CHILLICOTHE, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 29, 2026--
US Medical Glove Company (USMGC) has reached an impressive milestone in its mission to produce domestically sourced nitrile gloves to help keep Americans safe. Manufactured in Ohio, USMGC’s gloves have been approved for use by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers, and they will be procured as a supplier for the Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (CABVI).
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USMGC was formed to help address the United States’ need for increased domestic nitrile glove manufacturing capacity following the COVID-19 pandemic. U.S. supply is heavily dependent on overseas manufacturing, especially China and Malaysia, which create supply-chain concentration risk and raise concerns about availability, reliability, and national preparedness. USMGC’s purpose is to help establish a scalable U.S.-based production capability to support domestic demand and public-sector readiness: Made by Americans for America.
In October 2025, U.S. Paper Mill, a startup company, acquired the former Pixelle Specialty Solutions plant in Chillicothe and now employs more than 200 full-time workers there. USMGC has reached a supply and licensing agreement with U.S. Paper Mill, which has retrofitted a portion of the plant with American-made machinery to stand up 15 nitrile-glove production lines with four more in fabrication. Another 10 production lines capable of producing both surgical and medical grade gloves are being planned. On May 15, CABVI notified USMGC that the gloves had passed the TSA quality and safety test. The approval means U.S. Paper Mill, through USMGC, can be a supplier to CABVI, which holds a longstanding federal contract to package and distribute gloves for TSA officers.
“We strongly believe that the best products in the world are made by American workers with American-sourced equipment, safety and quality standards,” said USMGC Chief Financial Officer Lucas Muriello. “Federal safety and security personnel deserve to be protected with nitrile gloves of the highest quality, and we are proud to produce and deliver them. We are America’s glove.”
Major General (retired) Mike Talley and former Ambassador Robin Bernstein, a partner at U.S. Paper Mill, toured the facility in Chillicothe, Ohio on May 20.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Attorney General Pam Bondi is testifying before House lawmakers investigating Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse cases, a long-awaited appearance that brings fresh scrutiny of the Trump administration's botched release of the Epstein case files.
Bondi was defiant in previous public testimony when she was confronted by lawmakers about the Epstein investigation. It's unclear whether she'll bring the same approach Friday, now that she is no longer in charge of the Justice Department. The session will be held behind closed doors.
The transcribed Bondi interview will give lawmakers a chance to dig for information on the Trump administration's handling of the Epstein files and other related matters, including the prison sentence of Epstein's former girlfriend and confidant, Ghislaine Maxwell.
“I think she absolutely could clear up many missing pieces if she wanted to,” said Rep. Yassamin Ansari, an Arizona Democrat on the House Oversight Committee. “Now it’s a question of whether or not she is willing to be transparent.”
Epstein killed himself in a New York City jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial. Maxwell, a British socialite, was convicted in 2021 of luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by Epstein but has insisted she’s innocent, arguing she never should have been prosecuted. The Justice Department moved Maxwell from a federal prison in Florida to a prison camp in Texas last August.
Lawmakers are trying to find out what decisions prosecutors have made about investigating Epstein associates, how the Justice Department handled the congressional mandate to release the Epstein case files and whether President Donald Trump was involved in the process.
Bondi, who revealed this week that she is being treated for thyroid cancer, has stayed within the Republican president's orbit even after being ousted from her job in early April.
Trump appointed Bondi to a White House panel on artificial intelligence this week, and she will be accompanied Friday by Justice Department officials, including Harmeet Dhillon, who heads the department's Civil Rights Division, acting as her counsel.
Democrats say that arrangement is a conflict of interest.
A spokesperson for the Justice Department said the officials were there to help lawmakers understand the department's process for releasing the case files.
Bondi has been central to the political firestorm over Epstein, initially raising expectations for the full release of what's known as the Epstein files, only to later backtrack. That reversal prompted Congress to step in and pass a law requiring the release.
Bondi faced even more backlash when the Justice Department's release of the files was delayed and then included personal information of several potential victims. She has insisted in congressional hearings that she was trying to follow the law.
The House Oversight Committee, meanwhile, has been conducting a wide-ranging investigation into Epstein that spans multiple presidential administrations.
Bondi was subpoenaed by the committee in March in a bipartisan vote, but she tried to head off that demand by holding a closed-door meeting with lawmakers that month. The maneuver only added to the enmity between Bondi and Democrats on the committee.
Bondi's departure from the Justice Department also raised doubts about the enforcement of the congressional subpoena. After the committee's Democrats maneuvered to press for a civil contempt of Congress resolution against Bondi, she agreed to sit for a transcribed interview rather than a sworn deposition.
Democrats on the Oversight panel have criticized that arrangement, saying that it allows Bondi to decline to answer questions. They have also pressed the Republican chair of the committee, Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, to record the interview on video.
“A failure to film and release a video of Ms. Bondi’s testimony would present a grave injustice to the American people and survivors of Epstein’s crimes,” the committee's top Democrat, Rep. Robert Garcia of California, wrote to Comer.
Comer has said he is allowing Bondi to sit for a transcribed interview rather than a deposition as an incentive to cooperate. Previously, he had enforced a subpoena on former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after they resisted the demand. Both of their depositions were video-recorded.
Still, Comer said Bondi could face prosecution if she lies to Congress. He said the committee would also release a transcript of the interview.
“Hopefully that will be good enough,” he said.
Follow the AP's coverage of the Jeffrey Epstein case at https://apnews.com/hub/jeffrey-epstein.
Former Attorney General Pam Bondi arrives for her deposition at the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill, Friday, May 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Ceneta)
FILE - Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before a House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 11, 2026, in front of survivors of convicted sex offended Jeffrey Epstein. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner, File)
FILE - Attorney General Pam Bondi faces questions in the House Judiciary Committee over the Justice Department's handling of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
