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Jessica Estepa

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  • Campaign Editor, CNN
Washington, D.C.
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Insights team lead at @BBGIndustry. Probably singing, knitting or stress baking. Home means NV. Alum: @cnn @usatoday @natgeo @eenewsupdates @rollcall @RSJNevada

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Jessica Estepa’s Biography

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Jessica Estepa is a storyteller and a self-described news junkie/social media butterfly based in the Washington, D.C., area. She is the senior campaign editor for CNN Politics, where she has overseen digital coverage of campaigns, elections and national politics since 2019.

She last worked as a politics editor in USA TODAY's Washington bureau, overseeing breaking and trending news coverage. Prior to that, she served as the lead writer and editor of OnPolitics, USA TODAY's politics blog. Previou…

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'Blackfish' casts long shadow as aquarium weighs retirement for dolphins

'Blackfish' casts long shadow as aquarium weighs retirement for dolphins

BALTIMORE -- Ghosts of the National Aquarium's dolphin show live on two years after its shutdown. The amphith…

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Beluga fight pits aquarium against NOAA

Beluga fight pits aquarium against NOAA

ATLANTA -- A 2-foot-thick glass panel separates Beethoven and Maris from their admirers. The pair swim back a…

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'Deadliest Catch' crabbers stuck on land as season begins

'Deadliest Catch' crabbers stuck on land as season begins

In Jake Jacobsen's more than four decades in the Bering Sea crabbing business, the season has always started …

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NPS, advocates on mission to undo 'troubling' lack of ethnic-minority park visitors

NPS, advocates on mission to undo 'troubling' lack of ethnic-minority park visitors

A chance encounter in a Belize bar led Audrey and Frank Peterman to embark on a life-changing cross-country a…

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Invasive species: 'I don't think I'm afraid of snakes anymore' -- 02/08/2013 -- www.eenews.net

Invasive species: 'I don't think I'm afraid of snakes anymore' -- 02/08/2013 -- www.eenews.net

HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Luck was on Tom Rahill's side last weekend as he loaded up his canoe in preparation for th…

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Public lands: Alaska, Ohio lawmakers face off in McKinley moniker dispute -- 10/10/2012 -- www.ee...

Public lands: Alaska, Ohio lawmakers face off in McKinley moniker dispute -- 10/10/2012 -- www.ee...

One of the longest-standing battles on Capitol Hill hasn't been over spending or regulation. It's been over t…

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Judge Ho’s School-Based Law Clerk Boycott Is Unconstitutional

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By Rebecca Baker, Jessica Estepa Verified
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In recent remarks at a Federalist Society event in Los Angeles, Judge James Ho of the Fifth Circuit lamented the failure of other judges to join his boycott of hiring law clerks from certain schools. Noting that UCLA Law School students weren’t punished for their disruptive protest at a campus event with a Trump administration official, Ho reiterated his call for a hiring ban of all law students from Yale, Stanford and Columbia, where disruptive protests have occurred.
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EPA Emissions Standards Proposal Would Reduce Regulatory Burdens

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By Jada Chin Verified, Jessica Estepa Verified
| Bloomberg Tax Verified
The Environmental Protection Agency in March formally proposed amendments to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for commercial sterilization facilities that use ethylene oxide, a chemical commonly used as a sterilant for certain foods and approximately half of all medical devices in the US each year. The proposed rule would reduce regulatory burdens on sterilization facilities that use EtO, resulting in significant savings for regulated parties over the next two decades.
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JPMorgan ‘Sex Slave’ Case Is a Cautionary Tale for Abuse Claims

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By Melanie Cohen, Jessica Estepa Verified
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The allegations seemed too serious to ignore: A high-ranking executive at JPMorgan Chase & Co. was accused in a lawsuit filed late last month of forcing a junior employee to be her “sex slave,” with lurid details of drugged sex romps, racist taunts, and threats of retaliation if he didn’t comply with her demands. As expected, the complaint drew widespread media attention. Then the questions started. First, the executive and the bank vigorously denied the allegations.
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