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Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee wants answers from the Attorney General's office after an NPR investigation found some Epstein files are missing from a public database. The files relate to allegations of sexual abuse against President Trump, NPR's Stephen Fowler reports.
After an NPR investigation revealed dozens of pages of interviews and notes weren't published in the Epstein files, House Oversight Democrats said they would investigate.
What are the latest findings on missing Epstein files related to President Trump?
In a letter first shared with NPR, Ranking Member Robert Garcia is asking Attorney General Pam Bondi to explain what happened. The missing documents relate to a woman who said she was sexually abused by both Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump when she was a minor in the early 1980s. The Justice Department has said any files not made public are because they're duplicates, privileged, or part of an active investigation. So Garcia wants the AG to answer if there's an active investigation into Trump. Stephen Fowler, NPR News.
The U.S. and Iran are set to hold a third round of nuclear talks in Geneva today. The indirect talks between Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araki and President Trump's envoy, Steve Woodcuff, are aimed at resolving the longstanding dispute over Iran's nuclear program. The meeting comes amid the U.S. military buildup in the region raising fears of a regional conflict. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the U.S. is gathering information on the killing of four people who crossed into Cuban waters on a speedboat registered in Florida.
We have various different elements of the U.S. government that are trying to verify elements of the story. based on what's been provided to us now.
Rubio is in St. Kitts and Nevis meeting with Caribbean leaders. He says the Homeland Security Department and the Coast Guard are investigating. The Cuban government says the speedboat's occupants began firing when a Cuban border patrol boat approached. In addition to the four people killed, Cuba says six others were wounded. On Capitol Hill, Dr. Casey Means made her case for why she should be the next U.S. Surgeon General. Means was tapped by President Trump for the job and appeared in front of a Senate committee, as NPR's Will Stone reports.
Casey Means is a wellness influencer, author, and entrepreneur. She graduated medical school but never finished her training to be a surgeon. Much of her messaging around diet and lifestyle aligns with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 's agenda, and she was pressed throughout the hearing about her views on vaccines. Means said she believes in vaccines but stopped short of saying she'd encourage mothers to vaccinate their kids for flu or measles. Vaccine advocacy has never, or any anti-vaccine rhetoric has never been a part of my message. Means has questioned the safety of the childhood vaccine schedule in public appearances and the use of oral birth control. When asked, she said birth control should be accessible, but women should know the risks.
The medical establishment has largely opposed her nomination. Will Stone, NPR News.
This is NPR News. An employee of YouTube streamer MrBeast is being accused of insider trading. The allegations are tied to online prediction markets where people can bet on the popular content creators' upcoming videos, as NPR's Bobby Allen reports.
On the prediction market platform Cauchy, people bet on what Mr. Beast will say on his next stream, on how many subscribers he'll bring in this year, and even on when he'll get married. But investigators at Cauchy noticed someone had near-perfect success at these wagers. And that's because the person betting was an editor for Mr. Beast. The trader was fined $20,000 and banned from the platform for two years. Federal regulators say insider trading on sites like Cauchy and Polymarket is illegal and can be prosecuted. Cauchy also fined a long-shot Republican candidate for governor of California who bet on himself, hoping to increase his real-world odds. Election experts fear this kind of market manipulation could become common with the increased popularity of prediction markets.
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