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What new developments are emerging in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Sang. The quest for information about Jeffrey Epstein is increasingly focusing on the late financier's close associate, Elaine Maxwell, the only person Serving time in prison in connection with a sex trafficking investigation into Epstein. Members of Congress want her subpoena, the DOJ also wants answers. In PR's Domenico Montanero reports on the politics surrounding GOP and democratic pressure on the Trump White House. To release everything the government has on Epstein, all amplified by a Wall Street Journal's story.
The story says that Attorney General Pam Bondi and her deputy, who told the president his name was in the files multiple times, said they felt that those files contained, quote, unverified hearsay. That might help explain how Trump has talked about this for more than a year. Here he was last week in the Oval Office when asked about whether he wants Bondi to release all of the files.
Whatever's credible she can release.
How is Columbia University’s $200 million settlement affecting federal research funding?
If uh if a document is credible, if a document's there that is credible, she can release. I think it's I think it's good.
NPRs of Medical Montenegro file that story. Columbia University will pay more than 200 million dollars to the federal government to resolve multiple federal investigations. The settlement will restore access to billions of dollars in federal funding that includes unfreezing grants and opening opportunities for future research. Here's a here's NPR's Alyssa Nedwarney.
The university's acting president Claire Shipman released some of the details of the agreement in a statement, which stems from allegations by the Trump administration that the school fostered anti-Semitism on campus. Shipman said the settlement would address concerns about admissions and hiring, though she didn't provide details. And future disputes will go to an independent monitor and arbitrator, functioning as neutral third parties. She did make it very clear in her statement that Colombia will retain control over its academic and operational decisions.
Why is Tesla’s stock plummeting while Google’s earnings are soaring?
On Truth Social, President Trump thanked Colombia for, quote, agreeing to do what is right. He went on to say that settlements with other higher education institutions are upcoming. Alysnadwarney and PR News.
Investors are processing two very different reports from big tech companies as Tesla stock plummets and Google soars. And Pierre's Maria Aspen with
more. Tesla's rocky year is getting worse. Elon Musk's electric car maker says its quarterly profits dropped 16% as sales continue to fall. It was Tesla's first earnings report since Musk left his controversial role in the federal government. But Google is having a much better year. Parent company Alphabet reported profit and revenue that beat analysts' expectations.
What do the latest unemployment claims data reveal about the labor market?
Now it's planning to spend an additional ten billion dollars this year on capital expenditures, including AI. That's
NPR's Maria Aspen reporting. The Dow is down one hundred seventy one points, the SP's gained fourteen, the NASDAQ is up forty four. It's NPR News. The maker of PuraSense is recalling more than eight hundred fifty thousand of its home fragrance diffusers, the magnets inside the detachable covers. might detach and pose a danger to children if they swallow the magnets, according to warning from the company. Six straight weeks. That's how long the decline in unemployment claims has been running. A Labor Department report out covering the weekending july nineteenth shows 4,000 fewer people put in for jobless assistance in that time.
How does diet, not activity level, drive global obesity according to new research?
That pulled down the overall figure to two hundred seventeen thousand. A new study finds people around the world burn roughly the same amount of calories each day, regardless of how active they are. And Pierre's Maria Gadoy reports the findings offer strong evidence a diet and not a lack of exercise drives 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.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What new developments are emerging in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation?
0:01–0:58
2
How is Columbia University’s $200 million settlement affecting federal research funding?
0:58–1:57
3
Why is Tesla’s stock plummeting while Google’s earnings are soaring?
1:57–2:41
4
What do the latest unemployment claims data reveal about the labor market?
2:41–3:31
5
How does diet, not activity level, drive global obesity according to new research?
3:31–4:38