comforts of home.

“I have a one-year-old, and it’s hard to keep her entertained in a tiny room,” she said.

“I try to keep myself occupied. I take my kids out and we come just walking around the hallways, visiting each other, just keeping each other busy … doing the same old thing until we get to go home,” Osborne said.

While she is glad to see some of her fellow Pimicikamak residents return home, she can’t wait for her turn. 

“I don’t like being here. I want to go home. I love being home. I love Pimicikamak,” Osborne said.

‘A lot of anxiety’

Indigenous-led non-profit organization Ka Ni Kanichihk has been providing assistance to Pimicikamak evacuees in Winnipeg over the past month.

Executive director Jackie Anderson says heart helpers — frontline staff working with people accessing the service — have been offering them a bit of normalcy in a situation far from normal.

“There was a lot of anxiety when they first came, because everybody was separated and they didn’t know where their family members were,” Anderson said, adding that their staff have built close relationships with community members and leaders.

That includes bannock bakers providing a taste of home to elders, along with collecting donations of wild meat and fish for evacuees.

Ka Ni Kanichihk has also provided elders with a space on Tuesday and Thursdays where they can partake in activities such as crocheting, puzzles and read books.

“They’re really open and appreciative that our heart helpers check on them every day and provide them those opportunities to be here,” Anderson said.

There’s also a safe room that evacuees can access around the clock. The room is “a safe space for our families who just may need a break,” Anderson said.

She says it’s important that evacuees are not feeling overwhelmed in their hotel that they don’t have access to certain things when the activity room shuts down at 8 p.m.

Ka Ni Kanichik is also collecting donations so their stay can be a little more comfortable. Donations have tapered off since January, but Anderson says the need is still there.

“Pyjamas, slippers for the kids, and … board games, craft supplies for the activity rooms, but also so they can take it up to their room and have something to play with.”

WATCH | Hundreds of Pimicikamak evacuees return home, thousands still waiting:

Some Pimicikamak evacuees return home, thousands still waiting

Some people from Pimicikamak Cree Nation have returned home over a month after a power outage led to frozen and burst pipes that caused damage to homes and buildings in the northern Manitoba First Nation, prompting an evacuation. However, thousands of evacuees are still waiting for their turn to go back to the community. It’s unknown how long the evacuation will last, and one organization is gathering donations to help people who have been displaced.