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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. Two lawmakers are demanding that the Justice Department release the names of six men that are redacted in material related to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Democrat Ro Khanna and Republican Thomas Massey were part of a small bipartisan group of lawmakers.
Chapter 2: What recent actions are lawmakers taking regarding Jeffrey Epstein's case?
They were given access to unredacted material from the Epstein files, but they say some material has been redacted. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he is determined to stay in his job. That's despite questions about his judgment in naming a friend of Jeffrey Epstein as the British ambassador to the U.S. There have been calls for Starmer to step down.
NPR's Lauren Frayer reports from London Starmer met last night with members of his Labour Party.
Among those in the room, lawmakers who had called for Starmer's resignation and contenders to replace him as prime minister. MP Carl Turner told the BBC about Starmer's demeanour in that meeting. It was strong. It was determined. It was reflective. It was apologetic. But let me tell you this. That was not a man who is on his knees.
Every cabinet member now says they support Starmer to stay on the job, though his party's leader in Scotland has called for his ouster. Meanwhile, King Charles says he will cooperate with authorities if asked about his disgraced brother Andrew's ties to Epstein. Police say they're looking into the latest allegations that the former prince leaked trade secrets to the late sex offender.
Lauren Fryer, NPR News, London. Top officials from three immigration agencies will testify this morning before a House committee. Democrats are examining the Trump administration's immigration operations. This follows the killings of two Minneapolis protesters by federal immigration agents last month.
Democrats say they won't vote for a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security that does not include major changes to the agency. That agency will run out of money this week if no funding bill passes.
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Chapter 3: What challenges is British Prime Minister Keir Starmer facing?
A federal district judge has blocked a new California state law. It's aimed at forcing ICE agents to take off their masks. But NPR's Martin Koste reports California lawmakers may try again.
California passed the No Secret Police Act last fall, and it applied to all police, with the exception of certain state agencies such as Highway Patrol. That was the law's fatal flaw. The administration sued, saying it discriminated between state and federal officers. And the court agreed.
The law's sponsor, State Senator Scott Weiner, says he's already introduced a bill to fix it by adding the state police back in. And he draws hope from another part of the ruling.
Here we have a federal judge ruling that face masks are not part of law enforcement. Face masks have never been part of law enforcement.
The judge also let stand state law that requires federal officers to identify themselves clearly. Martin Koste, NPR News.
On Wall Street in pre-market trading, stock futures are lower. You're listening to NPR News. Social media companies are facing trials. There's one underway in Los Angeles. The plaintiffs claimed in opening statements that platforms such as Facebook and Instagram, owned by Meta, and YouTube, owned by Alphabet, deliberately draw children into addiction and then harm.
Lawyers for Meta used their opening statement yesterday to introduce questions about the mental health of one plaintiff. American skier Michaela Schifrin will be competing in her first event of this year's Winter Olympics today. She'll be racing in the Alpine Women's Team Combined event, as NPR's Becky Sullivan reports.
Schifrin is at the peak of her game in the slalom right now. She's won seven of the eight World Cup races this season and finished second in the other. In the team combined, Schifrin will race the slalom as her teammate Breezy Johnson takes the downhill just two days after winning the gold medal in the individual downhill race.
The second strong American team will pair downhiller Jackie Wiles, who finished fourth on Sunday, alongside Paula Moulton, who ranks sixth in the World Cup slalom standings. There are three other individual alpine events left, too, for the women ā the Super G, the Giant Slalom, and finally, Schifrin's specialty, the Slalom. Becky Sullivan in PR News, Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy.
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