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Members of Congress are reacting to an NPR investigation that found the Justice Department withheld some Epstein files related to allegations President Trump sexually abused a minor in the 1980s.

A law passed last year mandates the release of all files, but those withheld include what appear to be more than 50 pages of FBI interviews and notes from conversations with Trump's accuser.

The ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, Robert Garcia, pressed the DOJ for answers.

The committee's Republican chair, James Comer, said the panel's looking into the allegations outlined in the NPR report.

Today, members of the panel are questioning former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a closed-door deposition in New York.

She has said she never had any personal connections with Jeffrey Epstein or personal knowledge of his sex crimes.

The average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage fell just below 6 percent this week, according to Freddie Mac.

That is the lowest rate in about three and a half years.

NPR's Stephen Basaja says cheaper home interest rates could lead to more Americans getting into the housing market.

Cuba says a boat registered in Florida was carrying 10 people with, quote, terrorist intent.

And Pierre Zeta-Peralta reports a gunfight ended with four people dead.

It's NPR.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is working on an agreement to continue the partnership between the Pentagon and Scouting America.

Last fall, NPR reported on internal Pentagon memos that detailed military plans to sever that relationship.

Here's NPR's Graham Smith.

The U.S.

is engaging in a third round of negotiations to convince Iran to halt its uranium enrichment.

Meanwhile, Washington's deployed an unusually large military presence in the region.