Amy Held

While some things have improved, there is more work to do to help people feeling economic strain.

Congressional Republicans released thousands of pages of documents from the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

House Democrats seized on emails mentioning Trump.

NPR's Ron Elving reports Trump has now instigated an investigation into his political enemies.

Republicans are increasingly calling for the release of Justice Department files on Epstein, which the White House has dismissed as a distraction.

A vote is expected next week.

The U.S.

did not send a delegation to this year's U.N.

Climate Summit in Brazil.

Trump has called climate change a hoax.

But delegates from California and other states are at COP30 anyway.

Laura Clivens of member station KQED reports.

This is NPR News.

An NPR investigation reveals what appears to be an emerging trend in U.S.

gun ownership.

More people who identify as liberal and LGBTQ and people of color are arming themselves.

This according to gun clubs, trainers, advocates, and researchers.

Some new gun owners cite fear of being targeted for how they identify.

About a third of U.S.

adults say they own a gun.