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Why did a federal judge deny the Justice Department’s request to unseal Jeff Epstein grand‑jury transcripts?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Kristen Wright. A federal judge in Florida has denied a Justice Department request to unseal grand jury transcripts related to disgraced financier Jeff Jeffrey Epstein. The Trump administration made the ask last week after coming under pressure over its handling of the Epstein files, NPR's Ryan Lucas reports.
The Justice Department is asking the court to unseal transcripts from grand jury investigations in South Florida into Epstein in two thousand five and two thousand seven. But US district judge Robin Rosenberg has denied that request. She says that eleventh circuit law does not permit her to unseal the records and that her hands are tied. Grand jury materials are generally secret, and Rosenberg says the department's request does not fall under the limited exceptions allowed under the law. Two judges in New York are also considering parallel requests to unseal grand jury transcripts there related to the convicted sex offender. They have asked the department to better explain why the transcript should be made public.
As well as asking for input from Epstein representatives and his victims. Ryan Lucas and Pier News, Washington.
The House Oversight Committee has subpoenaed Guy Len Maxwell to give a sworn deposition on August eleventh.
What are the key components of President Trump’s new AI action plan and how will it affect regulation?
She was Epstein's former partner in prison for her role in his sexual abuse of underage girls. President Trump is unveiling an action plan on AI. He's signing executive orders today that advance Silicon Valley priorities by rolling back Biden era regulations. And Pierre Stepa Shivaram takes a closer look now. The
White House says there are over ninety policy actions included in the plan, which centers around removing barriers to innovation and technology and rapidly building up infrastructure like AI data centers. White House AI czar David Sachs told reporters that it's important the US is the dominant force on AI on the global stage.
The White House also wants to make sure quote ideological bias isn't in the AI models used by the federal government. They want a quote standard of truthfulness. But officials did not go into detail on what exactly that means. Deepa Shivaram, NPR News.
The National Association of Realtors says prices for existing homes hit a record high in June. But as NPR's Laurel Wamsley reports, this capped a slow spring.
How did record‑high home prices and high mortgage rates shape the June housing market?
The median price for an existing home sold last month was $435,300, the highest ever, and up 2% from a year ago. That's good news for those who managed to sell their homes. But those high prices, paired with stubbornly high mortgage rates, meant a spring selling season that was weaker than expected. The top of the market was the strongest last month. Homes priced over a million dollars saw sales increase 14%. There are significantly more homes for sale than there were a year ago, but inventory is still lower than it was pre-pandemic. Thirty-year mortgage rates are averaging about six point seven five percent. Laurel Walmsley and PR News
Listening to NPR News from Washington. The man who murdered four University of Idaho students in twenty twenty two has been sentenced to four consecutive life sentences with no possibility of parole. Before the judge handed down the sentence, family and friends of the victims gave emotional statements. Weeks ago, Brian Koberger agreed to a plea deal that spared him from the death penalty.
What was the outcome of the sentencing for the University of Idaho murders and what did victims’ families say?
He has never said why he did it. A new study finds people around the world burn roughly the same amount of calories each day, regardless of how active they are. As NPR's Maria Gadoy reports, the findings offer strong evidence it's diet, not lack of exercise, that's driving obesity.
In the study, an international team of researchers looked at detailed data on how many calories thousands of people around the world burned each day. Some came from places with high obesity rates, others from populations where obesity is rare. Here's Herman Ponser of Duke University, a senior author of the study.
Surprisingly, the total calories burned per day is really similar across these populations, even though the lifestyle and the activity levels are really different.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Why did a federal judge deny the Justice Department’s request to unseal Jeff Epstein grand‑jury transcripts?
0:00–1:11
2
What are the key components of President Trump’s new AI action plan and how will it affect regulation?
1:11–2:18
3
How did record‑high home prices and high mortgage rates shape the June housing market?
2:18–3:19
4
What was the outcome of the sentencing for the University of Idaho murders and what did victims’ families say?
3:19–4:21
5
Why does a new global study claim diet, not activity level, drives obesity despite similar daily calorie burn?
4:21–4:39