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Why is the judge demanding more information before unsealing the Epstein grand jury transcripts?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Kristen Wright. A federal judge says he wants to quickly resolve the government's request to release grand jury documents from the Jeffrey Epstein case, but the judge says he first needs more information from the Justice Department. NPR's Ryan Lucas reports.
The Justice Department filed papers on Friday asking US District Judge Richard Berman to unseal the grand jury transcripts from the investigation into the disgraced financier and sex offender. Grand jury proceedings are generally secret, but the department says an exception should be made here because of the level of public interest in the Epstein case. Now Judge Berman says in an order that he wants to resolve the request quote expeditiously, but that the government has failed to adequately address key factors when seeking to unseal grand jury materials. He has given the Justice Department a week to address those factors. The judge has also set a two week deadline to hear from an Epstein representative and from his victims on making the grand jury transcripts public.
Ryan Lucas NPR News, Washington.
What charges were filed against the driver who crashed into a crowd outside a Hollywood nightclub?
The Justice Department says it plans to interview Epstein's former partner, Gilan Maxwell, who is in prison. In Los Angeles, charges have been brought against the man accused of driving his vehicle into dozens of people early Saturday outside a Hollywood nightclub. Steve Futterman reports.
Three days after the incident, the suspect, 29-year-old Fernando Ramirez, was formally charged. Thirty-seven counts. of attempted murder. Along with thirty-seven counts of assault with a deadly weapon, the announcement was made by the LA County District Attorney Nathan Hawkman, who called it a deliberate act. When he drove that car onto that sidewalk, he aimed it And a whole sea of pedestrians that were in front of him.
How are President Trump's new tariffs affecting major U.S. manufacturers like General Motors?
Then allegedly made a U-turn and crashed into the bystanders. No one died, but a number were critically injured. The DA says the charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison. For MPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Los Angeles.
More big companies are revealing how they're affected by President Trump's tariffs, and PR's Maria Aspen has details on numbers out today from GM.
General Motors is feeling tariffs bite into its business. Profits fell at the Automaker, which imports roughly half of the Chevy's, Buick's, and other cars it sells in the United States. CEO Mary Barra says GM is working to greatly reduce our tariff exposure, but it still has work to do. The company said it felt more than $1 billion of impact from the new import taxes.
What humanitarian challenges are French journalists facing while reporting from Gaza?
Maria Aspen. N PR News, New York
President Trump says Japan will face reciprocal tariffs of fifteen percent, and he says Tokyo will invest five hundred fifty billion dollars into the US. This is NPR News. President Trump says Indonesia has agreed to a nineteen percent tariff on products coming into the U.S. The White House says the deal eliminates what it calls tariff barriers on more than ninety-nine percent of U.S. products exported to ex Indonesia across many sectors, including agricultural, health, and automotive products. The White House says it is a framework for a deal. That'll be negotiated and finalized in the coming weeks.
Why is the Los Angeles Times owner planning to take the newspaper public?
France's foreign minister says international media must be given access to Gaza. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports a French news agency says its Palestinian journalists can no longer do their work because they're starving.
but none has ever died of hunger. We refuse to let them die, said the statement. The head of AFP spoke on French television. Fabrice Fries said they had been working with their Gazan staff for years and knew them well. They do excellent work and they are courageous, but they are cracking, he said.
Their families and friends have been killed. And like everyone in Gaza, he said, they are beginning to waste away.
The billionaire owner of the Los Angeles Times says he's planning to take the newspaper public. In an interview on the Daily Show with John Stewart, he said there'd be a public offering over the next year.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Why is the judge demanding more information before unsealing the Epstein grand jury transcripts?
0:00–1:03
2
What charges were filed against the driver who crashed into a crowd outside a Hollywood nightclub?
1:03–1:54
3
How are President Trump's new tariffs affecting major U.S. manufacturers like General Motors?
1:54–2:43
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What humanitarian challenges are French journalists facing while reporting from Gaza?
2:43–3:28
5
Why is the Los Angeles Times owner planning to take the newspaper public?
3:28–4:38