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What settlement did Columbia University reach over Trump‑era investigations?
Live from MPR News in Washington, I'm Shay Stevens. Columbia University says it has agreed to pay over two hundred million dollars to settle multiple Trump administration investigation into its hiring, admissions, and handling of campus protests. As part of the deal, Columbia says the administration will reinstate hundreds of millions of dollars in current and future research grants. A key congressional supporter of President Trump has called for greater transparency in the case of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Michel Morisco from Member Station KJ Z. Z has more.
Republican Congressman Eli Crane has cast doubt on what happened to Epstein the night he died in prison in 2019. Crane questioned whether the disgraced financier died by suicide. Here's Crane during a town hall he held Tuesday.
Why is Congressman Eli Crane questioning the official story of Jeffrey Epstein’s death?
He was asked if he supported releasing the full unredacted case file on Epstein. I believe transparency should be the hallmark of every administration, whether they're Democrat or Republican. Crane is a member of the Freedom Caucus and an ardent supporter of the president. Still, he says he signed on to Kentucky Republican Thomas Massey's bipartisan resolution last week, demanding the release of the Justice Department's files. For NPR News, I'm Michel Marisco in Arizona.
A divided US Supreme Court says President Trump is allowed to fire three Democrats on the consumer product safety commission without cause. NPR's Nina Totenberg explains the significance of the ruling, which was issued without explanation.
Th it extended to that to when he was out of office. Now comes the independent agencies that many conservatives have for decades wanted to make unindependent.
How does the divided Supreme Court ruling affect the President’s power to fire commission members?
In other words, subservient to the president. And in several recent cases the president has tried to fire Democratic appointees, which was never permitted before, but now looks very much as if it is permitted.
And PRZ. Ukraine's President Zelensky is promising to secure independence of anti corruption watchdogs following nationwide protests over law curbing their powers. NPR's Polina Litvinova has more.
Піполичантин канцеллило інде сквернот фарфором зеленський з офіс. Парламентаріан Ярослав Желізняк, ху водить агенський біл, сес хіан ломекерс атріантило, аз пас в лоссові
стронка аргумент стузакунстично котю лайкканселзиззисло і з парламент вилна доітбіфор.
Fighting corruption is one of the key requirements for Ukraine's accession to the EU. Polina Litvinova, NBR News, Kyev.
What steps is Ukraine taking to protect anti‑corruption watchdogs after mass protests?
Mrs. NPR. A federal judge is barring the Trump administration from taking custody of Kilmar Obreco Garcia. The Maryland man is being detained in Tennessee where he's fighting deportation. Abrego Garcia was initially accused of belonging to a Venezuelan gang and then wrongfully deported to El Salvador. He was returned to the US under court order and then accused of human trafficking. Abreco Garcia denies all allegations of criminal activity. 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.
Why do new global studies suggest diet, not activity level, drives obesity?
The findings offer strong evidence that diet and not lack of exercise is 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.
Ponser says this means if office workers who sit all day aren't burning fewer calories than say nomads in Tanzania where obesity is rare, then it has to be differences in our diets that's driving weight gain.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What settlement did Columbia University reach over Trump‑era investigations?
0:01–0:51
2
Why is Congressman Eli Crane questioning the official story of Jeffrey Epstein’s death?
0:51–1:54
3
How does the divided Supreme Court ruling affect the President’s power to fire commission members?
1:54–2:58
4
What steps is Ukraine taking to protect anti‑corruption watchdogs after mass protests?
2:58–3:38
5
Why do new global studies suggest diet, not activity level, drives obesity?
3:38–4:39