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What is the focus of Bill Clinton's testimony before the House Oversight Committee?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Former President Bill Clinton is testifying before the House Oversight Committee at a closed-door hearing in New York. It's part of the panel's investigation into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who died in jail in 2019. NPR's Sage Miller reports Clinton's interactions with Epstein included meetings when he was president.
The committee wants details about Clinton and Epstein's relationship. Republican Committee Chair James Comer told reporters ahead of the deposition that they have a lot of questions for the former president. Jeffrey Epstein was in the White House 17 times while Bill Clinton was president. We know that Bill Clinton flew on Jeffrey Epstein's plane at least 27 times. So those are questions that we're going to ask. It's expected to be a long deposition and will likely exceed six hours.
What details are being investigated regarding Clinton and Jeffrey Epstein's relationship?
Clinton's opening statement asserts that he had no idea about the crimes Epstein was committing, saw nothing that gave him pause, and did nothing wrong. Sage Miller, NPR News.
The father, charged with giving his teenage son access to the firearm used in a 2024 Georgia school shooting, has taken the stand in his own trial. Colin Gray says he had no indication his child could be responsible for a massacre.
The cult I knew, the relationship I had, there's this whole other side of cult I didn't know existed.
The 55-year-old has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter, among other charges. The shooting at Apalachee High School killed four people. A group of congressional Democrats says the U.S. military used a laser to shoot down a Customs and Border Protection drone. The Federal Aviation Administration closed an area around Fort Hancock about 50 miles from El Paso. No commercial flights were affected. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced on X that the Pentagon will continue supporting scouting America with conditions. But as NPR's Graham Smith tells us, he didn't get everything he wanted.
Hegseth was prepared to bar troops from meeting on military bases and refuse assistance to the national jamboree. Instead, he said he'd give them a chance to prove they could work within the Trump administration's anti-DEI policies. Scouting has agreed to drop one merit badge and require scouts to register as the sex assigned at birth, an anti-trans demand. If Hegseth isn't happy in six months, We will find them in violation of the president's executive order and cease our support. We hope that doesn't happen. but it could. Hegseth had wanted more. According to a scouting spokesman, he demanded at a January meeting that they kick all 200,000 girls out and change the name back to Boy Scouts. The president of scouting refused, according to the spokesman, and offered other moves more consistent with the group's promise to welcome all youth.
Graham Smith, NPR News.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is now down 656 points, or 1.3 percent, at 48,845. This is NPR News. Anthropix CEO is rejecting the Defense Department's ultimatum that it loosen safety restrictions or be blacklisted from lucrative military work. That means it's likely heading to a showdown with the Pentagon over the military use of its AI model. NPR's Shannon Bond reports a $200 million contract is at stake.
Anthropic's contract allows the U.S. military to use its AI model, CLAWD, on classified systems. But Anthropic says the military cannot use its tools for domestic mass surveillance or to power entirely autonomous weapons. The Pentagon says the company doesn't get to decide that. It says Anthropic must let the military use its AI for, quote, all lawful purposes. If it doesn't, the Trump administration will name Anthropic a supply chain risk, effectively blacklisting it from working with the U.S. military and contractors. The Pentagon says Anthropic has until 5.01 p.m. Eastern to comply. So far, Anthropic's CEO has said his company will not back down. Shannon Bond, NPR News.
Some popular cereals will no longer be available at Target when summer hits, the retail giant says.
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