Lakshmi Singh

Fishman speaking with NPR's Here and Now.

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stocks trading sharply lower this hour.

The Dow is now down nearly 700 points or 1.4 percent.

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NASA is changing its plans for sending astronauts back to the moon.

Artemis II's lunar fly-around won't happen before April at the earliest.

Artemis III's mission was going to be landing near the moon's south pole.

NASA's administrator says the plan now is to test a lander in orbit around Earth next year for that mission, and perhaps humans will return to the moon in 2028.

China's Navy says it just wrapped up military drills in disputed territory in the South China Sea, accusing the nearby Philippines, who also claims part of the sea, of disrupting peace in the region.

Another escalation in PR's Emily Fang reports of tense words between China and the Philippines.

All right, the Dow is now down 700 points, 1.4% at 48,805.

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Republican and Democratic members of the U.S.

House are updating the public after questioning former President Bill Clinton today about his association with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

In a copy of his opening statement, Clinton said he had no knowledge of Epstein's sex crimes.

Clinton has not been accused of any crimes.

President Trump, meanwhile, has also said he had no knowledge of Epstein's offenses.

A short time ago, President Trump told reporters that he likes Bill Clinton and did not like seeing him deposed.