On today's news brief: A Congressional hearing featuring Attorney General Pam Bondi exploded today over the DOJ's release of the Epstein files, a partial government shutdown appears very likely this weekend, President Donald Trump met with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu today to discuss the turmoil in Iran, U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright is conducting the first on-the-ground assessment of the oil industry in Venezuela, and the U.S. is deploying 200 troops to Nigeria to train the country’s forces to fight Islamist militants.