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Chapter 1: What recent developments involve the Clintons and Jeffrey Epstein?
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have agreed to testify as part of a congressional investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. But as NPR's Elena Moore reports, the Clintons are sparring with GOP lawmakers over how they'll testify and whether the depositions will be public.
The Clintons agreed earlier this week to testify, but there's been a war of words since then. In a statement on X, Hillary Clinton lobbies for their upcoming testimonies to be public instead of videotaped, arguing for transparency and claiming that despite the Clintons engaging in good faith with investigators,
Republicans have, quote, moved the goalposts and turned accountability into an exercise in distraction. In response, the House Oversight Committee accuses the two prominent Democrats of trying to spin the facts, pointing to email exchanges in which the Clintons' lawyers initially agreed to the terms. Elena Moore, NPR News.
The Democratic primary and Thursday special election for an open U.S. House seat is too close to call. The Associated Press says fewer than 500 votes separate the two frontrunners, Labor activist Annalilia Mejia and former Congressman Tom Malinowski. The latest NPR-PBS Marist poll shows most Americans think the Trump administration has gone too far when it comes to immigration enforcement.
Here's Imperius Domenico Montanaro.
Just 39 percent say they approve of the job that Trump's doing overall. And it's been below 40 percent in our poll since November.
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Chapter 2: How are the Clintons responding to the congressional investigation?
I mean, just 36 percent approve of how he's handling foreign policy and the economy. It's a really difficult spot for any president. And what really jumps out here, though. 51% say they strongly disapprove of the job that Trump is doing. That's tied for the worst score in the decade that Marist has been asking about strong approval and disapproval.
The last time it was this high or this bad for Trump was in the days after the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.
The talks between Ukraine, Russia, and the U.S. wrapped up in Abu Dhabi with progress in some areas. Here's NPR's Eleanor Beardsley.
Russia and Ukraine will each release 157 prisoners of war, the first exchange in five months. And the U.S. and Russia agreed to reestablish military-to-military dialogue. But there was nothing concrete about ending the war. Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize winner Oleksandr Matvichuk says the flurry of meetings gives the impression there's a path to peace.
But on the ground, President Trump's first year has been deadly for Ukrainians.
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Chapter 3: What are the latest updates on the U.S. House special election?
the number of killed and wounded has surged 31% higher than in previous year. She says these talks are missing a human dimension, as if territories are empty spaces, while Putin continues to do what he wants to Ukrainian civilians. U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff called the talks constructive and said they would meet again in the coming weeks. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Kyiv.
This is NPR. The Pima County, Arizona sheriff says Nancy Guthrie is presumed to be, in his words, still out there. Authorities say they believe the mother of today's show host Savannah Guthrie is still alive and that investigators are taking seriously ransom notes sent to media outlets. No suspect has been identified.
Amazon says it plans to spend $200 billion this year on data centers and other tech needs as the company places a huge bet on artificial intelligence. Amazon shares dipped as much as 11% in aftermarket trade as investors get jittery about the scale of the spending, as NPR's Alina Selyuk reports.
Amazon says its capital expenditures will increase more than 50% this year compared to last as it's diving deep into the AI market. A note that Amazon is among NPR's financial supporters. On the earnings call, the first question for Amazon executives came from an analyst who asked to help investors, quote, get to their level of confidence about AI investments.
CEO Andy Jassy made an impassioned speech saying the company has been quickly making money from any expansion of its AI capacity.
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Chapter 4: What is the current approval rating of the Trump administration?
Every customer experience that we know of today is going to be reinvented with AI.
Which he argued will push more companies to spend on cloud computing, and Amazon is the leading competitor. Alina Selyuk, NPR News.
Stocks in Asia mostly down in Friday trading after Wall Street extended losses dragged down by this week's sell-off in tech stocks. However, Japan's benchmark Nikkei bounced back, recovering from early losses to advance 0.8% at the close. This is NPR News.