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senators are raising issues of Justice Department surveillance as they examine the unredacted files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

South Carolina's Nancy Mays, one of four Republicans who defied President Trump and the GOP to force the disclosures, spoke to NPR after spending two hours in a small room the DOJ set up to access the documents on computers.

Democrat Pramila Jayapal questioned the DOJ's surveillance process and Attorney General Pam Bondi's true intentions before she was set to testify in Capitol Hill yesterday.

Jaya Palin-May speaking to NPR's Morning Edition.

Defense Secretary Pete Hexeth is not attending today's meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels.

NPR's Lauren Frayer says it's another sign the administration's pulling back from its leadership role in the alliance.

The U.S.

military says two of its vessels collided in the Caribbean yesterday.

One was a Navy destroyer.

The other was a supply ship.

It says two people sustained minor injuries.

No word yet on what led to the collision.

Existing home sales in the U.S.

fell sharply in January, according to the National Association of Realtors.

It's a reversal from the strong sales figures at the end of 2025 that seem to be signaling an improving housing market.

NPR's Stephen Basaja reports many renters remain locked out of homeownership, though.

Earlier in the newscast, we reported that two U.S.

senators are raising issues of Justice Department surveillance as they examine the unredacted files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

We intended to say two U.S.

representatives.